Shelley Griffiths | |
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Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Otago |
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Academic advisors | Erik Olssen |
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Institutions | University of Otago |
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.
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]
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