University of Cambridge, degree in Natural Sciences, 1st class.
School of Law: Manchester Metropolitan University
Fee-Paid (Part Time) Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber)
Personal Injuries Bar Association
Appointed to the Attorney General’s Civil Regional B Panel - 2018
PDSL accredited and International Mediation Institute qualified mediator
Rupert has a multidisciplinary practice covering civil law, coronial law and tax.
Taxation, including tax penalties, indirect taxation, customs duties, excise duties and VAT.
Personal injury and clinical negligence, with particular experience of defending claims brought against prisons including those involving human rights breaches.
Coronial law and inquests – representing institutional clients throughout the inquest process, including extended scope (article 2 ECHR) and jury inquests, with particular experience of inquests involving deaths in state custody.
Asset forfeiture, including condemnation and restoration cases under the Customs and Excise Management Act, and proceeds of crime.
Rajeswary v Revenue & Customs [2021] UKFTT 206 (TC)
(March 2021; Judge Perez sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
SC Duvenbeck Logistik SRL v The Director of Border Revenue [2021] UKFTT 319 (TC)
(September 2021; Judge Popplewell sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
Mlekanov v Revenue and Customs [2022] UKFTT 357 (TC)
(September 2022; Tribunal Judge Gething sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
French v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 401 (TC)
(November 2021; Barrett sitting as Special Commissioner in the First-Tier Tribunals Tax Chamber)
Zobortrans EU S.R.O. v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 402 (TC)
(November 2021; Judge Gething sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tirbunal Tax Chamber)
Swiecki v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 407 (TC)
(November 2021; Judge Poon sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber
Turton & Adams v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 441 (TC)
(November 2021; Judge Staker sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
Brooks v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 449 (TC)
(December 2021; Judge Manuell sitting as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
Mozer v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 475 (TC)
(December 2021; Judge Perez sitting as a Judge of the First Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
Millar v Revenue and Customs [2021] UKFTT 481 (TC)
(December 2021; Judge Popplewell sitting as a Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
Ruske v Revenue and Customs [2022] UKFTT 310 (TC)
(July 2022; Judge Citron sitting as as a Judge in the First-Tier Tribunal Tax Chambers)
Ziomek v Revenue and Customs [2022] UKFTT 444 (TC)
(November 2022; Tribunal Judge Anne Scott sitting as a Judge of the First Tier Tribunal Tax Chamber)
M v C, representing the claimant in a claim arising out of an industrial accident that resulted in a traumatic partial amputation and chronic pain. Claim settled at over £300,000.
Dickinson v Miller, representing the claimant in a claim involving complex causation arguments regarding the onset of degenerative bone disease.
An Inquest Touching Upon the Death of Paul Degg – representing the Ministry of Justice in an 8-day article 2 inquest before a jury, arising out of a death in custody.
An Inquest Touching Upon the Death of Dylan Woodhead – representing the Ministry of Justice in an 9-day article 2 inquest before a jury, arising out of a death in custody.
Ali v HMRC – representing HMRC. A tax appeal before the Upper Tribunal concerning excise duty points.
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