Thursday, 12 March 2026
Tax and GST in Settling Litigation
- Does the payee have to pay tax on the settlement amount?
- Can the payor deduct the settlement amount?
- Is GST payable by either or both parties?
Presented by Anna Wilson, Barrister, Foley’s List
Chair
Benjamin Murphy, Barrister, Foley’s List; recommended commercial litigation and dispute resolution, Doyle’s Guide
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters

Benjamin Murphy, Barrister, Foley’s List
Ben Murphy practises in commercial law and appears in all jurisdictions in the Commonwealth of Australia. Ben has over 20 years' experience representing clients involved in a variety of disputes (interlocutory, trial and appeal) concerning: contract law; Corporations law; property law; building, construction and infrastructure disputes; the Australian Consumer Law; equity and trust law; and family law property disputes.

Anna Wilson, Barrister, Foley’s List
Anna Wilson specialises in taxation, insolvency and related matters. She acts for the Commissioner and the taxpayer in both State and Federal jurisdictions. Her practice extends to tax technical and structuring advice, tax investigations and audits, private rulings and objections, through to litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Anna also acts in regulatory/disciplinary matters such as those involving registration with the Tax Practitioners Board and/or membership of professional accounting associations. She was involved in the superannuation round of the Financial Services Royal Commission and acts in disputes between members of self-managed superannuation funds. Anna has extensive experience as a tax and commercial specialist in large law firms having worked for over 10 years with Norton Rose Fulbright, including 15 months in Munich, Germany and two years with Gadens in Melbourne. She commenced her legal career working mainly in property law before concentrating on tax from 2008. Anna obtained her law and science degrees (majoring in mathematics and physics) from Monash University and has a Masters of Taxation Law from Melbourne University, where she was awarded the Graham Hill Taxation Law prize. Anna now lectures in the Masters program at Melbourne University, teaching the subject Capital Gains Tax: Problems in Practice. Anna is fluent in German and has worked as a professional translator from German into English. Prior to her legal career, Anna was a professional cyclist and represented Australia at the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games and the Kuala Lumpur and Manchester Commonwealth Games.