John Bunker

John Bunker is a freelance lecturer who is also Consultant Solicitor and Chartered Tax Advisor for Irwin Mitchell LLP. He established his technical and training role following more than 25 years' specialist experience specializing in wills, trusts, estate and tax planning, 23 as a client partner. He is Editor of the Law Society’s IHT Planning Handbook, published in Dec 2020, and co-editor of Bloomsbury's Practical Inheritance Tax Planning (with Mark Mclaughlin). John serves on HMRC’s Capital Taxes Liaison Group, and TRS and IHT on Pensions sub-groups; and on the CIOT’s Private Client (UK) committee, which he Chaired for 3 ½ years until Sept 2021, and TACT’s Private Trusts Committee.