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Curriculum Vitae
Summary
All specialist areas
Commercial Litigation
Competition, State Aid & Telecoms
European Community Law
Public & Administrative Law
Tax
Additional Information

Philip Woolfe

MA (Cantab), BA (First Class), BCL (Oxon)
Call date: 2004

Summary

Current and Recent Cases include:

  • Instructed as junior counsel by OFT to defend appeals against OFT Decision fining construction firms for "cover pricing" and associated compensation payments (OFT Decision CE/4327-04)
  • SITA v Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, currently acting for Claimant in action for damages under Public Contracts Regulations 2006, strike out application on time point heard in January 2010.
  • Bookmakers' Afternoon Greyhound Services Ltd v Amalgamated Racing Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 750; [2009] U.K.C.L.R. 863, acted for Claimants in appeal in connection with private competition law action
  • FJ Chalke Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2009] EWHC 952 (Ch); [2009] S.T.C. 2027; [2009] 3 C.M.L.R. 14, also acted on the appeal to the Court of Appeal in January 2010, not yet decided.
  • John Wilkins (Motor Engineers) Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2009] UKUT 175 (TCC); [2009] S.T.C. 2485

In addition, Philip is the author of chapters on "The Powers of HMRC" and "Chargeable Event" in the recently published Sweet & Maxwell VAT looseleaf  "Value Added Tax: Commentary and Analysis" and is the co-author, together with Nicholas Paines QC of the chapter on "Place of Supply.

He has been a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford since 2003 and is a member of COMBAR, the Bar European Group and the Environmental Law Foundation.