Name: James Coleman

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Web Site: http://www.jhcoleman.co.nz

Bio: James Coleman is a barrister specialising in tax disputes and opinion work. He has over 18 years experience as a tax advocatte, and has appeared in over 135 leading tax cases, including 5 Privy Council cases. He currently writes a regular column on tax in the New Zealand Law Journal and in Taxation Today. He is also an author for Brookers SMART tax and the author of the new CCH Tax Avoidance text. He also lectures at the University of Auckland on tax avoidance as part of the Masters of Taxation course. Mobile: 027 671 3025. DDI: 04 473 4511. Chambers: 04 499 6170. Fax: 04 499 6172. Address: No. 1 The Terrace, PO Box 10201, Wellington.

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    BNZ Final Judgment

    August 12th, 2009

    On 15 July 2009 Wild J issued his final decision in the long running BNZ structured finance litigation. The decision is BNZ Investments Ltd v C of IR (unrep, HC Wellington, CIV 2004-485-1059; CIV 2005-485-1045; CIV 2006-485-1028; CIV 2006-485-2084; CIV 2008-485-1056, 15 July 2009).

    This is the second High Court decision concerning the application of the general anti avoidance provision since the Supreme Court decision in Ben Nevis Forestry Ventures Limited v CIR [2008] NZSC 115 (Ben Nevis).

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