Business & Property
Gavin is an established junior who specialises in Chancery proceedings, especially real property (including as regards TOLATA, mortgages, and landlord and tenant), trusts, contentious probate/inheritance disputes, and related matters. Beyond this, he undertakes contract, commercial and tort cases raising various issues. These often include questions which overlap with his core areas of practice, such as regards fiduciary duties and nuisance or negligence in the context of property ownership. He is also instructed in matters concerning professional negligence, including notably allegations against solicitors undertaking real estate and private client work.
Called to the Bar (Gray's Inn), July 2010, with scholarship for the Bar year. Worked as a civil servant before pupillage. Recent publication: The Traditional Concept Hits the Bunker: Easements after Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (2019) 3, 250-273.
Chancery Bar Association; Midlands Chancery and Commercial Bar Association; Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP) (Associate Member).
Graduated with First Class Honours in Law from the University of Nottingham, followed by the University of Cambridge LLM.