Michael Hines
QUALIFICATIONS BA Hons, LLB, LLM
ADMITTED 1982 BAR 1985
CLERK CONTACT 03 9225 7999
PHONE 9225 7854
MOBILE 0412 132 508
EMAIL mhines@vicbar.com.au
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Administrative Law
- Banking and Finance
- Commercial Law
- Constitutional
- Consumer Law
- Copyright
- Credit
- Customs / Shipping / Maritime
- Equity / Equitable Relief / Trusts
- Family Law
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International / Conflicts of Law
- Patent
- Probate / Wills / Part IV
- Professional Negligence
- Property Law
- Public Law
- Rent
- Superannuation
- Taxation Law
ENQUIRIES: dever@vicbar.com.au
Experience
Michael Hines is an experienced advocate, having appeared mainly in the superior courts. Recently, he appeared as Counsel before the High Court in Hsiao v Fazarri (2020) FLC 93-990; [2020] HCA 35; and before that, in the well known case, Kennon v Spry (2008) 238 CLR 366.
A large part of his practice consists of advising and drawing documents.
He is a past director of the Trustee of the Victorian Bar Superannuation Fund.
He is the author of numerous publications, for example, a loose-leaf service, 'Stamp Duties Victoria' (LBC), is a presenter at many seminars, and has taught Post Graduate Tax subjects at the University of Melbourne.
Some of his articles and papers are as follows:
- Taxation of Payments of Damages and Compensation
- Tax Implications of Litigation
- Impact of Capital Gains Tax on Damages
- Drawing the Veil Over Taxation Advice Given by Accountants
- Resisting Disclosure in Tax Matters
- Stamp Duty Update
- State Taxes: The New Landholder Regim
- Testamentary Disputes
- Testamentary Trusts
- Appeals in Family Law Property Cases
- Family Law and Discretionary Trusts
- PART IV CASES under current legislation
- TAX IMPLICATIONS OF SETTLEMENTS
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