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Vcard"She's great at dealing with difficult situations. However fraught matters get, she never rises to the provocations of the other side, but instead approaches her case with maturity and sound judgement." - Tax: Indirect Tax, Chambers UK 2025
"Rebecca studied voluminous documents in the case in order to fully understand every nook and cranny of the client's position. She then expertly identified the key points that played in our favour." - Tax: Indirect Tax, Chambers UK 2025
"She has good judgement in terms of which points she has to address and which she can safely ignore." - Tax, Chambers UK 2025
"Rebecca Murray is a very able counsel, well liked by clients and able to work in a collaborative way with other counsel and advisers." - Tax: Private Client, Chambers UK 2025
"Rebecca is exceptionally able, and a pleasure to work with. She combines deep technical expertise with a pragmatic, creative flair, and strong commercial understanding." - Tax: VAT & Excise, Legal 500 2025
"She really goes the extra mile." - Tax; Corporate, Legal 500 2025
"Very strong technical expertise, the ability to think creatively, excellent commercial awareness, very responsive and willing to go the extra mile, a real pleasure to work with." - Tax:Corporate, Legal 500 2024
"Rebecca has very strong technical expertise, with the ability to think creatively, excellent commercial awareness, and is willing to go the extra mile and a real pleasure to work with." - Tax: Personal, Legal 500 2024
"Rebecca Murray is very personable with the clients and understands the commercial reality of situations. She's able to grasp complex topics and present them in an understandable way." - Tax, Chambers UK Bar 2024
‘She is commercially very astute, with a good feel for the commercial drivers of the transaction. She has an excellent ability to distinguish the points important to the client, and to differentiate practical risks from merely theoretical risks.’ - Tax: Corporate, Legal 500 2023
‘Rebecca adopts a straightforward approach to complex matters, addressing all issues with maximum simplicity and the minimum of fuss.' - Tax: VAT and Excise, Legal 500 2023
Ranked as a Leading Junior - Private Client: Personal Tax, and Tax: Corporate and VAT, Legal 500 2023
Active on the Attorney General's panel and has a growing reputation at the Tax Bar for handling private client work, as well as cases concerning corporate tax and IR35 issues. Her practice includes both advisory and litigation matters. Murray counts a number of FTSE 100 companies among her clients. "She is very on top of things." "An expert on the interplay between tax and employment issues." - Tax, Chambers UK Bar 2022.
A former chartered tax adviser in a large accountancy firm and also an alumnus of JPMorgan Chase, who has a wealth of experience of advising on private client tax matters. She has published a well-received textbook entitled 'Tax Avoidance'. "Has fantastic client skills and is a very effective advocate." "She is very organised and efficient." - Tax: Private Client, Chambers UK Bar 2022.
Ranked as a Leading Junior - Private Client: Personal Tax, and Tax: Corporate and VAT, Legal 500 2022.
"She has fantastic client skills and is a very effective advocate." "I have found her very thorough and detailed. She has a lot of experience acting for private individuals and the government. Her drafting is very good." - Tax: Private Client, Chambers High Net Worth 2021.
"Bright and hard-working." "Very user-friendly, she takes a commercial approach and is calm under pressure." Acted in Atholl House Productions v HMRC, a case concerning whether television presenter Kaye Adams was subject to additional income taxation based on her IR35 status. - Tax, Chambers UK Bar 2021
A former chartered tax adviser in a large accountancy firm and also an alumnus of JPMorgan Chase, she has a wealth of experience of advising on private client tax matters. Murray has published a well-received textbook entitled 'Tax Avoidance'. "Intelligent, industrious, clear and concise. She has a superb grasp of the law." - Private Wealth: Tax - UK, Chambers Global 2021 & Tax: Private Client, Chambers UK Bar 2021
‘Very clear in her advice and very easy to work with.’ - Tax: Corporate, Legal 500 2021
‘An outstanding junior.’ - Private Client: Personal Tax, Legal 500 2021
"She is an outstanding junior as she is highly intelligent, grasps the law well and is clear and concise in her advice." Appeared in the Court of Appeal in Arthur v HMRC. - Tax, Chambers UK Bar 2020
'She has a very keen mind, is incredibly hard-working and driven.’ - Tax: VAT, Legal 500 2020
'She is a real star in contentious matters' - Tax: Corporate, Legal 500 2020
"A pleasure to deal with. She quickly grasps the issues and deals with them very effectively and efficiently." "Diligent and very bright." - Tax, Chambers UK Bar 2019
‘Well prepared and fights her corner in court.’ - Tax, Legal 500 2019
"She is brilliant. She has a really impressive ability to identify the key legal and factual elements of a case and put forward incredibly concise arguments." "A pleasure to work with." - Tax, Chambers UK 2018
‘A rapidly rising star at the tax Bar.’ ‘Excellent technical tax expertise tempered with a sense of realism.’ - Tax, Legal 500 2018
