Julian Ghosh KC
Year of Call: 1999 (Scotland) | 1993 (Eng & Wales) | 2018 (Ireland)
Silk: 2010 (Scotland) | 2006 (Eng & Wales)
0131 260 5674
ampersandclerks@advocates.org.uk
Julian Ghosh KC is a highly respected and accomplished advocate and barrister, renowned for his exceptional intellect, vast knowledge, and commanding presence in court. He has risen to the top of his field in multiple areas of law, which include corporate work and European taxation issues. Additionally, Julian specialises in Judicial Review and Administrative Law and is co-authoring the upcoming edition of Wade & Forsyth, a seminal textbook on Judicial Review. He also teaches Administrative Law at the University of Cambridge.
Julian is King’s Counsel at the Scottish Bar and Bar of England and Wales and is also called to the Bar of Ireland. He is a part-time Judge of the First-Tier and Deputy Judge of the Upper-Tier Tax Tribunals. Julian holds several prestigious academic positions, including Senior Fellow at the International Tax Centre, Leiden; Bye-fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge; and Visiting Professor at King’s College London, where he teaches the Law of Personal Taxation.
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field, Julian was awarded the title of Tax Silk of the Year at the 2021 UK Chambers Bar Awards.
- HMRC v Raymond Tooth [2021] UKSC 17 (UK Supreme Court)
- HMRC v Newey (t/a Ocean Finance) (Court of Appeal and UK FTT )
- RFC 2012 Plc (in liquidation) (formerly The Rangers Football Club Plc) v Advocate General for Scotland [2017] UKSC 45 (UK Supreme Court)
- Travel Document Service & Ladbroke Group Int v HMRC (Court of Appeal)
- GDF Suez Teesside Ltd v HMRC (Court of Appeal)
Contact our clerks
Normal business hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
ampersandclerks@advocates.org.uk
+44 (0)131 260 5674 (9am to 5pm)
Festive opening hours and arrangements for 2024/2025
Ampersand Advocates wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The stable will be closed on the following days over the festive period:
- Tuesday 24th December from 12.30pm to 9am on Monday, 30th December 2024;
- Tuesday, 31th December from 12.30pm to 9am on Friday, 3rd January 2025.
When the office is closed emails and telephones will not be monitored. During those times you can contact an advocate directly via the contact details on their own profile. Please look out for out of office auto replies if counsel are not available.
Our remote clerking cover over the festive period will be:
- 23rd and 24th December (until Noon) – Alan Moffat, Jennifer Dunn and Sheena Hume;
- 30th and 31st December (until Noon) – Alan Moffat and Shawn McArthur.
- 3rd January 2025 – Sheena Hume and Shawn McArthur.
Normal service resumes from Monday, 6th January 2025.
Alan Moffat
Advocates' Clerk
Sheena Hume
Deputy Advocates' Clerk
Shawn McArthur
Deputy Advocates' Clerk
Kathryn Ferguson
Deputy Advocates' Clerk
Practice at the Bar
Scottish Bar
- 2010 Appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) in Scotland
- 1999 Called to the Scottish Bar
Bar of England and Wales
- 2006 Appointed Queen’s Council (QC) in England and Wales
- 1993 Called to the Bar of England and Wales
Bar of Ireland
- 2018 Called to Bar of Ireland
Education:
- Harris Academy, Dundee
- University of Edinburgh
- St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- Revenue Bar Association
- Chancery Bar Association
- VAT Practitioners Group
- London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association
- Bar European Group
- Co-author: Wade & Forsyth’s Administrative Law (forthcoming)
- Author (up to December 2016) (with I L Johnson & Paul Miller): The Taxation of Loan Relationships and Derivatives
- Author: Principles of the Internal Market and Direct Taxation (2007, Key Haven)