Division of Bar Roll:
Victorian Practising Counsel
Previous Occupation:
Partner at Freehills (now Herbert Smith Freehills)
Accepts briefs from in-house counsel Profile:
LINKS to John's website; www.FJMtax.com for his publications and cases.
John Morgan has practiced in revenue and superannuation law for many years prior to coming to the Bar - as a partner with Freehills, now Herbert Smith Freehills (2000-2003); Blake Dawson Waldron, now Ashurst (1997-2000) and Phillips Fox, now DLA Piper (1989-1997).
John continues his taxation specialties at the Bar. He also accepts briefs to mediate in all areas. He accepts briefs in Family Law property disputes, particularly where there may be any commercial or taxation complexity. Also he accepts briefs involving professional negligence relating to tax. Finally, he will accept breifs in suitable commercial matters of various types.By way of further background, John also taught tax at Monash University (2003-2004); is a member of the Law Council's Melbourne Tax Committee and is a member of the Taxation Institute of Australia. Also, John served, in 1998, on the Tax Law Improvement Project, which was charged with re-writing the income tax law into the new Act in Plain English, then, in 2008, the then Assistant Treasurer appointed John to serve as a private sector representative on the Tax Design Review Panel.
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