Robert Venables, Esq, QC

Career: lectr: Merton Coll Oxford 1972-75, UCL 1973-75; Univ of Oxford: official fell and tutor in jurisprudence St Edmund Hall 1975-80 (fell by special election 1992), CUF lectr; called to the Bar Middle Temple 1973 (bencher 1999), in practice 1976-; chm Revenue Bar Assoc 2001-; consltg ed The Offshore Tax Planning Review, The Personal Tax Planning Review and The Corporate Tax Review, chm Advsy Editorial Bd The Charity Law and Practice Review; treas CRUSAID 1991-96 (pres Cncl 1996-2000, memb Cncl 1996-), dir Yves Guihannec Fndn 1992-, tstee Temple Music Tst 2001-; FTII 1983 (memb Cncl 1999-)

Books and Publications: Inheritance Tax Planning (3 edn, 1996), Tax Planning Through Trusts (1990), National Insurance Contribution Planning (1990), Tax Planning and Fundraising for Charities (2 edn, 1994, 3 edn, 2001), Non-Resident Trusts (7 edn, 1998, 8 edn, 2001)