Edward Waldegrave

Edward’s practice is focussed on tax (both direct and indirect) and public law disputes. He acts for a broad range of clients, including individuals, small and large businesses, and government bodies. He has appeared at all levels of the court system, up to and including the Supreme Court, often as sole or lead counsel.

Some of the most significant cases on which Edward has worked recently include:

• TG v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin.): a challenge to the use by the Home Secretary of the former RAF facility at Wethersfield to accommodate asylum seekers.
• ACN v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 297 (Admin.): a challenge to the Home Secretary’s compliance with the “public sector equality duty” in relation to LGBT+ asylum seekers.
• Cobalt Data Centre 2 LLP v. HMRC [2024] UKSC 40: a Supreme Court case concerning the availability of enhanced capital allowances in respect of investments in “enterprise zones”.
• Barclays Services Corporation v. HMRC [2024] UKFTT 785 (TC) (which is on appeal to the Upper Tribunal) & HSBC Electronic Data Processing (Guangdong) Limited v. HMRC [2022] UKUT 41 (TCC): important cases concerning the application of the VAT grouping rules in the financial services sector.
• Inside Track 3 LLP v. HMRC [2025] UKFTT 986 (TC): long-running and very high value litigation concerning the tax consequences of investments in film production (with the most recent decision being.
• The Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan (which is investigating matters arising from the deployment of British Special Forces to Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013).

Edward has been described in the legal directories as “a brilliant advocate and cross-examiner”, “very capable and assiduous, and great with clients”, and “a joy to work with”. He was shortlisted for Tax Junior of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2025.

In 2024 Edward was appointed to the Attorney General’s “A” Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown.