Michael T Flynn QC | Victorian Bar

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Date of Admission:

04 Mar 1985

First Signed Bar Roll:

27 May 1993

Date Appointed Silk:

24 Nov 2015

Division of Bar Roll:

Victorian Practising Counsel

Profile:

Michael Flynn practises principally in the areas of taxation, administrative law, trusts and commercial law. He is a chartered accountant, was national president of the Tax Institute in 2014 and teaches CGT Problems in Practice in the postgraduate law program at Melbourne University.

Cases:

* Lucic v Henry [2021] VSC 548 (Appeal from VCAT)

* WYPF v FCT [2021] AATA 3050 (GST, passing on)

* Commr of SR (Vic) v 1043 Melton Highway Pty Ltd [2020] VSC 820 (Stamp duty)

* Markin v Animals Australia Federation [2020] VSC 113 (Will construction)

* Trustee for Michael Hayes Family Trust v FCT [2019] FCAFC 226 (Public trading trust, rectification)

* Paule v FCT [2019 FCA 394 (CGT rollovers)

* JSJG v FCT [2019] AATA 336 (Income tax on compensation payment)

* Aussiegolfa Pty Ltd v FCT [2018] FCAFC 122 (Super fund sole purpose and in-house asset tests)

* Divas Beverages Holdings Ltd v FCT [2018] FCA 576

* M & M Diamond Creek Pty Ltd v Commr of SR (Vic) [2016] VCAT 2031(Stamp duty)

* Trustees of WT & A Norman Superannuation Fund v FCT [2015] AATA 914 (Pt IVA and dividend washing)

* FCT v AusNet Transmission Group Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 60 (Deductions for copyright, valuation, tax consolidation)

* FCT v Qantas Airways Ltd [2014] FCAFC 168 (FBT)

* IOOF Holdings Limited v FCT (2014) 224 FCR 535 (Tax consolidation, admin law)

* Cityrose v Booth and Kay & Burton [2013] VSC 504 (Contractual dispute re GST)

* DCT v Ekelmans & Ors [2013] VSC 346 (Freezing orders)

* Regis Investments Pty Ltd v Commr of State Revenue (Vic) [2012] VSC 115 (Land rich duty)

* FCT v Wentworth District Capital [2011] FCAFC 42 (Tax exempt status of bank)

* State Trustees v Attorney-General (Vic) and University of Melbourne & Ors [2011] VSC 372 (Will construction)

* Commr of State Taxation (SA) v Cyril Henschke Pty Ltd [2010] HCA 43 (Stamp duty)

* FCT v Word Investments Pty Ltd (2008) 236 CLR 204 (Charitable status of a company carrying on a business

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