Gavin Irwin is a specialist advocate in financial crime, business regulation and professional conduct. He has a wealth of experience across complementary disciplines.
In addition to providing representation before courts and tribunals, Gavin regularly advises individuals and businesses on:
“Gavin is a very skilful barrister who is great at his job.” and “He has fantastic attention to detail.” (Chambers UK 2023)
“He’s very cerebral and intelligent, fantastically good on detail, and he gets his head around voluminous amounts of material. He’s also a very good advocate.” “He is always well prepared, has a lot of experience, and his presentation of cases is excellent.” (Chambers UK, 2021)
“Gavin is very thorough and well prepared, remains calm in any situation, and demonstrates a strong team work ethic.” (Legal 500, 2022)
“A very effective and charming advocate, whom juries find very engaging: if, like him, you cross-examine with a smile on your face, you get a lot more information and the jury will listen.” “He’s very dignified and intelligent.” (Chambers UK, 2020)
“He prepares well and knows his topic.” (Legal 500, 2020)
“Incredibly good tactical barrister, particularly in fraud cases … extremely knowledgeable both on financial crime and regulatory crime” (Chambers UK, 2019)
“A criminal barrister with the finesse and smoothness to switch very easily to the corporate or commercial context…a skilled negotiator…he understands a case from the technical, commercial and human angles” (Chambers UK 2018)
“An advocate who is clear and polite in court, and a skilled manager of challenging personalities … an intelligent, sensible advocate who is direct with the judge … his tactical awareness is very good, and he has excellent knowledge of the law.” (Chambers UK, 2017)
“… has a tremendously good manner with prosecutors, judges and clients.” (Chambers UK, 2016)
“Very good indeed, he gets stuck in and does the work … very clued-up and switched on.” (Chambers UK, 2015)
“knows the law, and is very user friendly … obvious commitment to clients … very responsive” (Chambers UK, 2014)
“an expert on corporate investigations” (Chambers UK, 2013)