Tax Problem Question Competition

Every year Pump Court Tax Chambers runs a tax problem question competition.

No previous knowledge of the subject area is required and entrants are required only to read the one case referred to in the problem question.

Entrants must be studying at a UK university/college or have completed their studies at a UK university/college within the past three years (applicants do not necessarily need to have been studying law) but must not have commenced a training contract or pupillage (or equivalent in another jurisdiction).  Each entry should be the work of a single author (so no joint entries are allowed).

The 2026 competition is now concluded.  

2026 Competition

The 2026 competition attracted 91 entries and the following prizes were awarded:
Winner (£750 and a mini-pupillage if desired): Jack Cowell
Joint Second place (£250): Grzegorz Gluszak, Mallory Niles-Ewen
Commended (£50):  Iulia Petre, Siti Maisarah binti Rosli, Huange Zhang, Zofia Gajewska

2025 Competition
The 2025 competition attracted 74 entries and the following prizes were awarded:
Winner (£750 and a mini-pupillage if desired): Ahmed Mohiddin
Joint Second place (£250): Richard Calver, Hugh Binnie
Joint Third place (£125): Ruari Clark, Georgia Allen
Commended: Louie Wells, Alexander Mash, Yuk Yiu Law, Olivia Troman

2024 Competition
The 2024 competition attracted 76 entries and the following prizes were awarded:
Winner (£750 and a mini-pupillage if desired): Boris Young
Second place (£200): Ciaron Patton
Third place (£100): Calum Kenneth MacKenzie. Anna Ho Jun Ting, Yahan Li, Kevin Khoo

For previous winners, please click here.