James Kessler KC

James is Head of Chambers at Tax Chambers, 15 Old Square. He practises in all areas of Revenue law; “private client” work; offshore trusts; foreign domiciliaries; taxation of charities; trust drafting.

Old Square Tax Chambers

Publications

  • Taxation of Foreign Domiciliaries, 20th Ed. 2021, Key Haven
  • Taxation of Charities, 9th Ed. 2013, (jointly with Etienne Wong and Ross Birkbeck) Key Haven
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts (with Charlotte John), 14th Ed. 2019, Sweet & Maxwell
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in Canada (jointly with Fiona Hunter), 5th Ed. 2020, Butterworths
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in Northern Ireland (jointly with Sheena Grattan), 4th Ed. 2020, Bloomsbury
  • Drafting Trusts in the Cayman Islands (jointly with Tony Pursall) 1st ed 2006, Kluwer
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in the Channel Islands (jointly with Paul Matthams) 2nd ed 2012, Sweet & Maxwell
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in Singapore (jointly with Chiwi Lee) Sweet & Maxwell, 2007
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in Australia (jointly with Michael Flynn) 2nd Edition, Thomson, 2017
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in New Zealand (jointly with Kerry Ayers) Sweet & Maxwell, 2010
  • Drafting British Virgin Islands Trusts (jointly with Tony Pursall & Naresh Chand), 2014
  • Drafting Trusts & Will Trusts in Scotland (jointly with William Grant), 2nd Edition, 2017

Qualifications

MA (Oxon), FTII. Also a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland.