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
27 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 JUDGMENT30 Jul 2021
Schneider v Queensland Building and Construction Commission
Queensland Court of Appeal
Nature:
Contracts - when price due
View Judgment18 Dec 2020
Nendy v Armstrong
Queensland Supreme Court
Nature:
Proprietary estoppel; adverse possession
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
ER Law – PowerPoints for Boundaries & Immunities Presentation
David Marks KC & Rachel O'Donnell
PowerPointsBig Things in the Sea – Jointly written with Rachel O’Donnell
Paper for The Tax Institute's "State Taxes Conference", Darwin, 17 Jul 2023
Link to Journal Article Conference PaperThe rule against perpetuities – opportunities for advisers
Article in The Tax Specialist
Link to Journal Article Conference Paper - TTI Trusts Intensive 23