B. J. Gill

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07775 780585

Areas of interest
Commercial
Legislative and Parliamentary Process
Planning
Property
Public Law
Succession matters
Valuation and Rating

Year of Call
2006

Devil Masters
Ruth Crawford Q.C.
Thomas Ross

Qualifications
LL.M., University of Pennsylvania
LL.B., University of Edinburgh
B.A. (Honours) English and French, University of Oxford

Summary of Practice

Brian Gill has a general practice including most areas of civil law and proceeds of crime. In 2007 he appeared for the applicants in the public inquiry into the Beauly-Denny pylon line, the longest-running planning inquiry in Scotland and in the Privy Council (DSvHMA[2007] UKPC D1 S.C.C.R 222).  He is a member of the drafting panel for the Scottish Parliament’s Non-Executive Bills Unit and also accepts instructions to draft legislation for private clients.

Appointments

• Member of the Scottish Parliament’s Non-Executive Bills Unit drafting panel
• Member of the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel
• Attorney and Counsellor at Law and Member of New York State Bar
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales (non-practising)

Previous Experience

• Assistant Parliamentary Counsel, Whitehall (2003-2005)
• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Associate, Corporate Department, London), 2002-2003
• Morgan Stanley (Vice President, Aircraft Principal Finance Group), 2000-2002
• Davis Polk & Wardwell (Associate, Corporate Department, New York and London), 1995-2000