Qualifications
BCL MA, Barrister
Academic Background
Edwin Simpson read law at Christ Church from 1985 to 1988 and the BCL in 1989.
He is a member of Lincoln's Inn and was called to the Bar in 1990.
He was Junior Censor from 2003 to 2005 and Senior Censor from 2005 to 2007.
He is a member of the Steering Committee of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation.
Undergraduate Teaching
Trusts, Taxation Law and Jurisprudence
Research Interests
Trusts and Tax law
Publications include:
Lewin on Trusts (17th edn) with Mowbray, Tucker and Le Poidevin, Sweet & Maxwell 2000;
'Conflicts' in Breach of Trust, Birks and Pretto, Hart Publishing 2002;
'Tackling Avoidance' in Getzler, Essays in Honour of Edward Burn, OUP 2003;
'The Ramsay Principle: a Curious Incident of Judicial Reticence?' [2004] BTR 358.
Hobbies
Music, cricket and highway law