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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2004
Other Outputs
3.5 Acts of Bankruptcy
Morrison, D. S. (2004). 3.5 Acts of Bankruptcy.
2004
Other Outputs
Submission: Response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Policy Proposal Paper on External Administration: Liquidator Registration
Morrison, D. (2004). Submission: Response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) Policy Proposal Paper on External Administration: Liquidator Registration. ACT: Commonwealth Of Australia.
2003
Conference Publication
The international context of the Australian Insolvent Trading Prohibition
Morrison, David (2003). The international context of the Australian Insolvent Trading Prohibition. INSOL International Academics Forum, Las Vegas, NV USA, September 2003.
2003
Journal Article
The economic necessity for the Australian insolvent trading prohibition
Morrison, D. (2003). The economic necessity for the Australian insolvent trading prohibition. International Insolvency Review, 12 (3), 171-189. doi: 10.1002/iir.113
2003
Book
Crutchfield's Corporate voluntary administration
Anderson, Colin and Morrison, David (2003). Crutchfield's Corporate voluntary administration. 3rd ed. Pyrmont, NSW Australia: Lawbook Co..
2003
Other Outputs
Response to the parliamentary inquiry into Australia's insolvency laws
Morrison, D and Anderson, C (2003). Response to the parliamentary inquiry into Australia's insolvency laws. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
2003
Conference Publication
The international context of the Australian insolvent trading prohibition
Morrison, D. (2003). The international context of the Australian insolvent trading prohibition. Professor Ian Fletcher, Academic Meeting, INSOL Las Vegas, Las Vegas, 20-21 September 2003.
2002
Conference Publication
The corporate insolvent imperative
Morrison, David (2002). The corporate insolvent imperative. INSOL International Regional Conference, Beijing, China, November 2002.
2002
Conference Publication
Regional insolvency issues, Australia and the Asia-Pacific: a comparative perspective
Morrison, David (2002). Regional insolvency issues, Australia and the Asia-Pacific: a comparative perspective. Corporate Rescue in China Forum, Hong Kong, November 2002.
2002
Journal Article
GST and insolvency practitioner liability: Who are you?
Anderson, C. and Morrison, D. S. (2002). GST and insolvency practitioner liability: Who are you?. Revenue Law Journal, 11 (1), 23-45.
2002
Journal Article
When is a company insolvent?
Morrison, D. S. (2002). When is a company insolvent?. Insolvency Law Journal, 10 (1), 4-21.
2002
Conference Publication
Regional insolvency issues - Australia and the Asia Pacific - A comparative perspective
Morrison, D. (2002). Regional insolvency issues - Australia and the Asia Pacific - A comparative perspective. Corporate Rescue in China: Chinese and Comparative Perspectives, Hong Kong, China, 7 October, 2002. Hong Kong, China: University of Hong Kong, Asian Institute of International Financial Law.
2002
Other Outputs
Directors and officers
Morrison, D. (2002). Directors and officers.
2002
Journal Article
The addition of uncommercial transactions to s588G and its implications for phoenix activities
Morrison, D. S. (2002). The addition of uncommercial transactions to s588G and its implications for phoenix activities. Insolvency Law Journal, 10 (4), 229-238.
2002
Journal Article
Historical & economic obverview of the insolvent trading
Morrison, D. S. (2002). Historical & economic obverview of the insolvent trading. International Trade & Business Law Journal, 7 (-), 91-129.
2002
Other Outputs
Meetings, resolutions and procedure
Morrison, D. and Clothier, K. (2002). Meetings, resolutions and procedure.
2002
Other Outputs
Formation & Registration
Clothier, K. and Morrison, D. (2002). Formation & Registration.
2002
Other Outputs
Management & administrations
Morrison, D. and Clothier, K. (2002). Management & administrations.
2002
Journal Article
The Australian insolvent trading prohibition - why does it exist?
Morrison, D. S. (2002). The Australian insolvent trading prohibition - why does it exist?. International Insolvency Review, 11 (3), 153-172. doi: 10.1002/iir.101
2002
Conference Publication
The corporate insolvent imperative
Morrison, D. (2002). The corporate insolvent imperative. INSOL Regional Conference, Beijing, China, November 2002.
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
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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