About
Jackelyn advises on a broad range of complex contentious tax issues for high-net-worth individuals, family office, partnerships and FTSE listed companies. She has significant experience in litigation from the First-tier Tax Tribunal to the Supreme Court, and her work has included traditional tax appeals, judicial reviews and ADR, as well as commercial disputes involving tax issues and professional negligence claims.
Jackelyn has gained her tax litigation experience in both government and private practice dispute resolution teams, and is able to draw on her previous experience as a litigation associate in HMRC’s Solicitor’s Office to advise her clients on effective and strategic communication with HMRC.
Jackelyn is adept at advising clients on HMRC enquiries and investigations prior to their dispute reaching the formal appeal stage, navigating HMRC’s powers and processes with pragmatic solutions for clients, and seeking to reach resolutions outside of the Courts through engagement with HMRC and settlement discussions.
Experience
- Advising a FTSE 100 company in relation to a group litigation order involving approximately 300 claimants with respect to the VAT treatment of certain supplies and their compliance with EU law. We were successful in all hearings at the High Court and on appeal to the Court of Appeal.
- Advising a number of high-net-worth individuals in relation to their domicile status, including bringing an appeal before the Tax Tribunal.
- Bringing a judicial review challenge and a tax appeal with respect to HMRC's approach to the taxation of certain Enterprise Zone arrangements.
- Advising an investment firm in an ongoing professional negligence claim against its advisors in connection with the advisors' handling of tax litigation in the First-Tier Tax Tribunal.
- Advising a high-net-worth individual on multiple issues arising out of a trust structuring put in place by previous advisors, and managing ongoing disputes with HMRC in respect of the tax consequences of the structure.
- Advising a commodity company in a dispute with HMRC in relation to the salaried members rules.
- Advising an IT services company and its shareholders on a voluntary disclosure to HMRC in respect of corporate and income tax payments.