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David Russell (barrister)
David Graham Russell, (born 2 December 1950) is an Australian barrister who specialises in international tax law. Early life and education David Russell was born in the town of Dalby in Queensland as the second son of Charles Wilfred Russell MP and Hilary Maude Russell (née Newton), subsequently H M Russell OBE. He attended Jimbour State School from 1956 to 1960, after which he attended Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane from 1961 to 1967. His university years were spent at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in 1971, his Bachelor of Laws in 1974, and finally his Master of Laws in 1983. Career Professional Russell was admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 1974, and was called to the Bar in 1977. He is admitted to practise in Australia, England and Wales (where he is a member of Lincoln's Inn), the Courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre, New York (as a legal consultant), New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. ...
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Dalby, Queensland
Dalby () is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Dalby had a population of 12,758 people. It is on the Darling Downs and is the administrative centre for the Western Downs Region. Geography Dalby is approximately west of Toowoomba, west northwest of the state capital, Brisbane, east southeast of Roma, Queensland, Roma and east southeast of Charleville, Queensland, Charleville at the junction of the Warrego Highway, Warrego, Moonie Highway, Moonie and Bunya Highways. State Route 82 also passes through Dalby. It enters from the north as Dalby–Jandowae Road and exits to the south as Dalby–Cecil Plains Road. Dalby–Cooyar Road exits to the east. Dalby is the centre of Australia's richest grain and cotton growing area. Mocattas Corner is a neighbourhood on the eastern boundary of the locality with Irvingdale, Queensland, Irvingdale (). It takes its name from the former ...
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Dubai International Financial Centre
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is a special economic zone in Dubai covering , established in 2004 as a financial hub for companies operating throughout the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) markets. DIFC is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, an independent regulator exclusive to the zone, and by its own court system, DIFC Courts, separate from the Emirate of Dubai's legal system and that of the federal government of the UAE. DIFC follows the common law framework and operates in English. DIFC is one of Dubai's independent free zones; it offers companies 100% ownership without the need for a local partner. The freezone houses financial institutions, and wealth funds in addition to retail and hotel space dedicated to the free zones. DIFC offers clients a 50-year guarantee of zero taxes on corporate income and profits, complemented by the UAE's network of double taxation treaties. It was reported in 2022 that DIFC had a 19% annual i ...
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New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of New York. The mission of the association is to cultivate the science of jurisprudence; promote reform in the law; facilitate the administration of justice; and elevate the standards of integrity, honor, professional skill, and courtesy in the legal profession. History NYSBA was founded on November 21, 1876, in Albany, New York, and then incorporated on May 2, 1877, by an act of the state legislature. Its first president was David B. Hill. Elliott Fitch Shepard helped found the association and, in 1884, was its fifth president. Among the reforms to the legislation signed into law that had created the association was the removal of the restrictions on the admission of women to the practice of law. In 1896, NYSBA proposed the first global means for settling disputes among nations, what is now called the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. Its protocol for legal ethics ensued fr ...
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Society Of Trust And Estate Practitioners
STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) was founded by George Tasker in 1991 and is the international professional body for advisers who specialise in inheritance and succession planning. Its members are mainly solicitors, barristers, attorneys, accountants, tax advisers, trust officers and trust administrators as well as banking and insurance Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to protect ... professionals in the trust field. Objectives The main focus of the organisation is to promote high professional standards within the profession, to provide educational and networking opportunities for its members and to contribute to debate and public policy in its specialist field. Membership STEP has more than 100 branches and chapters in 56 countries with a current membershi ...
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Trusts & Trustees
''Trusts & Trustees'' is a peer-reviewed law journal published ten times per year by Oxford University Press. The journal covers trust law and practice, including case notes on topical cases and updates on trends and developments from around the world. The editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ... are Toby Graham (Farrer & Co., United Kingdom) and David Russell QC (barrister, Outer Temple Chambers Dubai and London, and Chairman of the STEP International Client Special Interest Group). External links * Business law journals Oxford University Press academic journals Academic journals established in 1994 English-language journals Wills and trusts Equity (law) {{business-journal-stub ...
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ...
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Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a 'person who professes'. Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of List of academic ranks, academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word ''professor'' is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well, and often to instructors or lecturers. Professors often conduct original research and commonly teach undergraduate, Postgraduate educa ...
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University Of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the world's first universities to admit students solely on academic merit, and opened its doors to women on the same basis as men. The university comprises eight academic faculties and university schools, through which it offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees. Five Nobel Prize, Nobel and two Crafoord Prize, Crafoord laureates have been affiliated with the university as graduates and faculty. The university has educated 8 Prime minister of Australia, Australian prime ministers, including incumbent Anthony Albanese; 2 Governor-General of Australia, governors-general of Australia; 13 Premier of New South Wales, premiers of New South Wales; and 26 justices of the High Court of Australia, including 5 Chief Justice of Australia, chief justic ...
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Law Council Of Australia
The Law Council of Australia, founded in 1933, is an association of law societies and bar associations from the states and territories of Australia, and the peak body representing the legal profession in Australia. The Law Council represents more than 65,000 lawyers across Australia ">ref name=":0">and has its national base in Canberra. History The Law Council was formed in 1933 to unite the various state legal associations to represent the profession at a national level and at an international level. Gordon Hughes, a former President of the Law Council, has written a book on the Law Council's history titled ''The Law Council of Australia – the People, the Profession and the Institutions.'' List of presidents List of presidents of the Law Council of Australia: *1933: Herbert Mayo *1934: Richard Clive Teece *1935: John Latham *1936: Francis George Villeneuve Smith *1937: Richard Teece (2nd term) *1938: William Butler *1939: Alec McGill *1940: Reginald Bonney *1941†...
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Asia Oceania Tax Consultants' Association
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the site of many of the first civilisations. Its 4.7 billion people constitute roughly 60% of the world's population. Asia shares the landmass of Eurasia with Europe, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa. In general terms, it is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. The border of Asia with Europe is a social constructionism, historical and cultural construct, as there is no clear physical and geographical separation between them. A commonly accepted division places Asia to the east of the Suez Canal separating it from Africa; and to the east of the Turkish straits, the Ural Mountains an ...
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Taxation Institute Of Australia
The Tax Institute, formerly the Taxation Institute of Australia, is a member-based association of tax professionals in Australia. Members include accountants, lawyers and academics. The Tax Institute was founded in July 1943 by a Sydney accountant named Harold Irving. As of 2016 the Tax Institute had over 12,000 members. The Institute provides resources and education to its members, and participates in formulating tax policy with the government. Executives from the institute head up the Australian Tax Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation that researches tax reform at the federal, state and local government levels. The Tax Institute provides input to the Board of Taxation, a non-statutory government advisory body charged with contributing a business and broader community perspective to improving the design of taxation laws and their operation. In March 2010 The Tax Institute and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia jointly submitted an extensive review of th ...
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Government Of Australia
The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national Executive (government), executive government of Australia, a federalism, federal Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The executive consists of the Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister, Cabinet of Australia, cabinet ministers and other ministers that currently have the support of a majority of the members of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives (the lower house) and also includes the Australian Government#Departments, departments and other List of Australian Government entities, executive bodies that ministers oversee. The Albanese government, current executive government consists of Anthony Albanese and other ministers of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), in office since the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 federal election. The Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister is the Head of gove ...
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