- Treasurer (President) of the Law Society of Upper Canada 2001 - 03
- President, Certified General Accountants Association (Ontario) 1995 - 96
- Member of Minister of Revenue鈥檚 Appeals Advisory Committee 1997 - 99
- Managing Editor, Canadian Corporate Law Reporter, LexisNexis, Toronto.
- Managing Editor, Canadian Current Tax, LexisNexis, Toronto.
- Managing Editor, Canada鈥檚 Tax Treaties,LexisNexis, Toronto
- Managing Editor, Ontario Law Reports, LexisNexis, Toronto
- Director of Public Accountants Council of Ontario 2005 鈥 2008
Professional Honours
- Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Professional Man of the Year 2002 - CGA Ontario Ivy Thomas Award 2005
(for public and community service) - CGA Canada John Leslie Award 2006
- Citations by Supreme Court of Canada
Citations by Supreme Court of Canada
[As of April 2024]
1. (Taxpayer鈥檚 engaged in reorganization to deduct business losses by narrowly circumventing the text of subsection 111(5) of the Act, while defeating the object, spirit, and purpose of the provision, which was to prevent corporations from being acquired by unrelated parties to deduct their unused losses against income from another business for benefit of new shareholders. Transactions were abusive such that GAAR applied to deny tax benefits despite compliance with s. 111(5) of Act. [Krishna, Vern. Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, vol. 1, Personal Tax, 2nd ed. Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2019. Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Income Tax Law. Toronto: Carswell, 2009.
2. Canada Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., [2021] SCC 49 (Case # 39113) (Burden of proof in proving 鈥渁busive tax avoidance鈥 in GAAR assessment. GAAR cannot be used to fundamentally alter the criteria under which person is entitled to treaty benefits. In treaty interpretation must implement the true intention of the parties. Avoidance transaction did not defeat or frustrate the object, spirit, or purpose of the treaty provisions.)
3. Canada v. Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc., 2021 SCC 5- Krishna, Vern. Income Tax Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2012.; Halsbury鈥檚 Laws of Canada: Income Tax (International), 2019 Reissue, contributed by Vern Krishna. Toronto: LexisNexis, 2019.
4. MacDonald v. Canada 鈥 2020 SCC 6 鈥 2020-03-13 鈥 Krishna, Vern. Income Tax Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2012. [鈥 The taxpayer鈥檚 conduct is generally more revealing than 鈥渆x post facto declarations鈥 of the taxpayer (Vern Krishna, Income Tax Law (2nd ed. 2012), at p. 161. 22.
5. 1068754 Alberta Ltd. v. Qu茅bec (Agence du revenu) 鈥 2019 SCC 37 鈥 2019-06-27 鈥 Krishna, Vern. Income Tax Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2012. L鈥橦eureux, Nicole, et Marc Lacoursi猫re. [鈥 [7] Unlike other provinces, Quebec does not have an agreement with the federal government to collect either personal income or corporate taxes (V. Krishna, Income Tax Law (2nd ed. 2012), at p. 13).
6. Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) 鈥 2016 SCC 55 鈥 [2016] 2 SCR 670 鈥 2016-12-09 Krishna, Vern. Income Tax Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2012. V. Krishna, Income Tax Law (2nd ed. 2012), at pp. 473 and 475.
7. SCR | RCS [2016] vol 2 鈥 2016-12-09 Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2004. 鈥 496 Krishna, Vern. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. Income Tax Law, 2nd ed. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2012. Lluelles, Didier, et Beno卯t Moore. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. Income Tax Law, 2nd ed., Toronto, Irwin Law, 2012. Lluelles, Didier, et Beno卯t Moore.
8. SCR | RCS [2013] vol 3 鈥 2013-12-23 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto : Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006.
9. Quebec (Agence du revenu) v. Services Environnementaux AES inc. 鈥 2013 SCC 65 鈥 [2013] 3 SCR 838 鈥 2013-11-28 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 with s. 86 of the Income Tax Act and the corresponding provisions of Quebec鈥檚 Taxation Act. At the time of the agreement of wills, the ACB was at the very least determinable by means of accepted accounting principles and practices (V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (9th ed. 2006), at pp. 1206 7).
10. SCR | RCS [2013] vol 2 鈥 2013-07-26 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto : Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006.
11. Daishowa Marubeni International Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 2013 SCC 29 鈥 [2013] 2 SCR 336 鈥 2013-05-23 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 on a yearly basis and add back to income the deducted amounts at the time of the sale to provide a more accurate picture of its profit from year to year, as I have explained above, the Income Tax Act does not permit that approach; see V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (9th ed. 2006), at pp. 171-72.
12. Fundy Settlement v. Canada 鈥 2012 SCC 14 鈥 [2012] 1 SCR 520 鈥 2012-04-12 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Income Tax Law. Toronto: Carswell, 2009. [鈥 Professor V. Krishna in The Fundamentals of Income Tax Law (2009), noted, at p. 85, that the policy reason for this is to ensure that a person who enjoys the legal, political, and economic benefits of associating with Canada will pay their appropriate share for the costs of this association.
13. Copthorne Holdings Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 2011 SCC 63 鈥 [2011] 3 SCR 721 鈥 2011-12-16 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Income Tax Law. Toronto: Carswell, 2009. [鈥 Professor Krishna refers to stated capital as 鈥渢he amount of money that a shareholder 鈥榗ommits鈥 to the corporation鈥 (p. 610). [鈥 [78] Where the PUC of a corporation diverges from the stated capital it is 鈥渂ecause of subsequent adjustments for tax purposes鈥 (Krishna, at p. 621).
14. SCR | RCS [2009] vol 1 鈥 2009-05-29 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto : Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006鈥
15. Lipson v. Canada 鈥 2009 SCC 1 鈥 [2009] 1 SCR 3 鈥 2009-01-08 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 9th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2006. [鈥 In Canada, the unit of taxation is the individual: 鈥淓ach individual is a taxpayer in his or her own right鈥 (Krishna, at p. 16; see also Thibaudeau v. Canada, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 627, at para. 93). [鈥 It can only be relied upon by the Minister to address abusive tax avoidance when a relevant specific anti-avoidance rule in the Act does not apply (see also V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (9th ed. 2006), at p. 1018).
16. Redeemer Foundation v. Minister of National Revenue 鈥 2007-05-10 鈥 The motion to strike the affidavit of Vern Krishna is dismissed and the application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal, Number A 551 05, 2006 FCA 325, dated October 10, 2006, is granted with costs to the applicant in any event of the cause. [鈥 La requ锚te en radiation de l鈥檃ffidavit de Vern Krishna est rejet茅e et la demande d鈥檃utorisation d鈥檃ppel de l鈥檃rr锚t de la Cour d鈥檃ppel f茅d茅rale, num茅ro A 551 05, 2006 CAF 325, dat茅 du 10 octobre 2006, est accord茅e avec d茅pens en faveur de la demanderesse quelle que soit l鈥檌ssue de l鈥檃ppel.
17. SCR | RCS [2006] vol 2 鈥 2006-12-21 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2004. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto : Carswell, 2004. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, PAGE vol. 1, 6th ed.
18. Imperial Oil Ltd. v. Canada; Inco Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 2006 SCC 46 鈥 [2006] 2 SCR 447 鈥 2006-10-20 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2004. [鈥 In the context of debts issued and repayable in Canadian dollars, each branch of s. 20(1) (f) has a clear application and together they encompass what are generally referred to as original issue discounts (see V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (8th ed. 2004), at pp. 353 and 722).
19. SCR | RCS [2006] vol 1 鈥 2006-06-23 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2004. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto : Carswell, 2004. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2004.
20. Placer Dome Canada Ltd. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance) 鈥 2006 SCC 20 鈥 [2006] 1 SCR 715 鈥 2006-05-25 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Carswell, 2004. [鈥 This is the same burden that applies under the Income Tax Act, s. 152(8) : see V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (8th ed. 2004), at p. 35; Johnston v. M.N.R., [1948] S.C.R. 486.
21. SCR | RCS [2005] vol 1 鈥 2005-06-10 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2004. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto : Thomson/Carswell, 2004. [鈥 (2001), 20 C.J.Q. 7 Kernochan, John M. 鈥淪tatutory Interpretation: An Outline of Method鈥 (1976), 3 Krishna, Vern.
22. Tsiaprailis v. Canada 鈥 2005 SCC 8 鈥 [2005] 1 SCR 113 鈥 2005-02-25 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 8th ed. Toronto: Thomson/Carswell, 2004. [鈥 As noted by Abella J., it was defined in London and Thames Haven Oil Wharves, Ltd. v. Attwooll, [1967] 2 All E.R. 124 (C.A.), and subsequently adopted in a number of Canadian cases: see V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of [鈥 51 The need to compartmentalize global payments into their constituent portions to determine which are taxable was explained by Professor V. Krishna in The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (8th ed. 2004)
23. Jarvis 鈥 2002 SCC 73 鈥 [2002] 3 SCR 757 鈥 2002-11-21 鈥 Supreme Court Judgments Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 2000. [鈥 (See also in this regard: McKinlay Transport, supra, at pp. 636 and 648; V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (6th ed. 2000), at p. 22.) [鈥 According to one expert, it is now the CCRA鈥檚 standard practice to use s. 487 of the Criminal Code rather than s. 231.3 of the ITA : see Krishna, supra, at p. 810.
24. SCR | RCS [2002] vol 3 鈥 2002-11-21 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. [鈥 Transport, supra, at pp. 636 and 648; V. Krishna, (Voir aussi 脿 ce sujet l鈥檃rr锚t McKinlay Transport, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (6th ed. pr茅cit茅, p. 636 et 648; V. Krishna, The Fundamentals [鈥 In this con-sion visant 脿 inciter les contribuables 脿 d茅clarer leurs nection, Krishna writes at p. 772, the 鈥渟ystem is revenus 禄 : Krishna, op. cit., p. 767.
25. SCR | RCS [2002] vol 2 鈥 2002-06-21 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 2000. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. Scarborough, Ont. : Carswell, 2000. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 2000. Laddie, Hugh, et al.
26. Stewart v. Canada 鈥 2002 SCC 46 鈥 [2002] 2 SCR 645 鈥 2002-05-23 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 2000. [鈥 21 It well accepted that the Canadian tax system adopted the concept of 鈥渟ource鈥 from the English taxation statutes, and that the Act has always referred to income from various 鈥渟ources鈥: see V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (6th ed. 2000), at pp. 102-3. [鈥 As well, business income is generally distinguished from property income on the basis that a business requires an additional level of taxpayer activity: see Krishna, supra, at p. 240.
27. Ludco Enterprises Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 2001 SCC 62 鈥 [2001] 2 SCR 1082 鈥 2001-09-28 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 2000. [鈥 The common feature of all the definitions of income, whether derived from tax law, economic theory, or the dictionary, is that 鈥渋ncome鈥 is a measure of gain: see V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (6th ed. 2000), at pp. 97-100.
28. SCR | RCS [2001] vol 2 鈥 2001-09-28 鈥 Sherbrooke : Revue de droit de l鈥橴niversit茅 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 6th ed. [鈥 脿 toutes les d茅finitions de V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian revenu, qu鈥檈lles proviennent du droit fiscal, de la Income Tax (6th ed. 2000), at pp. 97-100. th茅orie 茅conomique ou du dictionnaire, est que le 芦 revenu 禄 est une mesure des gains r茅alis茅s par le contribuable : voir V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian鈥
29. SCR | RCS [1999] vol 3 鈥 1999-12-16 鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation. [鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation. [鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation.
30. 65302 British Columbia Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 [1999] 3 SCR 804 鈥 1999-11-25 鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淧ublic Policy Limitations on the Deductibility of Fines and Penalties: Judicial Inertia鈥 (1978), 16 Osgoode Hall L.J. 19. [鈥 As Professor Vern Krishna has noted, although concluding that certain fines and penalties should not be deductible, the dilution argument may be [鈥
31. SCR | RCS [1998] vol 1 鈥 1998-09-17 鈥 Authors Cited Doctrine cit茅e Krishna, Vern. 鈥淪hare Capital Structure of Closely Held Krishna, Vern. [鈥 Krishna, Vern, and J. Anthony Van Duzer. 鈥淐orporate Krishna, Vem, and J. Anthony Van Duzer. [鈥 Scarborough, Ont.: Nelson Canada, 1992 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淪hare Capital Structure of Closely Held Private Corporations鈥 (1996), 7 Can. Curr.
32. Neuman v. M.N.R. 鈥 [1998] 1 SCR 770 鈥 1998-05-21 鈥 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淪hare Capital Structure of Closely Held Private Corporations鈥 (1996), 7 Can. Curr. [鈥 Krishna, Vern, and J. Anthony Van Duzer. 鈥淐orporate Share Capital Structures and Income Splitting: McClurg v. Canada鈥 (1992-93), 21 Can. Bus. L.J. 335. [鈥 Professor V. Krishna, in an article entitled 鈥淪hare Capital Structure of Closely Held Private Corporations鈥 (1996), 7 Can. Curr.
33. Canderel Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 [1998] 1 SCR 147 鈥 1998-02-12 鈥 This principle emphasizes that receipts and expenditures which produce the net income are to be properly 鈥渕atched鈥 in the same period: [V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (4th ed. 1993)], at p. 279.
34. Bulletin of October 3, 1997 鈥 1997-10-03 鈥 Vern Krishna, Q.C. Koskie-Minsky v. (26202) Her Majesty The Queen (F.C.A.)
35. SCR | RCS [1997] vol 2 鈥 1997-09-23 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 5th ed. Scarborough: Carswell, 1995. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 5th ed. Scarborough: Carswell, 1995. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, La Forest, Anne Warner.
36. Hickman Motors Ltd. v. Canada 鈥 [1997] 2 SCR 336 鈥 1997-06-26 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 5th ed. Scarborough: Carswell, 1995. [鈥 Where a business does not have a profit, however, it must have a 鈥渞easonable expectation of profit鈥, to be determined by an application of the Moldowan test (see Krishna, supra, at p. 261). [鈥 As Professor Vern Krishna notes in The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (5th ed. 1995), income such as rents may be either property income or business income.
37. SCR | RCS [1996] vol 1 鈥 1996-04-3 鈥 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淐haracterization of Wrongful Dismissal Krishna, Vern. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. [鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contrib: Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation.
38. Schwartz v. Canada 鈥 [1996] 1 SCR 254 鈥 1996-02-22 鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1992. [鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, contributing eds., Canadian Taxation.
39. Tennant v. M.N.R. 鈥 [1996] 1 SCR 305 鈥 1996-02-22 鈥 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淚nterest Deductibility: More Form over Substance鈥 (1993), 4 Can. Curr. [鈥 XXII. As Professor Krishna comments in 鈥淚nterest Deductibility: More Form over Substance鈥 (1993), 4 Can. Curr. [鈥 I note the comments of Professor Krishna, supra, at p. C18, in this regard: [鈥
40. Friesen v. Canada 鈥 [1995] 3 SCR 103 鈥 1995-09-21 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1993. [鈥 For the most part, the Act does not recognize 鈥渦nrealized鈥 or 鈥減aper鈥 gains or losses: Krishna, supra, at pp. 278-79. [鈥 This principle emphasizes that receipts and expenditures which produce the net income are to be properly 鈥渕atched鈥 in the same period: Krishna, supra, at p. 279.
41. SCR | RCS [1994] vol 1 鈥 1994-04-28 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1993. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1993. [鈥 L. Rev. 648 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, Lachs, Manfred.
42. Cunningham v. Wheeler; Cooper v. Miller; Shanks v. McNee 鈥 [1994] 1 SCR 359 鈥 1994-03-17 鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1993. [鈥 As a result of the injury, the plaintiff receives damages to replace the income, but the damages, unlike the income, are not taxable: Cirella v. The Queen, [1978] 2 F.C. 195 (T.D.); V. Krishna, The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax (4th ed. 1993), at pp. 315-16.
43. SCR | RCS [1993] vol 4 鈥 1993-12-16 鈥 Canada Supreme Court Reports 鈥 In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, eds Essays on Canadian Taxation. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淧erspectives on Tax Policy鈥. In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, eds., Essays on Canadian Taxation. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. 芦Perspectives on Tax Policy禄. In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, eds., b Essays on Canadian Taxation. Vern Krishna, Q.C. Borden Ladner Gervais v. (30664) Minister of National Revenue (F.C.)
44. Symes v. Canada 鈥 [1993] 4 SCR 695 鈥 1993-12-16 鈥 Supreme Court Judgments In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, eds., Essays on Canadian Taxation. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. The Fundamentals of Canadian Income Tax, 4th ed. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 1992. [鈥 Krishna, Vern. 鈥淧erspectives on Tax Policy鈥. In Brian G. Hansen, Vern Krishna, and James A. Rendall, eds., Essays on Canadian Taxation.
45. SCR | RCS [1984] vol 1 鈥 1984-06-21 鈥 See: Vern Krishna, Step cependant d鈥檃vis que les arr锚ts r茅cents de la Transactions: An Emerging Doctrine or an Exten-J Chambre des lords 茅tablissent une doctrine d鈥檕p茅-sion of the Business Purpose Test? [鈥 Voir Vern Krishna: Step Transactions: An Emerging Doctrine or an Extension of the Business Purpose Test?
46. Stubart Investments Ltd. v. The Queen 鈥 [1984] 1 SCR 536 鈥 1984-06-07 鈥 Other academic commentators, however, view the recent decisions of the House of Lords as establishing a step transaction doctrine which 鈥減laces a severe limitation on the Westminster principle See: Vern Krishna, Step Transactions: An Emerging Doctrine or an Extension of the Business Purpose Test?