Associate
Phone: (250) 385-1411
Fax: (250) 413-3300
Email: sspring@cookroberts.bc.ca
Shelley practices in the firm’s Tax Group. She assists her clients with trust, tax and estate planning and the resolution of tax disputes.
In her planning practice, Shelley works with clients and their other professional advisors to develop and implement tax effective plans. These plans often involve tax-deferred corporate reorganizations, tax-planned wills, will alternatives, trusts and family business structures. In her dispute resolution practice, Shelley disputes tax assessments issued by the Canada Revenue Agency by representing clients at both the audit and appeals levels. She also assists clients with voluntary disclosures, taxpayer relief applications and tax collection issues.
Shelley is a lifelong Victoria resident. She has volunteered and coached for various organisations in the community. She is very involved in the local legal community, acting as an executive on the Estate Planning Council and Victoria Bar Association. Shelley has her Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) Designation by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Canada.
Professional Membership and Activities
- Member, Law Society of BC, Canadian Bar Association
- Executive Member, Victoria Bar Association
- Executive Member, Estate Planning Council of Victoria
- Member, Canadian Tax Foundation
Education
- Admitted to Practice, 2007
- LLB, University of Victoria, 2006
- BA (Commerce), Bishop’s University, 2003
Practice Areas
- Corporate Tax Planning
- Tax Litigation and Disputed
- Voluntary Disclosures (Tax Amnesty)
- Wealth Management
- Wills, Estates & Trusts
- Corporate and Business Law