Overview

Jennifer is a partner practicing in the firm’s Vancouver office. She represents companies and individuals in complex tax litigation, in both the civil and criminal contexts. She guides her clients through all stages of interaction with the tax authorities including tax audits, administrative appeals, trials in the Tax Court of Canada, judicial review applications, and appeal proceedings.

She also represents clients who are the targets of criminal investigations and prosecutions for tax evasion and related offences such as Criminal Code fraud and forgery. Trained as both a tax lawyer and as criminal defence counsel, she brings a unique combination of skills to criminal tax cases. She has appeared before all levels of court in British Columbia, the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal.

In her active pro bono practice, Jennifer assists low income clients with various issues affecting them such as disputes regarding their benefit entitlements and applications for relief from interest and penalties on overdue taxes. She also represents individuals and community organizations in public interest litigation, including constitutional cases.

Jennifer writes on a variety of tax issues and her work has been published in Thomson Reuters’ Tax Times and the Canadian Tax Foundation’s Canadian Tax Highlights. She is a frequent speaker on tax issues, including for CLEBC and the Pacific Business & Law Institute.

Jennifer received her B.Sc. (Honours, Physics) from Queen’s University and her J.D. from the University of British Columbia. Prior to joining the firm, she clerked at the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Practice Areas

• Taxation Law

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 2015 (BC)

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