Sadiya Choudhury KC

Barrister at PUMP COURT TAX CHAMBERS

Sadiya has a broad advisory and litigation practice across all areas of direct and indirect tax law. She specialises in advice on complex and usually novel points of law. She has a particular interest in excise and customs duties. She also accepts instructions in relation to tax issues which have arisen in other areas of the law, such as ancillary relief proceedings. She has considerable experience of judicial review proceedings for both taxpayers and HMRC. Sadiya is in an expert on the procedural issues affecting tax issues such as information notices, discovery assessments, late appeals, strike-out applications and costs. Sadiya is recommended by both Chambers & Prs and Legal 500 as a leading tax silk, it being noted that: “very much in demand as an advocate, she has a strong sense of what is practical and commercial and a very good manner with clients.” Before taking silk, Sadiya was a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel and regularly appeared on behalf of HMRC, the National Crime Agency and other government departments. She contributed two chapters to the Pump Court Tax Chambers Tax Litigation Handbook and also lectures regularly on a number of tax-related issues.