Overview
Background
Associate Professor David Morrison's primary academic interests are in revenue law, corporate and insolvency law and economic analysis.
Associate Professor Morrison is an interdisciplinary researcher whose interests lie at the intersection of taxation law, corporate and insolvency law, bankruptcy, finance law and financial literacy as those interests apply to finance, the economy, social and policy framework and climate change. Associate Professor Morrison researches around law and finance especially as it applies to literacy and support for generational change. The recipient of three ARC research grants and a UQ Vice-Chancellors Research Excellence award, Associate Professor Morrison has held over 20 research grants and has published extensively including papers, conferences and as co-author of Voluntary Administration Thomson service. Associate Professor Morrison holds the degrees of BCom, LLB, MFM, LLM, GCEd and PhD (Qld), he holds the professional qualifications of Barrister-at-law, Chartered Accountant (CA), Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FFin), and is a Chartered Tax Advisor of The Taxation Institute (CTA).
Availability
- Associate Professor David Morrison is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Commerce, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor of Law, The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
- Masters (Coursework) of Law, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Global financial crisis
Research into global financial crisis; impact on wealth; financial well-being and literacy; bankruptcy and insolvency outcomes
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Corporations and insolvency law
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Financial literacy
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Bankruptcy law
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2025). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (3), 133-133.
2025
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2025). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (2), 67-68.
2025
Journal Article
Corporations Legislation 2025
Morrison, David (2025). Corporations Legislation 2025. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (2), 129-129.
2025
Journal Article
Arbitration and insolvency
Morrison, David (2025). Arbitration and insolvency. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (2), 127-127.
2025
Journal Article
Uncommercial transactions update: Sprowles v Rouse
Morrison, David and Quirk, Patrick (2025). Uncommercial transactions update: Sprowles v Rouse. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (2), 107-109.
2025
Book
Lee's manual of Queensland succession law
David Morrison (2025). Lee's manual of Queensland succession law. Ninth ed. Sydney: Thomson Reuters.
2025
Journal Article
Uncommercial transactions update: Sprowles v Rouse
Morrison, David and Quirk, Patrick (2025). Uncommercial transactions update: Sprowles v Rouse. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (2).
2025
Journal Article
Crime and transparency
Morrison, David (2025). Crime and transparency. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (1), 53-57.
2025
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2025). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (1), 3-4.
2025
Journal Article
Review of Personal insolvency: extinguishing debts and protecting family assets
Morrison, David (2025). Review of Personal insolvency: extinguishing debts and protecting family assets. Insolvency Law Journal, 33 (1), 62-63.
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2024). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (4), 211-211.
2024
Journal Article
Interpretation
Morrison, David (2024). Interpretation. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (4), 264-265.
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2024). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (3), 149-149.
2024
Journal Article
Ipso Facto: Where are we now?
Morrison, David (2024). Ipso Facto: Where are we now?. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (2), 125-130.
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2024). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (2), 71-72.
2024
Journal Article
The liquidator's dilemma: shutting the gate after the horse has bolted
Broderick, Matthew and Morrison, David (2024). The liquidator's dilemma: shutting the gate after the horse has bolted. Insolvency Law Journal, 31 (4), 206-222.
2024
Journal Article
Review of Bootmakers, boards and rogues: Issues in Australian corporate and securities law, edited by Tony Damian and Amelia Morgan, Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, 2023, 891 pages: ISBN 9780987519160. Softcover.
Morrison, David (2024). Review of Bootmakers, boards and rogues: Issues in Australian corporate and securities law, edited by Tony Damian and Amelia Morgan, Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, 2023, 891 pages: ISBN 9780987519160. Softcover.. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (1), 65-66.
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2024). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (1), 3-4.
2024
Journal Article
Review: Transacting with trusts and trustees
Morrison, David (2024). Review: Transacting with trusts and trustees. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (3), 207-207.
2024
Journal Article
Editorial
Morrison, David (2024). Editorial. Insolvency Law Journal, 32 (1), 3-4.
Funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor David Morrison is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Revenue (Taxation) Law/Corporations Law/Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law/Elder Law/Law of Investments
Potential projects are available relating to these primary areas of law, including interdisciplinary proposals.
For further information contact Dr David Morrison, e: d.morrison@uq.edu.au
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
How is 'efficiency' determined in the insolvency context? Clarifying the meaning of efficiency with the conjunction of insolvency jurisprudence and economic methodology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ross Grantham
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Specific Conflicts of Interest and Debtor Opportunism within Corporate Groups: A case for additional creditor protection.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ross Grantham
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
The Allocation of Resources to Insolvent Company Employees: An Examination of the Consistency between Australian Law and Rawlsian Distributive Justice
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Navigating dual legal systems: Islamic inheritance law in Australia's secular legal framework
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ann Black
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY, COMPLEXITY THEORY AND EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL AND LEGAL RULES
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Suri Ratnapala
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor David Morrison directly for media enquiries about:
- companies
- complex problems
- controllers
- Corporations law
- Finance
- Financial literacy
- Financial planning
- governance
- GST and law
- illegal phoenix activity
- Insolvency law
- Investment
- Law - corporations
- Law - tax
- liquidation
- non-profit governance
- non-profit organisations
- Personal investment
- receivership
- Revenue law
- social policy
- voluntary administration
- winding up
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