BN66 - Time to fight back (Chapter 3)

[MuddyFunster]

I wonder if Timms has got some sort of copy and paste routine where he can talk the same tulipe verbatim every time he is asked that question.

[mossman]

CNs at last

Received my CNs today - one day before our case comes up. Co-incidence?
I'll forward to MontP.

[OldITGit]

Our Representative on Tuesday?

David Elvin QC was called to the Bar in 1983 and took silk in 2000 and is called to the Bar of Northern Ireland. He is member of the Middle Temple and of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Bar Prize for Finance, Commerce & Industry in 1982. In October 2007 he was named as the Silk of the Year 2008 in Environment and Planning at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards.
He specialises in planning, environmental and public law (including most aspects of local government, highways, compulsory purchase & compensation) as well as property related matters and the human rights and European Union law aspects of those areas of practice.
David appears frequently in court and at inquiries at all levels and before many different tribunals. During his time as Treasury counsel, he appeared in many planning and public law cases and acted for a wide range of government departments and bodies. Since taking silk he has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords, European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice. He has also appeared on judicial reviews in the High Court in Northern Ireland and advised on issues in Hong Kong.
He is regularly listed as a leading specialist in a number of fields in the main directories including the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Directory 2008 (where he is named as a leader in 6 practice areas). Recent comments from Chambers & Partners Directory and The Legal 500 include:
"David Elvin QC combines the ability to assimilate large amounts of information with outstanding advocacy skills and a refreshingly commercial outlook. [2009]
"The focused and fearsomely intelligent David Elvin QC, a figure tremendously respected by the market. He handles a broad range of matters spanning EIA, waste management and habitats conservation, and has been involved in numerous high-profile cases on behalf of local authorities, business and environmental organisations. Recently this fabulously clued-up barrister represented the Environment Agency and the Secretaries of State for Environment and Local Government and Communities in a case relating to the creating of a partial substitute fuel at Rugby Cement Works." [2009]
"David Elvin QC moves up the table in recognition of his standing as a brilliant, heavyweight respondent government lawyer. A tenacious litigator, he has a phenomenal ability to see a clear path through complex issues. He doesn't miss a trick and always has his clients best interests at heart. " [2009]
"The phenomenally hard-working David Elvin QC has an excellent head on his shoulders. One client reported: Whenever we need a heavyweight opinion we go to him - hes just supreme." [2008]
"David Elvin QC is admired as a ferociously hard-working advocate who lives and breathes the law. Academic and impressive in court, hes one of the brightest and most inventive barristers Ive come across, stated one interviewee." [2008]
An outstanding barrister who is extremely clever, very intellectual and client-friendly. As one interviewee put it: I would trust him with anything - he has a great personality and is very useful in difficult planning issues. [2008]
Elvins colourful, enormous character, formidable intellect and combative style combine to make him one of the finest parliamentary and planning lawyers of his generation someone you definitely want on your side. He has risen to the very top in other chosen areas such as environmental, local government and contentious property law. Solicitors revealed that they instruct Elvin for his killer instinct, wonderful courtroom manner and ability to understand and evaluate complex and technical information the winning formula for success in these highly specialised areas of practice..." [2007]
A leading force at the Bar David Elvin QC's environmental practice is heavy in actions for the government but he is a protean character who tends to a varied
caseload. He is at the forefront of the law… [2006]
Work for 2009 includes appearing in the Privy Council on a land registration appeal from Belize, advising the Environment Agency on carbon capture, the regulation of odour and, with BERR, on a judicial review concerning Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). He is also acting for DOE NI on Seaport Investments No. 2 on SEA issues, for Tesco in the High Court in Belfast on the challenge to its Craigavon development, its challenge to a retail permission in Portadown, and in respect of its proposals at Newtonards and with Land Securities for its largest store in Ireland at Banbridge (inquiry June 2009), advising B & Q on proceedings in Northern Ireland, Land Securities with regard to CPO issues in Westminster and for Canary Wharf with regard to Heron Quay (judicial review and CPO). David is also acting at appeal to seek permission for student accommodation and a new home for the Central School of Ballet near the South Bank in Southwark. David is also advising Oxford University on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Liverpool City Council on housing issues and a number of clients concerning the operation of the Habitats regulations in connection with the Thames Basin Heaths SPA. David is also a member of the NPS Quality Review Panel for DCLG.
David is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Royal School of Church Music (having previously been a Council Member) and the Chairman of the St Paul's Covent Garden Millennium Foundation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
David Elvin received a B.A. (First Class) in Jurisprudence (1981) and a BCL (1982) from Hertford College, Oxford. David was one of the Treasury counsel from 1991 to 2000, having served as a member of what is now the "A" Panel of Treasury Counsel from 1995 until taking silk in 2000. David was appointed a Recorder in 2001 and in May 2008 he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in the Queen's Bench Division including the Administrative Court. In December 2008, David was appointed as a member of the Boundary Commission for England with effect from 12 January 2009. He had been appointed as an Assistant Boundary Commissioner in 2000 and had conducted an inquiry into, and reported on, the East London Parliamentary constituencies in 2001-2. He also sits as an arbitrator.
Sounds promising!!!!

[ROBIN REDBREAST]

Is this gentelman definitely representing us?

David Elvin QC was called to the Bar in 1983 and took silk in 2000 and is called to the Bar of Northern Ireland. He is member of the Middle Temple and of the Inn of Court of Northern Ireland. He was awarded the Bar Prize for Finance, Commerce & Industry in 1982. In October 2007 he was named as the Silk of the Year 2008 in Environment and Planning at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards.
He specialises in planning, environmental and public law (including most aspects of local government, highways, compulsory purchase & compensation) as well as property related matters and the human rights and European Union law aspects of those areas of practice.
David appears frequently in court and at inquiries at all levels and before many different tribunals. During his time as Treasury counsel, he appeared in many planning and public law cases and acted for a wide range of government departments and bodies. Since taking silk he has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords, European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice. He has also appeared on judicial reviews in the High Court in Northern Ireland and advised on issues in Hong Kong.
He is regularly listed as a leading specialist in a number of fields in the main directories including the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Directory 2008 (where he is named as a leader in 6 practice areas). Recent comments from Chambers & Partners Directory and The Legal 500 include:
"David Elvin QC combines the ability to assimilate large amounts of information with outstanding advocacy skills and a refreshingly commercial outlook. [2009]
"The focused and fearsomely intelligent David Elvin QC, a figure tremendously respected by the market. He handles a broad range of matters spanning EIA, waste management and habitats conservation, and has been involved in numerous high-profile cases on behalf of local authorities, business and environmental organisations. Recently this fabulously clued-up barrister represented the Environment Agency and the Secretaries of State for Environment and Local Government and Communities in a case relating to the creating of a partial substitute fuel at Rugby Cement Works." [2009]
"David Elvin QC moves up the table in recognition of his standing as a brilliant, heavyweight respondent government lawyer. A tenacious litigator, he has a phenomenal ability to see a clear path through complex issues. He doesn't miss a trick and always has his clients best interests at heart. " [2009]
"The phenomenally hard-working David Elvin QC has an excellent head on his shoulders. One client reported: Whenever we need a heavyweight opinion we go to him - hes just supreme." [2008]
"David Elvin QC is admired as a ferociously hard-working advocate who lives and breathes the law. Academic and impressive in court, hes one of the brightest and most inventive barristers Ive come across, stated one interviewee." [2008]
An outstanding barrister who is extremely clever, very intellectual and client-friendly. As one interviewee put it: I would trust him with anything - he has a great personality and is very useful in difficult planning issues. [2008]
Elvins colourful, enormous character, formidable intellect and combative style combine to make him one of the finest parliamentary and planning lawyers of his generation someone you definitely want on your side. He has risen to the very top in other chosen areas such as environmental, local government and contentious property law. Solicitors revealed that they instruct Elvin for his killer instinct, wonderful courtroom manner and ability to understand and evaluate complex and technical information the winning formula for success in these highly specialised areas of practice..." [2007]
A leading force at the Bar David Elvin QC's environmental practice is heavy in actions for the government but he is a protean character who tends to a varied
caseload. He is at the forefront of the law… [2006]
Work for 2009 includes appearing in the Privy Council on a land registration appeal from Belize, advising the Environment Agency on carbon capture, the regulation of odour and, with BERR, on a judicial review concerning Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). He is also acting for DOE NI on Seaport Investments No. 2 on SEA issues, for Tesco in the High Court in Belfast on the challenge to its Craigavon development, its challenge to a retail permission in Portadown, and in respect of its proposals at Newtonards and with Land Securities for its largest store in Ireland at Banbridge (inquiry June 2009), advising B & Q on proceedings in Northern Ireland, Land Securities with regard to CPO issues in Westminster and for Canary Wharf with regard to Heron Quay (judicial review and CPO). David is also acting at appeal to seek permission for student accommodation and a new home for the Central School of Ballet near the South Bank in Southwark. David is also advising Oxford University on the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Liverpool City Council on housing issues and a number of clients concerning the operation of the Habitats regulations in connection with the Thames Basin Heaths SPA. David is also a member of the NPS Quality Review Panel for DCLG.
David is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Royal School of Church Music (having previously been a Council Member) and the Chairman of the St Paul's Covent Garden Millennium Foundation.

QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
David Elvin received a B.A. (First Class) in Jurisprudence (1981) and a BCL (1982) from Hertford College, Oxford. David was one of the Treasury counsel from 1991 to 2000, having served as a member of what is now the "A" Panel of Treasury Counsel from 1995 until taking silk in 2000. David was appointed a Recorder in 2001 and in May 2008 he was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in the Queen's Bench Division including the Administrative Court. In December 2008, David was appointed as a member of the Boundary Commission for England with effect from 12 January 2009. He had been appointed as an Assistant Boundary Commissioner in 2000 and had conducted an inquiry into, and reported on, the East London Parliamentary constituencies in 2001-2. He also sits as an arbitrator.
Sounds promising!!!!

[Emigre]

David Elvin QC...

Now that I have assimilated that large amount of information, welcome to the thread. A great first post and quality timing. What kept you lurking?

[silver_lining]

This chap does look very good on paper.... treasury and EU law, so that should help lots....

shame he is not a tax expert also! I might even consider pre-ordering some champers

[OldITGit]

Yess that was my first post

I was not aware of this forum and was reliant only on info from Montpellier, I knew there was a considerable number of contractors in the scheme, but had no idea that this thread was running........found it by chance using google. I have had my CN and forwarded it to MontP sometime ago. Since 2004 I have had communications from Liverpool, Stockport, Bradford, Edinburgh with the last from my local HMRC office. I left the scheme when my agency refused to deal with it.
OldGit

[Emigre]

Tomorrow's Hearing

Our hearing appears to be 3rd in Court 2 before Kenneth Parker QC.

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/list_admin.htm

[BrilloPad]

I was not aware of this forum and was reliant only on info from Montpellier, I knew there was a considerable number of contractors in the scheme, but had no idea that this thread was running........found it by chance using google. I have had my CN and forwarded it to MontP sometime ago. Since 2004 I have had communications from Liverpool, Stockport, Bradford, Edinburgh with the last from my local HMRC office. I left the scheme when my agency refused to deal with it.
OldGit

Oh dear, that must have been painful.

Anyway, a very warm welcome to the bn66 thread

Have you written to your MP yet?

[Lazylobster]

Our hearing appears to be 3rd in Court 2 before Kenneth Parker QC.

http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/list_admin.htm

Is this the same QC / Judge that PWC was in front of ?

LL