David Graham
Russell RFD QC
BA, LLM
David was called to the Bar in 1977, having been
admitted as a solicitor in 1974.
He is admitted to practise in New South Wales,
Queensland, Victoria, the Northern Territory, the
Australian Capital Territory, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre (www.difccourts.ae).
David took silk in 1986 and holds that office in all
the above Australian jurisdictions
David served as a Judge Advocate and
is a Wing Commander in the RAAF Legal Reserve.
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David's principal area of practice is
Revenue Law, which requires an understanding of commercial
and administrative law. He has acted for Commonwealth and
State Governments as well as individuals and corporations.
David's other areas of expertise include:
Constitutional
Law
Corporate
Laws
Equity
David was President of the Taxation
Institute of Australia from 1993 to 1995, and
of the Asia Oceania Tax Consultants'
Association from 1996 to 2000. David also served as Chairman of the
National Education and International Relations
Committees of the Institute and is a member of its National Technical
Committee and the Law
Council of Australia Business Law Section
Taxation Committee. He is an Honorary Adviser
of the Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association, an Honorary Member of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong, Deputy Chairman of the Sydney Branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Co-chair of the Australian Chapter of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the Executive Committee of that Association's International Law and Practice Section. He served
as a member of the Ministerial Consultative Committee for
the Tax Law Improvement Project from 1994 to 1997 and as a
member of the Steering Committee for the National Review of
Standards for the Tax Profession in 1993 and 1994. From 1991
to 1995 he was a member of the National Tax Liaison Group.
David is the author of many published
articles and conference
papers, both inside and outside Australia, and is a member
of the Advisory Editorial Board of Australian
Tax Practice.
He has also lectured at the University of Queensland for the Master
of Laws course and was an Adjunct Professor of the Faculty
of Business, Economics and Law of
the University of Queensland from 2001 to 2006.
He was a member of the Management
Committee Australia
- Japan Society, Queensland
from 1994 to 2005, its Vice President in 1995 and 1996 and President from
1996-2001. He was President of the National
Federation of Australia Japan Societies from 2001 to 2005 and was a member of the Executive Committee for the 2006 Australia Japan Year of Exchange.
David is actively involved in the operations
of his family's business, Russell Pastoral Company. He is
the third generation of his family to do so. Russell
Pastoral Company carries on business at Dalby, Cunnamulla
and Blackall. Its flagship property, Jimbour,
is one of Queensland's oldest stations, dating back to 1841.
In addition to pursuing the Company's interests in the cattle,
wool, grain, wine and tourism industries, David has served
as a director of the Queensland
Wine Industry Association, the
peak wine industry body for the state, and from 2002 served
as its President. In 2003 he became a Committee member of
the Australian
Regional Winemakers Forum, and from 2004 to 2007 was its Vice President and one of the members of the Council of the
Winemakers
Federation of Australia.
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