Experience and Background

Stuart has spent many years advising his clients on how best to arrange their affairs to keep them simple and understandable, while meeting their requirements and minimising tax implications. This includes strategic advice for families and trusts on their business and personal matters, including preparing wills, estate planning (onshore and offshore), trusts, powers of attorney. He works closely with the property and corporate teams on aspects of business and family succession for corporate and property structures, negotiating with HMRC where required. He regularly presents seminars and workshops on topical tax issues and is a committee member of East Anglia’s Chartered Institute of Taxation. Chambers & Partners note “the quality of his work is exemplary.”

Stuart is Head of Tax and is a Partner in the Estates team at Howes Percival, dealing with landed estates, high net worth individuals and business owners. He is a Chartered Tax Advisor and has spent many years devising planning arrangements that are suitable for the needs of his clients, ensuring they provide the right mix of tax efficiency and practicality.

  • 2012 - Present: Howes Percival LLP, Partner
  • 2010 - 2012: Grant Thornton LLP, Senior Manager
  • 2004 - 2010: Spofforths LLP, Partner
  • 2000 - 2004: BDO Stoy Hayward
  • 1998 - 2000: KPMG
  • 1998: Pupillage at Pump Court Tax Chambers

Agricultural Law Association Logo

Legal insights
Related articles
Telegraph pole in field
Significant case set to affect rents for rural telecommunications sites

The ‘Vache Farm’ case in the Upper Tribunal Lands Chamber produced a ruling that has the potential to…

Biometric Residence Permit (BRP
Important Update for Employers on Biometric Resident Permit (BRP) and eVisa Conversion

The Home Office has announced that individuals holding a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) expiring on…

Man being fired from workplace
Fire and Rehire: New Code of Practice

On 18 July 2024, a new Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement (commonly known as the practice…

Get in touch

To contact us, please fill out this form and we will get back in touch as soon as possible. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with our privacy policy which can be found here.

Thank you for your enquiry. We will respond as soon as possible.