Law Institute of Victoria Commercial Law Section,
Taxation and Revenue Committee
Law Institute of Victoria Commercial Law Section,
State Taxes Committee
ATO National Tax Liaison Group, Trusts Committee
(2005-2011)
Taxation Institute of Australia, Victorian Division Education Committee
(2005-2010)
2001-2004 – ARC (Australian Research Council)
Chief investigator Strategic Partnerships with Industry – Research and Training project on the effects of Ralph taxation reforms on small business (with co-chief investigator Associate Professor Bin Tran-Nam of ATAX, UNSW and industry partners National Farmers Federation, Taxpayers Australia Inc. and Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Ltd.
2005-2006 - ARC (Australian Research Council)
Chief investigator Linkage project on competitiveness of Australia’s regime for the promotion of venture capital investment (with co-investigator Associate Professor S Barkoczy, Monash University and industry partner Department of Industry Tourism and Resources (Com) (Policy Branch)
2016-2017 - Australian Taxation Office
“Current issues with trusts and the tax system: Examining the operation and performance of the tax system, with a particular focus on discretionary trusts linked to high net worth individuals”, RMIT University Research Report, with Associate Professors A De Silva and K Westberg, Dr V Narayan and Dr M Nguyen.
1979 - Articles at Corrs
1982 - 4 Corrs - Senior Associate, securities and credit law
1984 - 89 Victorian Bar
Commercial practice in tax, corporate, general litigation; appearances with counsel including RA Sundberg QC (formerly Mr Justice Sundberg of the Federal Court), P Buchanan QC (formerly Mr Justice Buchanan of the Victorian Court of Appeal), GAA Nettle (now Mr Justice Nettle of the High Court), PD Cummins QC (formerly Mr Justice Cummins of the Victorian Supreme Court), TEF Hughes QC, BJ Shaw QC, CL Pannam QC.
1996 - Republic of South Africa, Coordinating Research Institute for Corporate Law, Standing Advisory Committee on company law of the Department of Trade and Industry:
Consulting on codification of company directors’ duties project.
2000 - VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal)
Sessional Member General and Taxation Lists (re-appointed to 2020)
2001 - 2 Victorian Department of Justice
Oral and written advice on proposed amendments to the Trustee Act 1958 (secondary mortgage market, mortgage-backed securities and custodial trustees)
2002 - Australian Treasury (Board of Taxation)
Independent Expert appointed to evaluate Taxation – Tax Value Method
2002 - Australian Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education
Submission on small business taxation – attendances and oral evidence at public hearings (Hansard 25 July 2002, 178-203) (with B Tran-Nam)
2005 - Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources, Review of the Venture Capital Industry
Submission on the Venture Capital Limited Partnership (VCLP) regime, June 2005 (with S.Barkoczy and M. Stewart)
2005 - Victorian Bar
Commercial practice in tax, trusts, corporate, general litigation; appearances with counsel including CL Pannam QC, Michelle Gordon SC, Roger Gillard QC; M Flynn QC acting for clients including the Australian Taxation Office, Monash University, DomaCom Australia Ltd and State Trustees Ltd.