Keith Gordon

Keith M Gordon MA (Oxon), FCA, CTA (Fellow), Barrister practises from Temple Tax Chambers in London. He previously practised as a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser. His practice covers all areas of tax, regularly appearing in the Tax Chamber and the higher Courts, and also related areas including partnership disputes and professional negligence.

Keith lectures and writes extensively and was a runner-up in the tax writer of the year category in the 2006 and 2012 LexisNexis Taxation Awards. Keith won the Chartered Tax Adviser of the Year category at the 2009 awards. In 2013, Keith won the tax writer of the year award. And in 2019, he was the worthy winner of the Outstanding Contribution award.

Keith’s high-profile cases include Cotter v HMRC and HMRC v Charlton. He was also junior Counsel for the taxpayer in Jones v Garnett (the “Arctic Systems” case) in the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords.

His recent cases include the discovery cases of Pattullo, Sanderson, Hicks, Atherton and Anderson and the challenge to the Follower Notices legislation in R (oao Broomfield) v HMRC.