Senior Associate

Trust & Tax and Charities

Gavin is a solicitor working principally in the fields of charity law, succession, trusts, tax and asset protection. He is also a member of Turcan Connell's Charity Unit and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in charity law.

Gavin's work in the area of charity law includes the establishment and reorganisation of charities, from Royal Charter bodies and major public trusts to smaller active and grant-making charities. He also advises a number of national institutions, arts bodies and historic houses.

Gavin is a graduate of the University of Strathclyde and trained at W & J Burness WS and Turcan Connell. He qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and became a Senior Associate of Turcan Connell in 2006. He has a broad interest in opera and the arts. Gavin is an elder of St. Giles Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh, and is involved in the management of the Cathedral’s activities as well as its broader charitable works.

He is a member of the editorial board of the Scottish Private Client Law Review and co-author of the Scottish chapter of Tolley’s Charities Manual. He is also Scottish legal adviser to the Which? publications What to do When Someone Dies and The Which? Guide to Wills and Probate.

Gavin is a trustee of a number of charities, including Drake Music (Scotland) and Artlink, Edinburgh and the Lothians.  He is a member of the Scottish advisory panel of Live Music Now!

Accredited Specialisms:
Charity Law