Dina Lander

Dina joined Chambers as a pupil in October 2024. Dina’s principal areas of practice are corporate and commercial law and equity, with a focus on taxation law.   

Dina was called to the Bar in Sydney Australia in 2022.  Prior to joining the Bar in Sydney Dina worked as a prosecutor at the Australian Taxation Office and an associate (judicial assistant) at the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. 

Dina is currently completing Masters in Taxation at the University of Oxford and has over twenty years of experience in the financial services industry, as well as an MSc in Finance, having initially been trained on Wall Street as a mergers and acquisitions analyst. 

With a particular interest in international commercial arbitration, Dina volunteers at the annual VIS International Commercial Arbitration moot in Vienna. 

Key recent cases in Australia include: 

• RRS Holdings Aus Pty Ltd ATF RRS Holdings Trust v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue Fl 2024/00145052 – NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal Australia – Briefed by the Chief Commissioner as sole counsel in respect of a dispute relating to a taxpayer’s liability to pay surcharge land tax under Land Tax Management Act (1956) (NSW). 
• McDonald v MAK Constructions and Building Services Pty Ltd [2024] NSWCA 63 – led by Klooster M – Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of NSW Australia – Successful appeal to stay granted in the District Court of NSW in context of s 32 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW). 
• Response to special leave application to High Court of Australia (equivalent to the Supreme Court of UK) in Lieschke v Lieschke [2023] NSWCA 241– led by C Birch SC and J Mack – Statutory interpretation of section 34 of the Commercial Arbitration Act 2010 (Cth) in context of application to set aside an arbitral award.  
• YKMOUR v Commissioner of Taxation Proceedings No 2022/7897 - Administrative Appeals Tribunal Australia – led by McGovern L – Representing the Commissioner against a taxpayer appeal in relation to the validity of amended assessments pursuant to section 170 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) (ITAA36) in context of fraud and evasion.  
• R v Marufuzzaman Case no 2023/004507774 – District Court NSW Australia – Successful appeal on sentence as sole counsel.