Chancery Partners Limited

CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: GORDON WILLIAM FISHER
Address :
Apartment 3G (BL.12)
Sereno Verde (Estate)
99 Tai Tong Road, Yuen Long
New Territories, Hong Kong
Telephone : +852 9829 5538
Facsimile : +852 2530 2112
Email : [email protected]
Nationality: British & Australian (dual citizenship). Born in Scotland.
Residence: Hong Kong.
Military Awards: Australian (Vietnam War) Active Service: AASM; VLSM; DFM; RASB.
Imperial and Australian (Non-Active Service): SSB(RN); SSB(RAN).
Academic: LL.B: University of New South Wales (Australia).
LL.M: University of Sydney (Australia).
BL: Gray’s Inn (England).
PgDip. Chinese Law: Universidade Da Asia Oriental.
Professional:
(Post-Nominals)
FTI: Fellow of the Tax Institute (Australia)
TEP: Full Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (England).
Professional Matters: Admitted as a New South Wales Solicitor on 16 July, 1976.
Called to the New South Wales Bar on 11 June, 1982.
Admitted/Called as an Australian Federal Practitioner (Barrister and Solicitor) on 13 July, 1976.
Called to the Victorian Bar on 2 August, 1982.
Admitted as a Victorian Solicitor on 2 August, 1982.
Called to the English Bar (Gray's Inn) on 24 July, 1986.
Called to the Hong Kong Bar on 2 September, 1986.
Others: Sometime Fellow/Member of various professional associations, including Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Member of the International Fiscal Association (see below, under ‘Monographs’).
Practice: Areas of Practice as a Solicitor (6 years) & Barrister (36 years): 42 years

Revenue, trusts, equity and company advice and advocacy - in Australia and in Hong Kong. Appearances include those before the High Court of Australia and the Privy Council.
Lectureships: University of Sydney: Sometime Lecturer-in-Law (LL.M degree course).
University of New South Wales: Sometime Lecturer-in-Law (LL.B degree course).
Publications: Books

Tax Planning for Companies (1980). Rydge Publications, Sydney.

The Australian Taxation System (1985). Longman Professional Publishing (now Sweet & Maxwell), Sydney.

International Tax Systems and Planning Techniques (1983-1987). Longman Professional Publishing (now Sweet & Maxwell), London (Australian Chapter). Editor: R. Saunders.

Public Company Finance (1986). Law Book Company (now Sweet & Maxwell), Sydney (Leveraged Leasing Chapter). Editors: Professors R. Vann and R. Austin.

Roberts Burns (1st ed., 1991; 2nd ed., 1992). The PFL Group, Amsterdam (editor under pseudonym Iain Gordon). Copy lodged and available at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.

International Succession Law (2001-2005). Butterworths/Tolley, London (Mauritius Chapter, with J. Shaw, Barrister, M. Sauzier, SC, Barrister, & S. Tegally, Barrister).

Mauritius Legislation 2001: Destination Tables, (2002). Imprimerie Et Papeterie Commerciale Ltee, Port Louis, with J. Shaw, Barrister, Editor: S. Tegally, Barrister.

Offshore Service: Tolley’s International Series (2003-2016). Butterworths/Tolley, London (Mauritius Chapter) with J. Shaw, Barrister, & A. Fowdar, Chartered Accountant [Fellow].

Monographs

Taxation of Payments to Non-Residents for Independent Personal Services, (1982). International Fiscal Association, Montreal, Canada, with R. Edmonds, Barrister and (subsequently) Australian Federal Court Justice.

The Unmasking of Ramsay, (2001). Chancery Publishing, Port Louis, with J. Shaw, Barrister.

Journal Articles and Other Publications

The Investment Allowance at the End of Stage One, (1978-1979) XIII Taxation in Australia 206.

Corporate Benefaction, (1978-1979) XIII Taxation in Australia 931 (Part I); and (1978-1979) XIII Taxation in Australia 1059 (Part 2).

Gauci's Case and Events Subsequent, (1979-1980) XIV Taxation in Australia 268.

The Effect of Section 29 of the Stamp Duties Act, 1920 (N.S.W.) upon an Unstamped Instrument, (1979-1980) XIV Taxation in Australia 734.

Foreign Investment in Australia, (1980) 6 Taxes International 33.

Leveraged Leasing, (1981) Sydney University Press.

Division 6 (Trust Estates) in 1982: A Commentary, (1982) Sydney University Press.

The Taxation of Trusts, (1982) Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants/New South Wales College of Law.

Labour Government (Tax) Changes, (1983) Australian Seminar Services.

Offshore Tax Planning, (1983) Australian Society of Accountants.

Solicitors and Barristers, (1983) Australian Seminar Services.

Trusts, Companies and Partnerships: Trusts, (1984) New South Wales University Press.

Domestic Tax Aspects of Trusts, (1984) Taxation Institute of Australia.

Losses, (1985) Taxation Institute of Australia.

Company Losses, (1985) Australian Seminar Services.

Understanding the Capital Gains Tax Legislation, (1985) New South Wales Law Society.

Impact of the Capital Gains Provisions on Tax Practice, (1985) New South Wales University Press.

Unit Trusts and The Liability of Unit Holders, (1986) Australian Commercial Law Quarterly.

Mauritius, (2001) The OFC Report 2001, 132, with J. Shaw, Barrister.

High Net Worth Individuals – A Modern Approach, (2002) In Brief, 16.

Treaty Shopping, (2007) Private Client Practitioner, Volume 5, Issue 1, 26.

When Is A Conduit A Conduit? (2012), Expert Guide: Tax 2012 (in English and Mandarin), with J. Shaw, Barrister.

Trusts: Why They Are Outdated & How To Replace Them (2015), Expert Guide: Tax 2015, with J. Shaw, Barrister.


Unpublished Papers Delivered at Public and Professional Seminars

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Taxation Institute of Australia in May, 1979. The paper was entitled Recent Developments in Case Law, 1979/1980.

Paper delivered at a professional development seminar conducted by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants in September, 1979. The paper was entitled Recent & Current Developments in Trust Law.

Paper delivered at the 1981 Annual State Congress of The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants in March, 1981. The paper was entitled Trends in Judicial Approach in Income Tax Matters.

Paper delivered at a professional development seminar conducted by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants on 27 July, 1982. The paper was entitled Recent Developments in Case Law, 1981/1982.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Australian Institute For International Research on 10 February, 1983. The paper was entitled Tax Considerations in Choice of Legal and Financial Structures: Sole Proprietorship v. Partnership v. Company v. Trust.

Paper delivered at a professional development seminar conducted by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1983. The paper was entitled Tax Planning After (The) Costigan (Commission).

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by Australian Seminar Services on 6 July, 1983. The paper was entitled Restrospectivity and Judicial and Statutory Interpretation in relation to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

Paper delivered at a professional development seminar conducted jointly by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and The New South Wales College of Law on 12 September, 1983. The paper was entitled Section 260, Part IVA And General Anti-avoidance Provisions.

Paper delivered at a professional development seminar conducted by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants on 21 March, 1984. The paper was entitled The Experience with Anti-Avoidance Measures.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants on 18 February, 1985. The paper was entitled Taxation of Fringe Benefits - The Concept of Income.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by Hamley Conventions (Australia) in Vanuatu (New Hebrides) on 5 July, 1985. The paper was entitled Aspects of Trade Practices Legislation.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by Hamley Conventions (Australia) in Vanuatu (New Hebrides) on 6 July, 1985. The paper was entitled Tax Planning, General Investment and Exchange Control in Australia.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by Horwath & Horwath, Sydney, on 29 July, 1985. The paper was entitled Understanding Capital Gains Tax.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by Australian Seminar Services in May, 1986. The paper was entitled The New Tax Penalties Amendments.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants - Hong Kong Branch Group - on 2 August, 1987. The paper was entitled Update on Australian Tax.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Hong Kong Society of Accountants on 20 November, 1987. The paper was entitled Corporate Tax Planning.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Australian Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, on 30 March, 1988. The paper was entitled Tax and the China Trader.

Paper delivered at a Meeting of the Hong Kong Branch of The International Fiscal Association in September, 1996. The paper was entitled Section 61A.

Paper delivered at a Meeting of the Hong Kong Branch of The International Fiscal Association in January, 1997. The paper was entitled In Consequence of the Decision in 'Bartica'.

Paper delivered at a Meeting of The Hong Kong Society of Trustees in June, 1997. The paper was entitled The Trustee: Non-beneficial Derivation of Income.

Paper delivered at a Meeting of the Hong Kong Branch of The International Fiscal Association in September, 1997. The paper was entitled The Changing Face of the Concept of the ‘Source of Income’ in Hong Kong.

Paper delivered at a seminar conducted by The Hong Kong Society of Solicitors in October, 1999. The paper was entitled Practice, Procedure and Rules of Evidence at Hearings before Taxation Boards of Review.


Gordon Fisher: Hong Kong.
  July, 2018