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
16 Feb 2024
GQHC and Commissioner of Taxation
Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Income tax - Research & Development
VIEW JUDGMENT14 Dec 2023
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Raptis (No 2)
Federal Court of Australia
Freezing Order - Variation
VIEW JUDGMENT27 Jul 2023
Hennessy v State of Queensland (Queensland Health) (No 2)
Queensland Industrial Relations Commission
Industrial law - application to dismiss on public interest grounds
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, 2023.
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
Repairs or remedying initial design faults – Lawrence v IRD (NZ)
David W Marks KC
An edited version of this note was published in 2024 WTB 26 [471] (28 June 2024)Stamp duty on Divorce
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Case note of AgrinovaAdelaide Tax Discussion – Nerang Subdivision v Hutson
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Discussion notes