Shindler, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Shindler OBE is a Consultant with DWF LLP Solicitors. He specialises in wills, trusts, capital taxation and estate work.
Geoffrey has a degree and post graduate degree in law from the University of Cambridge and is a solicitor and registered Trust and Estate Practitioner. He was one of the founder members of STEP and its Chairman between 1994 and 1998 and was Chairman of its Education Committee when its Diploma examination was developed and introduced. He is now its President.
He is Chairman of Manchester Camerata Charity and he serves on the Board of Directors of the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; he is a trustee of the Manchester Portico Library Charitable Trust. He is Vice Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club and a member of the UK based Trust Law Committee and has sat on various committees studying the working of inheritance tax legislation in the UK. He is also a member of the International Academy of Estate & Trust Law.
Geoffrey is the Consulting Editor of Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal and a member of the Editorial Board of Wills & Trusts Law Reports.
Davies, Paul
Paul Davies works for the law firm DWF.
McLaughlin, Mark
MARK MCLAUGHLIN CTA (Fellow) ATT TEP
Mark McLaughlin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and a member of the Association of Taxation Technicians and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
TAX CONSULTANT
Since January 1998, Mark has been a consultant in his own tax practice, Mark McLaughlin Associates, which provides tax consultancy and support services to professional firms throughout the UK.
Mark is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation's Capital Gains Tax & Investment Income and Succession Taxes Sub-Committees.
Mark is also a lecturer, and has featured in online tax lectures for Tolley Seminars Online.
TAX AUTHOR AND EDITOR
Mark is the Editor of the Core Tax Annuals 2006/07 to 2013/14 (Bloomsbury Professional), and is a co-author of the 'Inheritance Tax' Annuals 2006-07 to 2013/14 (Bloomsbury Professional).
He is the Contributing Editor of Tax Rates and Tables 2010/11 to 2013/14 (Bloomsbury Professional).
Mark is Editor and a co-author of 'Tax Planning' 2007/08 to 2013/14 (Bloomsbury Professional).
He is co-author of 'Ray & McLaughlin's Practical IHT Planning' (11th Edition, Bloomsbury Professional).
He is Editor and co-author of 'Dealing with HMRC Enquiries 2013/14' (Bloomsbury Professional)
Mark has also written numerous articles for professional publications, including 'Taxation', 'Tax Adviser', 'Tolley's Practical Tax Newsletter' and 'Tax Journal'.
TAXATIONWEB
Mark is a Co-Founder, Director and Technical Editor of TaxationWeb (www.taxationweb.co.uk), which provides free information and resources on UK taxes to taxpayers and professionals.
Ray, Ralph
Ralph Ray was a solicitor and consultant specialising in taxation. He was Vice President of STEP and recipient of a STEP Lifetime Achievement Award. A member of the CIOT, he has contributed frequently to tax and accountancy journals.
Mark McLaughlin is a consultant with his own practice, Mark McLaughlin Associates Ltd, which provides tax consultancy and support services to professional firms throughout the UK. He is a fellow of the CIOT and a member of the ATT and STEP.
Ralph Ray was a solicitor and consultant specialising in taxation. He was Vice President of STEP and recipient of a STEP Lifetime Achievement Award. A member of the CIOT, he has contributed frequently to tax and accountancy journals.
Geoffrey Shindler OBE is a Consultant with DWF LLP Solicitors. He specialises in wills, trusts, capital taxation and estate work.
Paul Davies is a partner at the law firm DWF in Manchester
