Simon Whitehead (JHA, UK) – on the Ancient Rome & tax litigation

<p>Simon is ranked consistently among the leading individuals for tax litigation by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. He is a founding partner at <i>Joseph Hage Aaronson</i>, established 10 years ago. JHA is a boutique dispute resolution firm which specialises in tax litigation. JHA tax litigation practice is ranked in Tier One of <a href="https://www.legal500.com/firms/4037-joseph-hage-aaronson-llp/6330-london-england" target="_blank">Legal 500</a> and <a href="https://chambers.com/law-firm/joseph-hage-aaronson-llp-uk-1:22639574" target="_blank">Chambers UK,</a> for every year since the firm was established. Previously Simon was Partner at Dorsey & Whitney (10 years). Before that was a partner at PwC Legal. Besides the law degree Simon has a PhD at Sydney University. </p><p><strong>Cicero</strong></p><p>“Laws are silent in time of war,” said Cicero. We can see that even in times of peace by Russia regarding the international law. We discussed if the fundamentals of the rule of law at its crossroads. We also discussed a story related to tax of Catiline who rebelled against Cicero and the Senate. </p><p><strong>Books</strong></p><p>One of my favourite books regarding the ancient Rome is <i>Quo Vadis</i>by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Sienkiewicz">Henryk Sienkiewicz</a>I recommended Simon. The Polish author got the Nobel Prize in literature for it back in 1905. Whereas Simon recommended <a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Kings-Robert-Penn-Warren/dp/0156012952/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_1_1/136-2251181-0160567?pd_rd_w=hQyTn&content-id=amzn1.sym.3676f086-9496-4fd7-8490-77cf7f43f846&pf_rd_p=3676f086-9496-4fd7-8490-77cf7f43f846&pf_rd_r=T3NBSD1QAZD52NJYQ06N&pd_rd_wg=mzRoV&pd_rd_r=f91b9ce8-a2e5-42ce-9b29-2dc26364e2f6&pd_rd_i=0156012952&psc=1">All the King’s Men</a> by Robert Penn Warren – the book got <i>Pulitzer</i> prize. The book is about a lawyer who begins his political career as an idealistic man of the people, but he soon becomes corrupted by success and the lust for power. Also Simon recommends <a h