Shelley Griffiths is a New Zealand law academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in taxation law, and the history of taxation.
Shelley Griffiths | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
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| Academic advisors | Erik Olssen |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
Academic career edit
Griffiths trained as a historian, completing a Master of Arts in history titled Feminism and the ideology of motherhood in New Zealand, 1896-1930 at the University of Otago in 1985.[1] She worked in public practice at an international accountancy practice in Dunedin for thirteen years, and then joined the faculty of the University of Otago as a lecturer in 2001, rising to full professor in 2017.[2][3][4] Griffiths has been dean of the faculty of law since the beginning of 2021.[3]
Griffiths was made a fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand in 2023.[3] The fellowship nomination called her "one of New Zealand's pre-eminent tax researchers".[3]
Griffiths teaches on taxation, and researches and writes on tax policy, tax administration, the regulation of financial products, and litigations and disputes around tax.[3] She has written about how the disclosure of information can "reduce asymmetry" between the providers of financial services and their investors, and researched the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.[2] Her work on the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and taxation law has been widely used in New Zealand and overseas.[4]
Griffiths is chair of the All Saints Church charitable trust board.[3] She is a trustee of the Dunedin Arts Festival Board.[3] Griffiths was formerly Chair of the Academic Committee of the Banking and Financial Services Law Association.[4]
Selected works edit
- Griffiths, Shelley (25 August 2017). "New Zealand". Capital Gains Taxation. Edward Elgar Publishing. doi:10.4337/9781784716028.00017. ISBN 9781784716011. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- Prebble, J.; Griffiths, Shelley (December 2014). The Taxation of Property Transactions. LexisNexis NZ Limited. ISBN 978-1-927149-43-0.
- Griffiths, S., & Palmer, J. (2013). Sham, tax avoidance, and a GAAR: A New Zealand perspective. In E. Simpson & M. Stewart (Eds.), Sham transactions. (pp. 228-242). Oxford University Press.
- Griffiths, S. (2013). An "abusive tax position". New Zealand Law Journal, 11, 392-393, 396.
References edit
- ^ Griffiths, Shelley (28 May 1985). Feminism and the ideology of motherhood in New Zealand, 1896-1930 (Master of Arts in History). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/9108.
- ^ a b Otago, Study Public Health at (14 December 2016). "Otago academics made full professor". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Rae, Sally (26 May 2023). "City pair made fellows of CAANZ". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Law, Faculty of (4 March 2022). "Professor Shelley Griffiths". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
External links edit
- Griffiths' inaugural professorial lecture, 2017, via YouTube