John Glover | Victorian Bar

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Date of Admission:

02 Apr 1979

First Signed Bar Roll:

22 Nov 1984

Division of Bar Roll:

Victorian Practising Counsel

Qualifications:

B.A.(Hons), LL.B.(Hons)(Melb), B.C.L.(Oxon), Ph.D.(Mon), F.T.I.A.

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John Glover is a commercial barrister specialising in taxation law and trusts. He has advised and appeared for large and small private sector clients, including public and private trustee companies, deceased estates and not-for-profit-corporations. John was the principal author of a report commissioned by the Australian Taxation Office on discretionary trusts and high net worth individuals (see annexed CV). Appearances in reported decisions over the last three years include:

Burhala v Commissioner of Taxation [2020] FCA 1854
Whether orders should be set aside for Commissioner's fraud - tax avoidance - whether Commissioner contravened s58(3)(b) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 - bankrupt had sufficient standing to bring claim- Commissioner's strike out application dismissed
Commissioner of Taxation v Burhala [2020] FCA

Tax avoidance - fraud - interpretation of OECD "Multilateral Convention on Assistance in Tax Matters" in the light of Australian bankruptcy law - [judgement pending]

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v MWB Accountants Pty Ltd [2020] VSCA and [2019] VCC 1516

Administrative overpayments - allocation to running balance account - [Commissioner abandoned proceeding after hearing of VSCA appeal]

Aussiegolfa Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Commissioner of Taxation (2018) 130 ACSR 1; [2018] FCAFC 122; (2007) 106 ATR 812; [2017] FCA 15; [2017] AATA 3013 (with M Flynn QC)

Superannuation - self-managed fund - related trust - application of in-house asset rules

Central Park Estate (Vic) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (2018) 53 VR 690; [2018] VSC 1

Duties Act - dutiable property - application of exception for goods used in primary production

Tasmanian Land Company Ltd v Van Dairy Group Pty Ltd [2018] VSC 618

Abuse of process - stay of proceedings

Lambrou v Lambrou [2018] VSC 141

Fiduciary obligations - debt acknowledged by obligee

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