Gillespie Macandrew LLP

Tax and Private Client

John specialises in complex tax, trust and succession issues and regularly works with other professional advisers to provide advice on structuring complex multi faceted estates to maximise their tax and succession efficiency.   He regularly provides opinions to other professionals on legal,  tax and other contentious matters including wills, trusts and executries and has significant experience in all areas of personal tax, and tax planning, particularly Inheritance Tax and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.

John is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Trust Law and regularly speaks at legal courses for STEP, other legal education providers and the Law Society of Scotland. He presents seminars to other professionals on legal and tax matters and has published articles in the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland and The Scotsman.

John is as a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), a member of  the Association of Taxation Technicians and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He is one of the few lawyers in Scotland who can call themselves a Chartered Tax Adviser and he was until recently the Treasurer of a charity with a turnover of around £1m. He is also a member of the Society of Writers to her Majesty’s Signet.

Trained Archibald Campbell & Harley; qualified 1987; joined Gillespie Macandrew WS in 1988; associate; partner 1994.

French (a little)

Notary public, Law Society of Scotland; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), CIOT, ATT.

Daniel Stewarts and Melville Colleges; Aberdeen University (1984 LLB; 1985 Dip LP).

Skiing, cycling, sailing and power boating.