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…
Commissioner of State Revenue v Montessori Children’s Foundation [2025] QCA 153
22-8-25 / Michael May — Appellate, Tax
Michael May represented the respondent, instructed by Donovan Winkler Lawyers. This case concerned an appeal of a decision of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s to approve the trustee’s application for registration of a charitable institution. The respondent, acting in its capacity as the trustee of a charitable trust, applied…
Ford v Commissioner of State Revenue [2025] QSC 133
2-7-25 / Florence Chen — Tax
Florence Chen represented the respondent, instructed by Crown Solicitor. This case concerned an application questioning a Notice of Assessment issued by the respondent Commissioner. The Applicant sought a declaration that the Notice of Assessment had “no standing” due to shortcomings in procedural fairness, and breaches of ss 41 and 42…
