Mark Robertson KC (with Mr N Hanna) appeared for the applicant, instructed by Small Myers Hughes. This appeal concerned the construction of s 170 (10AA) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth), and whether this section empowered the respondent (the Commissioner of Taxation) to amend two notices of assessment…
EMH IV Pty Ltd as trustee for the EMH IV Family Trust v Commissioner of Taxation [2025] FCA 1429
21-11-25 / Mark Robertson KC, Florence Chen — Tax
Mark Robertson KC appeared for the applicant, instructed by Small Myers Hughes. Florence Chen appeared for the respondent, instructed by McInnes Wilson Lawyers. In summary, the applicant applied for review of a decision by a delegate of the respondent to refuse to remit the general interest charge on the applicant’s…
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Peever (No 3) [2025] FCA 1187
26-9-25 / Rob Anderson KC, Florence Chen, Tim Elliss — Commercial Equity, Tax
Florence Chen appeared for the Applicant (led by Elizabeth Bishop SC), instructed by K&L Gates. Rob Anderson KC and Tim Ellis appeared for the First Respondent, instructed by Cooper Grace Ward. The proceeding concerned competing interlocutory applications seeking to vary the provision for reasonable legal expenses identified under previously made…
Skycorp Investments Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [2025] FCA 1184
26-9-25 / Mark Robertson KC — Tax
Mark Robertson KC (with JW Fickling) appeared for the Applicant, instructed by Murcia Pestell Hillard. This case concerns an interlocutory application brought by the applicant, Skycorp, for orders that the respondent Commissioner’s responsive appeal statement be struck out or removed on the grounds of abuse of process, and that the…
Florence Chen represented the First Defendant, instructed by King & Wood Mallesons. The Plaintiff filed a claim in the Supreme Court of Queensland against the First Defendant, Australian Retirement Trust, and the Second Defendant, Commissioner of Taxation. As against the superannuation company, he seeks declarations of breaches of obligations under…
