Dr Sonali Walpola

Sonali Walpola is a Senior Lecturer of Commercial Law and Tax Law. Sonali researches in the areas of taxation law and policy, the common law's historical and contemporary mechanisms for enforcing promises, and the High Court of Australia's role in the development of an Australian common law. Sonali’s work has been published in esteemed journals including Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Australian Tax Forum and Federal Law Review.  Sonali is an academic lead of the ANU Tax Clinic, Sonali is responsible for governance of the clinic and, ultimately, ensuring the clinic fulfills its mission of helping vulnerable members of the community and providing a vibrant work integrated learning experience for ANU students. Sonali is also the Co-Editor of Austaxpolicy, a forum for the debate and analysis of pressing domestic and international tax policy issues. Sonali serves on the the Higher Education Academic Board of the Tax Institute. 

Tax law and policy, Tax-motivated profit shifting, Contract and commercial law, The emergence of Australian common law.