Nasos Kaskani

Overview

Nasos is a barrister who practises principally in taxation and revenue law.

Nasos regularly appears in the AAT, Federal Court and Supreme Court in respect of taxation matters (including GST, Director Penalty Notices, Payroll Tax and Land Tax matters). Nasos appears on behalf of taxpayers and the Commissioner of Taxation.

Nasos also practices in commercial matters, advising on and appearing in the Federal Court, County Court and Supreme Court in relation to:

• Insolvency, often acting on behalf of financial institutions, receivers and liquidators
• Defamation
• Insurance
• Property law disputes, including matters concerning title, leases and caveats
• Contractual and tortious disputes, including product liability claims
• Directors' duties
• Trade practices disputes, including franchise matters
• Environmental law

Prior to coming to the Bar, Nasos practised as a solicitor with Corrs Chambers Westgarth for more than 10 years. During this time, Nasos spent 8 years in the Tax Group working on tax disputes, in particular, large-scale litigation on behalf of large multinational corporations before the Federal Court (including Full Court of the Federal Court). Nasos also advised taxpayers on all aspects of ATO audits and reviews, including claims for privilege, FOI matters and administrative law issues.

Since 2008, Nasos has lectured at the University of Melbourne Law School in tax law subjects (including Tax Effective Writing: Written Advocacy and Corporate Tax A) as a Senior Fellow in the Melbourne Law Masters program.

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.