David W Marks QC
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
30 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 Judgment14 Sep 2020
Resolute Mining Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue
Queensland Supreme Court
Nature:
Stamp duty; consideration; contingencies
View Judgment Costs decision
Publications and associations
David is active in professional associations, performing committee work, on technical tax matters and their disciplinary functions.
Most recently David has been recognised in Doyle’s Guide as:
Recent Publications
Discretionary Trusts – Reviewing Exercise of Discretion
Paper presented for Legalwise in Brisbane
Conference Paper Slides for presentationGift & Loan Back transactions; and ATO’s new debt-collecting techniques
Gift & Loan Back transactions; and ATO's new debt-collecting techniques
Unpublished Speaking Notes TTI Conference PaperAlgorithms, discretions and decisions in the “robo” age
The Tax Institute's 21st Annual States' Taxation Conference 2021; published in The Tax Specialist vol 25(3), 2022
"The Tax Specialist" at TTI website