R. Graham Morton

About R. Graham Morton

R. Graham Morton is a senior associate at McKenzie Lake Lawyers LLP in London whose practice centres on tax disputes. Morton stands up for taxpayers in dealings with the CRA and in court, appearing in the Tax Court of Canada, the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal as well as provincial superior courts. Much of that work involves stepping in as repair counsel when a tax problem has turned into a professional liability matter, on files from across Canada.

Not every file is a fight. Morton's work also takes in designing equity compensation plans for owner-managed businesses, and clients run from individuals up to large businesses spanning several generations. The goal on each matter is a fix that works well and causes as little disruption as possible.

Before being called to the Ontario bar in 2018, Morton studied at Western, then earned an LLB at the University of Leicester, finishing in the top 10% of law graduates across England and Wales. A Master of Law at Cambridge followed, focused on commercial law. The learning hasn't stopped: Morton has since completed CPA Canada's in-depth courses in income tax and in GST/HST.

Writing and presenting are a big part of the picture. Morton's cases have appeared in the Ontario Reports, court filings have been picked for Taxnet Pro, and an article on personal and prescribed trusts for employees, written for the Canadian Tax Foundation's Tax for the Owner-Manager, earned the Wayne Adams Young Practitioner Writing Award. Reading and writing tax publications is how Morton likes to spend time away from client work, and the London lawyer also speaks on tax across the country, co-founded the Foundation's local Young Practitioners Group and sits on two community boards.