Prior to calling at the Bar, Gordon was a solicitor with a leading commercial firm.  He is a Chartered Tax Adviser who writes and presents on tax and related matters.

• Chartered Tax Adviser
• Tutor, Company and Commercial, Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh (2007 - 2010)
• Chairman of the Faculty of Advocates Trust, Fiduciaries and Executries Group (TrustBar)

• Association of Tax Technicians
• Compulsory Purchase Association

See Articles & Commentary for links:-

• All Bets are Off(shore), Tax. 2020, 185 (4744), 12-15
• There's a Catch, Tax. 2019, 183 (4682), 8-11
• Ripe for Redevelopment, Tax. 2018, 181(4633), 10 - 12
• Extrinsic Evidence in the Interpretation of Testamentary Writing, SLT 2017, 5, 11-15
• Hidden Dangers, Tax. 2017, 179 (4605)
• Is VAT it for Indirect Enrichment? SLT 2017, 24, 133-137
• The Non-Harassment Order, an Interim Remedy, SLT 2012, 19, 115 - 118

• All Bets Are (Off)Shore
• There's A Catch - Trusts with Disabled Beneficiaries
• Ripe For Redevelopment
• Hidden Dangers: Repayment of VAT
• The Non-Harassment Order An Interim Remedy

• St Margarets Nursery Ltd v City of Edinburgh Council (No.2) 2026 S.L.T. 392 - acting for the defender, action concerning agreements for the provision of Early Learning and Childcare was time barred, notwithstanding that the agreements were considered, at first instance, to be subject to the procurement regulations.
• DMWSHNZ Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc [2024] CSIH 18 & DMWSHNZ Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc [2023] CSOH 47- Pursuer successful at debate and in reclaiming motion in action seeking redress from shadow director relative to implementation of complex scheme for the avoidance of tax (shadow directorship, unjust enrichment).
• Amey OW Ltd v North Lanarkshire Council [2024] CSOH 66 - Successful application by defender for interim order under regulation 89 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 permitting it to enter into proposed contract with the successful bidder notwithstanding the bringing of proceedings by the disappointed tenderer.
• Reid, Petitioner [2023] CSIH 33; 2023 SLT 847 - Judicial factory under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 s.9 terminates on the child attaining the age of 16 albeit the child had moved from Scotland to England where a different age of legal capacity applies.
• Loudon v Stewart Milne Group Ltd [2022] CSIH 3 SLT 494 - Inner House, Court of Session. Employment contract construed, pursuer's interpretation of "earned" preferred. Pursuer entitled to bonus payments on employer's acquisition of development land after termination of employment.
• Wind Energy Renewables LLP v Revenue Scotland [2022] FTSTC 1 - A valid closure notice cannot be withdrawn unilaterally by the tax authority. A closure notice which had purportedly been withdrawn in fact remained extant when a subsequent discovery assessment was issued for the same tax liability. The discovery assessment was invalid. There was no loss of tax for it to correct. First Tier Tax Tribunal for Scotland.
• X v X (June 2021, unreported) - Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Proof. Professional footballer. Divorce. Employee Benefit Trust. IR 35. Financial awards on divorce disregard defender's potential unassessed tax liabilities associated with participation in complex tax planning arrangements. Acting for the pursuer.
• Wind Energy Renewables Ltd v Revenue Scotland [2021] FTSTC 2 - Expenses of appeal awarded against the tax authority on indemnity basis following purported cancellation of closure notice. Acting for the taxpayer. First Tier Tax Tribunal for Scotland.
• Elliot Balnakeil v HMRC [2021] UKFTT 193 (TC) - Expenses incurred converting historic buildings for holiday letting not deductible in calculating farming partnership's income tax liability. First Tier Tax Tribunal.
• Loudon v Stewart Milne Group Ltd [2021] CSOH 61 - Outer House, Court of Session. Entitlement to payment of bonuses earned survives termination of commercial contract of employment.
• Carr v R H Independent Healthcare Ltd [2018] CSOH 82, 2018 S.L.T. 105 - Extraction of final decree does not render the court functus.
• Shetland Line 1984 Limited v Scottish Ministers [2016] CSOH 41 - Outer House, Court of Session. Proof in relation to the operation of a competitive dialogue procedure under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006.
• Lumsden's Executor v Lumsden [2016] CSOH 53 - Beneficiaries seeking interim interdict to prevent an executor from selling an estate.
• Khosrowpour v Mackay [2016] CSIH 50 - Inner House, Court of Session. Invalid agreement cannot be homologated (made good) unless the party against whom it is to be enforced was aware of the right to resile.
• Adlaq Ltd v Scottish Power Energy Retail Ltd. [2016] CSOH 162 - Breach of contract for wrongful supply of digital marketing data.
• Landvest PCC Ltd v The Most Reverend Leo William Cushley & Others [2016] CSOH 109 - Damages for breach of a promissory obligation relative to the right to negotiate the purchase of a development site. Junior counsel for pursuers.
• Khosrowpour v Mackay [2014] CSOH 175 - Claim for damages for the deceased's alleged breach of a pre-1995 oral agreement to bequeath heritable property.
• A.Ltd & others v F. [2014] CSOH 169 - Damages for breach of restrictive covenant against the pursuers' former managing director following sale of his shareholding.
• Healthcare at Home v Common Services Agency [2013] CSIH, 2013 SC411; [2014] UKSC49, 2014 SLT 769 - Junior counsel for the appellants in the first public procurement case before the Supreme Court. Scope and content of duties of clarity and transparency.
• Wilmington Trust Co & another v Rolls Royce Plc & IAE Aero Engines AG [2010] CSOH 157,[2011] CSOH 151 - Acting for lessors seeking to recover possession of aero-engines over which the defenders asserted a right of lien pending payment of sums due by an insolvent airline.
• CMS (Scotland) Limited v ING lease (UK) Ltd & Mann Island Finance [2010] CSOH 39 - Proof in relation to whether the brakes of a new Bentley failed while the vehicle was travelling at speed.
• Applications to vary trusts, appoint and remove trustees, appoint judicial factors, in relation to adult incapacity etc.
• Insolvency, winding up petitions etc.
• Professional negligence claims
• Claims for compensation on compulsory purchase, Lands Tribunal for Scotland