Gavin Doig was elected Head of Chambers (Newcastle) in February 2016. Gavin is a pre-eminent junior criminal counsel in Newcastle upon Tyne. In the last 12 months he has appeared in the north-east and London in nationally significant cases, both prosecuting and defending, which have broken new legal ground in the areas of offences involving those lacking mental capacity, drugs offences, and sex offending by transgender offenders.