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 Gervai s LLP and Executive Director of the Tax Rese arch 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 Krishn a is the author of The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax,

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

and international t axation in Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, and the Editor of Can-

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

in Best Lawyers in Canada in Trust s & Estates and Tax Law.