Blair P. Dwyer

About Blair

Blair Dwyer has practised tax and estate planning law since 1985, first on Bay Street in Toronto and, since 1992, in Victoria, where he established Vancouver Island's first tax and estate planning law boutique in 1995. He was previously a tax partner at the national firm McCarthy Tétrault, resigning the partnership in 1992 to move to Victoria, and was later seconded for a year to the Canada Revenue Agency's Rulings Directorate in Ottawa. His practice covers tax and estate planning, corporate reorganizations, business structures, and trusts, and he holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Blair has written on Canadian tax for the IBFD's Global Tax Explorer, spoken at numerous Canadian Tax Foundation and CLE conferences, and formerly taught Advanced Taxation at the University of Victoria Law School. He earned his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts in political science from Dalhousie University, in 1983 and 1979 respectively.

Practice areas

Tax Law Wills, Estates & Trusts Business & Corporate Law

Education & credentials

Law school

Dalhousie University

Undergraduate

Dalhousie University, Bachelor of Arts (Political Science), 1979