Hartley Foster
Hartley has specialised in contentious tax matters for over 20 years. During that time, he has acted on over 60 reported cases, including 4 House of Lords / Supreme Court cases and 5 references to the CJEU. He focuses on the technical and tactical management of enquiries by HMRC; and he uses his litigious experience to negotiate with and pressurise HMRC into conceding issues and agreeing settlements. His experience also includes setting up and managing Group Litigation Orders.
Hartley is a regular conference speaker and contributor to a number of publications; he writes and speaks particularly on the tax appeals system and international tax law. He is regularly asked by the media to comment on tax matters, with his comments having been published in many newspapers and a number of trade publications. Hartley regularly writes in tax periodicals, particularly Tax Journal (for which he has written over 30 articles).