One minute with Liesl Fichardt, head of contentious tax, BLP
How did you end up in tax?
I started off doing financial corporate and insolvency related work most of which raised tax issues – then discovered the whole new world of tax ... and stayed.
Who in tax do you most admire?
I have been fortunate to work with many tax QCs (who acted both for and against my clients) and I truly admire their ability to articulate persuasively very different views on the same issue.
Name a memorable moment of your career to date.
The first case in which I presided as an acting judge in the High Court in South Africa. I could not speak for the first hour. I did not know what to say so I just nodded with sufficient ‘judicial authority’.
If you could make one change to UK tax law what...
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One minute with Liesl Fichardt, head of contentious tax, BLP
How did you end up in tax?
I started off doing financial corporate and insolvency related work most of which raised tax issues – then discovered the whole new world of tax ... and stayed.
Who in tax do you most admire?
I have been fortunate to work with many tax QCs (who acted both for and against my clients) and I truly admire their ability to articulate persuasively very different views on the same issue.
Name a memorable moment of your career to date.
The first case in which I presided as an acting judge in the High Court in South Africa. I could not speak for the first hour. I did not know what to say so I just nodded with sufficient ‘judicial authority’.
If you could make one change to UK tax law what...
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