Year of Call: 1995
Areas of Practice:
- Commercial
- Employment
- Property
- Personal Injury
- Criminal
Gordon J S Lindhorst
Gordon Lindhorst has a general civil practice with particular emphases in commercial law, employment law, property law and personal injuries. He is a reporter for the official Scottish law reports, Session Cases.
Prior to calling to the Scottish bar, Gordon trained as a solicitor with a well-established WS firm in Edinburgh and studied law on the continent. His LLM studies included European commercial law, copyright law and church law.
In 2008 Gordon qualified as a barrister in England and is a practising door tenant of Dere Street Barristers in York and Newcastle.
CIVIL PRACTICE
Recent significant civil cases Gordon has appeared in include:
- Cosgrove t/a Fishers Tours 2011 CSIH 5; 2011 SC 410; 2011 SLT 255; [2011] 6 CL 530 (Inner House, successful review of Traffic Commissioner and Upper Tribunal decision in respect of commercial bus operator services)
- Sidey Limited v Clackmannanshire Council 2010 CSIH 37 overturning 2009 CSOH 166; 2010 SLT 607; [2010] EuLR 649; 2010 GWD 19-383; [2010] 10 CL 416 (Inner House; appeal against European directive decision of commercial judge in relation to £2.5 million local authority procurement contract)
- McKindless Group v McLaughlin UKEAT/0010/08; [2008] IRLR 678 (Employment Appeal Tribunal, successful appeal on statutory definition of uplifts)
- Gillies v Lynch 2006 RepLR 138 (Civil jury, largest damages award in respect of loss of society of child)
- Nelson v Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive 2005 CSOH 62; 2006 SLT 157; 2006 SCLR 235; GWD 38-700 (Outer House, application for judicial review by bus operator of refusal to make concessionary travel compensation payments)
- Inverclyde Council v Dunlop 2005 CSIH 62; 2005 SLT 967; 2006 SCLR(N) 463; GWD 27-536 (Inner House, application to vary public trust purposes by local authority in relation to public park)
CRIMINAL PRACTICE
Gordon has defended and prosecuted in the Sheriff Court and the High Court with a particular interest in drugs, fraud and money laundering offences. He was appointed an ad hoc Advocate Depute in 2009.
An example of a significant recent criminal case in which Gordon appeared is:
- Ahmad v HMA 2009 HJAC 60; 2009 SLT 794; 2009 SCCR 821; GWD 25-405; 2009 SCL 1093; [2010] Lloyd's Rep FC 121 (Appeal Court, High Court of Justiciary, interpretation of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in relation to obligations to report and whether actual money laundering, including the kind or class of criminal conduct involved, requires to be proved)