Yvonne Evans
Senior Lecturer in Law
Dundee Law School, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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Biography
Yvonne is a Senior Lecturer in Law and LLB Director.
Yvonne trained as a solicitor at Brodies LLP, qualifying in 2007 and then practised as a Private Client lawyer at Anderson Strathern LLP, latterly as Associate, specialising in trusts and tax planning. In 2013, she became a full-time academic.
Yvonne often talks about tax, trusts and succession at professional conferences and CPD events throughout Scotland. She is a member of the Law Society of Scotland's Trusts and Succession and Charity Law sub-committees. Yvonne is the current Chair of the Scottish Fundraising Adjudication Panel, which investigates complaints about fundraising by Scottish charities and educates trustees on their duties.
Yvonne is currently Chair of the Law Society of Scotland’s Board of Examiners. The Board oversees a non-degree solicitor qualification route and the requalification of lawyers from other jurisdictions. From 2017 - 24, she was trustee of the Lawscot Foundation. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Yvonne is a Writer to the Signet.
Research
Yvonne is particularly interested in trusts, charity law, succession and tax law. She writes mainly on trusts and succession, including writing and updating the reissue of the Trusts, Trustees and Judicial Factors section of the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland. She was involved in consultations on the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 and her work persuaded the Scottish Government to add a provision to new trust law legislation to expressly permit trustees to consider ESG factors when making investment choices. She has also advised the Scottish Government on trusts for victims of historic child abuse.
Yvonne regularly appears on BBC television and radio to give commentary on UK and Scottish Budgets, and tax news stories.
Teaching
Undergraduate: Taxation Law Honours, Scottish Family Law