174 - 180 Phillip Street
Sydney NSW 2000
TEL: (02) 9232 7750


Denis Barlin

Barrister

Tel:  (02) 9231 6646          Fax:  (02) 9232 4071

Email:   dbarlin@wentworthchambers.com.au

Admitted to the Bar

1st May 2011


Previous Occupation

Solicitor - Greenwoods & Freehills
Solicitor - Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Partner - Cosoff Cudmore Knox (Sydney)
Solicitor / Director, SBN Lawyers Pty Ltd


Legal Education

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - Australian National University
Master of Laws - University of Sydney
Bachelor of Commerce (Australian National University)
Grad Diploma in Legal Practice (Australian National University)


Areas of Practice

Taxation
Equity and Trusts
Corporate / Commercial


Admitted to Practice

NSW Supreme Court - 23 July 2003
ACT Supreme Court - 11 April 2003
High Court of Australia - 11 April 2003


Additional Qualifications

Lecturer


Memberships

Fellow - Taxation Institute of Australia
Fellow - Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners
Member - Certified Practicing Accountants Australia
Member - Taxation Institute of Australia NSW education committee
Member - Taxation Institute of Australia ACT education committee
Member - Liaison Committee - Taxation Institute and NSW Office of State Revenue
Member - Institute of Chartered Accountants Tax Discussion Group No 14
Member - NSW Bar Association


Curriculum Vitae

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Publications

"Costs Orders against the Commissioner of Taxation " - February 2012

"Specific Issues in Taxation and Estate Planning " - September 2011

"Selected Tax Issues in Leasing" - September 2011

"Changes in the Taxation of Trusts" - Young Lawyers Seminar - September 2011

"Access by beneficiaries of "trust documents" - as of right or judicial consent?" - Taxation in Australia - July 2011

"Directors Duties - the tax perspective" - Young Lawyers Seminar - July 2011

"Succession Planning - Superannuation and Trusts" - Young Lawyers Seminar - June 2011

"To be Vested or Not to Be Vested... That is the Declaration" - Taxation in Australia 2011 Vol 45(10) 596 - May 2011

"Tax Update for Lawyers" - March 2011

"A Taxing Situation for Small Business" - March 2011

"Directors and Tax Exposures" - March 2011

"Restructuring for Business Succession and Buy/Sell Agreements: Tax Considerations" - March 2011

"Succession planning and trusts" - November 2010

"Property Acquisition and Development" - September 2010

"Bankruptcy Training Session" - August 2010

"Succession planning and trusts" - August 2010

"Superannuation and Bankruptcy" - August 2010

"Partitioning Land - How do you ensure there are no unexpected tax liabilities?" - August 2010

"Superannuation - Direct Gearing of Super Funds" - August 2010

"Succession Planning and Trusts" - May 2010

"Important Points of Superannuation" - May 2010

"Recent Developments: Gearing in Superannuation" - April 2010

"Superannuation: Asset Protection and Estate Planning Issues" - 2010

"Succession planning and trusts" - October 2009

"NSW Stamp Duties" - October 2009

"Succession Planning and Trusts" - October 2009

"Asset Protection and Superannuation" - May 2009

"Tax Training Notes" - 2009

"Direct Gearing of Super Funds: The Instalment Warrant Revolution" - 2009

"Estate Planning - the practicalities of effective structuring" - 2009

"Guarantees and 'instalment warrant' arrangements" - Taxation in Australia Volume 43 No. 3 162 - September 2008

"Cloning & Splitting Discretionary Trusts" - September 2008

"Cloning & Splitting Discretionary Trusts" - September 2008

"Succession and exit strategies" - August 2008

"Testamentary Trust" - July 2008

"NSW Land Tax - Holding Land in a Unit Trust" - April 2008

"Catching changes in 'Beneficial Ownership'" - Taxation in Australia Volume 42 No. 8 479 - March 2008

"Estate Planning - the practicalities of effective structuring" - 2008

"Developments in Revenue Law Affecting Real Property Transactions" - 2008

"Extension of the Vesting Day does not cause split ends" - Taxation in Australia Volume 41 No. 8 464 - March 2007

"Changes to NSW Land Tax" - February 2007

"Land Tax and Unit Trusts" - February 2007

"The Schemes Continue" - Taxation in Australia Volume 38 No. 6 301 - December 2003

"The refinancing principle as applied to trusts" - Taxation in Australia Volume 38 No. 5 251 - November 2003

"Wicked Witch Fails to Stop Progress down the yellow brick road" - Taxation in Australia Vol 37 No. 2 62 - Aug 2002

"Budplan: Victory for the Commissioner but hope for other taxpayers?" - Taxation in Australia Volume 36 No. 10 517 - May 2002

"Deductible expenses for infringement of trademark" - Taxation in Australia Volume 36 No. 3 - September 2001

"Estate planning considerations in the SMSF context"

"Succession planning - Trusts, superannuation & buy-sell arrangements"



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