CHAMBERS OF ROBERT GRIERSON BARRISTER
SPECIALISING IN CONTENTIOUS TAX MATTERS AND
APPEALS TO THE FIRST-TIER TAX TRIBUNAL AND ABOVE
Robert accepts instructions from Solicitors and Accountants and, on a Direct Access basis, from other competent individuals in relation to tax disputes with HMRC involving technical points of law and fact (not simply a failure to keep proper records) and tax of substantial amounts.
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Robert is a Barrister with over 30 years’ experience of advising in relation to disputes with HMRC and appearing as Counsel on behalf of taxpayers in tax appeals from the First-Tier Tax Tribunal (formerly the Special Commissioners and the VAT Tribunal) up to the High Court (now the Upper Tier Tax Tribunal), the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court (formerly the House of Lords).
Robert also advises and appears as Counsel in relation to Trusts, Wills and Estates matters.
The extensive list of reported cases in which he has appeared is set out below.
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After gaining a First in Law in the LL.M. from Cambridge University in 1989 and being elected a Scholar of Downing College, Robert was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple in 1991 and practised at tax chambers in Lincoln’s Inn London from 1992 to 1997 and then as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands before returning to practice as a Barrister in England. Since 2009 he has practised from his own Chambers and is regulated by the Bar Standards Board and is also authorised for Direct Access by members of the public and for the Conduct of Litigation.
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Robert's pastimes include running, weight resistance training and gardening. He is also a member of the Free Speech Union.
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Robert’s contact details are as follows:
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Mob. 07562 329 050
Tel. 0121 493 4392
E-mail. grierson_r@yahoo.co.uk
Chambers of Mr. R.J. Grierson
M.A. (Cantab), LL.M. (Cantab), Barrister
Member of Lincoln's Inn and
the Chancery Bar Association and
Called to the Bar by Middle Temple 1991
Chetwynd House
74 Walsall Road
The Crown
Four Oaks
B74 4QY
Bar Council Chambers No. 7355
Bar Council Barrister No. 27860
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Reported Cases
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Roger Murphy v. HMRC [2025] UKUT 165 (TCC)
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Simrajsar & Anr. v. HMRC [2024] UKFTT 1072 (TC)
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Roger Murphy v. HMRC [2024] UKFTT 537 (TC)
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Gakhal, Gakhal and Pawar v. H. M. Revenue & Customs [2016] UKFTT 356 (TC)
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White (As Executor And Trustee of the Will of Joseph Robson Deceased) v. Matthys and others [2014] EWHC 295 (Ch)
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Bingham v. H. M. Revenue & Customs [2013] UKFTT 110 (TC)
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Curati v. Perdoni and Perdoni [2012] EWCA Civ 1381
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Perdoni and Perdoni v. Curati [2011] EWHC 3442 (Ch)
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Ogden and Hutchinson v. Trustees of the R. H. S.
Griffiths 2003 Settlement and others [2008] STC 776, High Court
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The Birmingham & Solihull Learning Exchange Limited v. H. M. Revenue & Customs, VAT and Duties Tribunal decision number 19310, 4th October 2005
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Christensen (Inspector of Taxes) v. Vasili [2004] STC 935
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Vasili v. Christensen (Inspector of Taxes) [2003] STC (SCD) 428
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Customs and Excise Commissioners v. Jamieson [2002] STC 1418
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Cruz-Martinez v. Cupidon (Executrix of Knight deceased) [1999] CILR 177
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Cupidon (Executrix of Knight deceased) v. Cruz-Martinez [1998] CILR 216
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Silver v. Inspector of Taxes [1997] STC (SCD) 193
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Badger and another v. Major (Inspector of Taxes) [1997] STC (SCD) 218
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Powell and another (personal representatives of Pearce, deceased) v. Inland Revenue Commissioners [1997] STC (SCD) 181
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Ingram and another (Executors of the Estate of Lady Ingram, deceased) v. IRC [1997] STC 1234
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Jukes (Inspector of Taxes) v. S. G. Warburg & Co Ltd. [1997] STC 1444
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McLaren v. Mumford (Inspector of Taxes) [1996] STC 1134
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Peter Hamilton Nichols v. Thomas William Gibson (HMIT) [1996] STC 1008
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John Steele (HMIT) v. EVC International NV (formerly European Vinyls Corporation (Holdings) BV) [1996] STC 785
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Memec Plc v. IRC [1996] STC 1336, Ch.D.
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Edward Jukes (HMIT) v. S. G. Warburg & Co Limited [1996] STC 526, Ch.D.
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Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltd v. Alan Williams (HMIT) (SC 3007/96), [1996] STC (SCD) 409
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R v. SCIT (Shirley) ex parte HMIT [1995] STI 1101, QBD
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Ingram and Palmer-Tomkinson (Executors of the Estate of Lady Jane Lindsay Ingram) v. IRC [1995] STC 564, Ch.D.
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Bennett and others v. IRC [1995] STC 54, Ch.D.
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Steele (Inspector of Taxes) v. European Vinyls Corporation (Holdings) BV [1995] STC 31, Ch.D.
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In the matter of Lady Hulton, a Patient, Ferris J., Order 16/11/95
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000027 GB Ltd (a car distributor) v. Francis (Inspector of Taxes) (SC 3164/94), [1995] STI 697, [1995] STC (SCD) 178
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Marshall (Inspector of Taxes) v. Kerr [1994] STC 638, House of Lords
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Gallagher v. Jones (Inspector of Taxes) & Threlfall v. Jones (HMIT) [1993] STC 537
Marshall (Inspector of Taxes) v. Kerr [1993] STC 360
Gallagher v. Jones (Inspector of Taxes) & Threlfall v. Jones (HMIT) [1993] STC 199, Ch.D.
Customs and Excise Commissioners v. Bass plc [1993] STC 42, QBD