Co-authored by and with contributions from Deloitte professionals

Advocacy and Taxation in Canada, edited by David W. Chodikoff and James L. Horvath, brings together contributions from 30 writers including distinguished judges, leading academics, and legal and accounting experts dealing with all aspects of tax litigation and substantive tax law. Specific chapters cover a wide variety of topics including:

• Oral and written advocacy
• Expert evidence
• Fundamentals of business valuation
• Statutory interpretation
• Taxation of derivatives
• Indirect tax
• GST
• GAAR
• Aboriginal law  and much more

This book will be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about tax law and/or is interested in practicing the "special art" of tax litigation.

Foreword by The Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci, Supreme Court of Canada.

 from Irwin Law
A portion of the proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to the Canadian Cancer Society.

Contributing authors:
The Honourable Mr. Justice Donald G.H. Bowman, Tax Court of Canada
The Honourable Mr. Justice John I. Laskin, Province of Ontario, Court of Appeal
The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall E. Rothstein, Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
William I. Innes, of Counsel, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Harry Erlichman, General Counsel, Department of Justice
Alan J. Lenczner, Q.C., Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Peter H. Griffin, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP
Clifford L. Rand, Stikeman Elliott LLP
David W. Chodikoff, Crown Counsel, Department of Justice
L. Ross Oake, Ross Oake & Associates Inc. (formerly of Deloitte)
Robert Goldstein, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice
Robert McMechan, Barrister and Solicitor, www.taxassistance.ca
Alan M. Schwartz, Q.C., Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Edward T. Yanoshita, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
James L. Horvath, Partner, Deloitte
Robert Pardo, President, Pardo Corporation, Pardo Group Ltd and Pardo Capital Ltd.
Howard E. Johnson, Partner, Campbell Valuation Partners
Steven Hacker, Senior Manager, Deloitte
Professor David Duff, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Professor Daniel Sandler, Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario
Sandra Goldberg, Senior Manager, Deloitte
Gary L. Zed, Partner, Deloitte
Professor Arthur Cockfield, Faculty of Law, Queen's University
Lara Friedlander, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Andrew Auerbach, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Blake M. Murray, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Sean Aylward, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Jim Vincze, Partner, Deloitte
M. Craig Robertson, Firm Director, Deloitte
Milan Legris, Senior Counsel, AIC Limited/Berkshire Group of Companies