James Kessler KC practices in tax and has practised as a barrister since 1985 and was appointed KC in 2003. He is also a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland. James is one of the founders of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, for whom he drafted the STEP Standard Provisions, and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Sheena Grattan is a qualified barrister and a lecturer in law. She is also Northern Secretary of the Irish Legal History Society and Treasurer of the Irish Association of Law Teachers, and is a Council member of both organisations.