Event organizers
Conference focus:
The Conference topic will aim at various aspects of interpretation of tax laws (not limited to national law), such as:
- Interaction between human rights and State‘s right to receive tax income
- Protection of legitimate interest of the taxpayers
- What is fair taxation from a legal perspective?
- Right to fair trial in tax cases: reality or illusion?
- Principles of interpretation of tax laws developed by the Court of Justice of the EU / European Court of Human Rights
Working language: English (translation into Lithuanian available)
Taxes, taxpayers’ rights and human rights
Philip Baker KC
Practicing barrister and King’s Counsel, practicing from chambers in Field Court, Gray’s Inn. and Visiting Professor at the Law Faculty of Oxford University
CJEU case-law on effective legal protection
Prof. Nina Poltorak
Judge at the General Court of the European Union
Tax litigation and developments around tax treaty interpretation and TP developments
Hans van den Hurk
Professor at Maastricht University, Partner at HHP Chambers
Use and abuse of tax law: counteracting measures
Roundtable discussion
• Dr. F. Alfredo García Prats, Professor of Financial and Tax Law and Head Jean Monnet Chair for EU Tax Law and Policy at the Universitat de València
• Hans van den Hurk, Professor at Maastricht University, Partner at HHP Chambers
• Adam Zalasinski, Senior legal officer in the Legal Affairs-Direct Taxation Unit of the European Commission
Chair – Dr. Aistė Medelienė, Partner at Law firm WALLESS
Recent trends in EU direct tax case law
Adam Zalasinski
Senior legal officer in the Legal Affairs-Direct Taxation Unit of the European Commission
Taxes and the Constitution
Dr. Egidijus Kūris
Professor at Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, former President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania
Role of the court: between the public interest and taxpayer’s rights
Roundtable discussion
• Philip Baker KC, Practicing barrister and King’s Counsel, practicing from chambers in Field Court, Gray’s Inn. and Visiting Professor at the Law Faculty of Oxford University
• Dr. Egidijus Kūris, Professor at Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, former President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania
• Dr. Rimvydas Norkus, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the EU, former President of Supreme Court of Lithuania and former Chairman of Judicial Council of the Republic of Lithuania
Chair – Dr. Vitas Vasiliauskas, visiting professor at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Board member at International Monetary Fund, former Chairman of Bank of Lithuania, former Finance vice-minister
Speakers
• Hans van den Hurk, Professor at Maastricht University, Partner at HHP Chambers
• Adam Zalasinski, Senior legal officer in the Legal Affairs-Direct Taxation Unit of the European Commission
Chair – Dr. Aistė Medelienė, Partner at Law firm WALLESS
• Hans van den Hurk, Professor at Maastricht University, Partner at HHP Chambers
• Adam Zalasinski, Senior legal officer in the Legal Affairs-Direct Taxation Unit of the European Commission
Chair – Dr. Aistė Medelienė, Partner at Law firm WALLESS
• Dr. Egidijus Kūris, Professor at Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, former President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania
• Dr. Rimvydas Norkus, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the EU, former President of Supreme Court of Lithuania and former Chairman of Judicial Council of the Republic of Lithuania
Chair – Dr. Vitas Vasiliauskas, visiting professor at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Board member at International Monetary Fund, former Chairman of Bank of Lithuania, former Finance vice-minister
• Dr. Egidijus Kūris, Professor at Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, former Judge at the European Court of Human Rights, former President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania
• Dr. Rimvydas Norkus, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the EU, former President of Supreme Court of Lithuania and former Chairman of Judicial Council of the Republic of Lithuania
Chair – Dr. Vitas Vasiliauskas, visiting professor at Vilnius University Faculty of Law, Board member at International Monetary Fund, former Chairman of Bank of Lithuania, former Finance vice-minister