About the Author

• Author: Vern Krishna
• Profession: Professor of Common Law, University of Ottawa Barrister at Law
• Pages: 749-749

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Vern Krishna, CM, QC, FRSC, FCGA, MCIArb, earned a B Comm (Manche ster),

MBA, LLB (Alberta), DCL (Cambridge) and LLM (Harvard). He is a profes-

sor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. He is also of Counsel, Borden

Ladner Gervais LLP and Executive Director of the Tax Research Centre at the

University of Ottawa. Professor Kr ishna is a member of the Order of Canada a nd

a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has been a Bencher of the Law Society of

Upper Canada since 1991 and served as its Treasurer from 2001–03.

Professor Krishna is the author of The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax,

now in its 9th edition, three volumes on general taxation, corporate taxation,

and international taxation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, and the Editor of Can-

ada’s Tax Treaties. He is listed in Who’s Who and Lexpert has recognized him

in Best Lawyers in Canada in Trusts & Estates and Tax Law.