David W Marks KC
David had a 10 year background working for a solicitors’ firm in the area of tax law, before being called to the Bar in 2000. David took silk in 2015.
David specialises in Australian tax law. His traditional Chancery practice acts in the areas of tax advice, tax appeals, companies, trusts, equity, insolvency, property & estates. He also appears and advises in corporate, commercial, professional negligence, and administrative law matters.
Areas of Practice
Tax and Revenue
Chancery
Commercial & Administrative
Professional Negligence
Trust & Estates
Opinions To Accounting Firms
Recent Cases
5 Mar 2025
Carrigan v Hill
Queensland Supreme Court
Pleadings - Strike-out - Particular paragraphs
VIEW JUDGMENT6 Feb 2025
Toowoomba Regional Council v Commissioner of Taxation
Federal Court of Australia
FBT - Fringe benefits - employment taxes - car parking - Private ruling
FBT - Fringe benefits - employment taxes - car parking - Private ruling
VIEW JUDGMENT20 Sep 2024
BSKF and Commissioner of Taxation
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Income tax - settlement deed - dividend - interest - penalty powers - penalty reduction
VIEW JUDGMENT
Publications and associations
David is active in professional associations, performing committee work, on technical tax matters and their disciplinary functions.
David has been recognised in Doyle’s Guide in Tax, and in Wills & Estates Litigation. Doyle’s rank David as preeminent King’s Counsel in tax in Queensland, 2024.
Internationally, David is ranked by Chamber & Partners as a Barrister in Tax, and by Who’s Who Legal in both Advisory and Controversy, for Corporate Tax.
Recent Publications
Commercial Law Association – Ethics
David W Marks KC
Case List SlidesPart IVA paper – RSM National Tax Conference
David W Marks KC
Paper presented at Conference Slides for conferenceOracle v Commissioner of Taxation (Stay Application)
David W Marks KC
An edited version of this note appeared in 2024 50 WTB [931]