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Douglas Mathew

Vancouver Office & Toronto Office

Toronto: (416) 864-0829 Vancouver: (604) 602-4291

Douglas Mathew received his B.Comm. from the University of Alberta and his LL.B. (with Honours) from the University of Toronto. He is a member of the British Columbia Bar (1989). Doug is also a Chartered Accountant (1980) who practised public accounting and worked in industry before attending law school.

Doug’s practice focuses on civil tax litigation, including appellate-level advocacy and appearing before the Tax Court of Canada and provincial Superior Courts. He also represents taxpayers in the appeal process with the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial tax authorities. Major litigation matters have included such issues as tax avoidance, transfer pricing, directors’ liability, GST, capital tax, provincial sales tax and scientific research tax incentives. He has acted for a number of multi-taxpayer groups and syndicates in disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Doug has been appointed by the Minister of Justice as a member of the Editorial Board of the Federal Court Reports with responsibility for taxation matters. He has served as an instructor for the Bar Admission courses of the Law Societies of British Columbia and Upper Canada, as well as numerous tax conferences and seminars. He has also served as an executive of the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario) Tax Law Section and is currently a member of the Taxation Professional Development Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British
Columbia. He is a member of the Canadian Tax Foundation, the Tax Law Sections of both the British Columbia and Ontario Bar Association and the International Fiscal Association.