| Gillian Baker Gillian Baker is Women and Children’s Solicitor on the Domestic Abuse Transitions Advice Project, Stirling. Developing a keen interest in family law and violence against women early in her career, Gillian provided a free legal surgery to women in prostitution in Glasgow throughout her traineeship. She was a solicitor at Castlemilk Law Centre’s domestic abuse project and in private practice before starting her own family law firm in Lanarkshire in 2003. Clients benefit from Gillian’s professional yet amiable approach to dealing with sensitive issues with an emphasis on support, trust and confidentiality. Gillian represents clients both in and out of court, specialising in family and child law. She has considerable expertise in the law of domestic abuse and headed up a domestic abuse project in North Lanarkshire through 2007 and 2008 under a Scottish Executive Community Safety Partnership Award. Gillian is often appointed by the Sheriff Court to provide independent reports in child residence, contact and adoption cases. | |
| Anne Dick Family Law Specialist and Family Law Mediator Anne Dick is a Partner and family law solicitor at Family Law Matters Scotland. Anne is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Family law and as a Family Law Mediator. After training in Collaborative Family Law in London, Anne became one of the original four founding members of the organisation for Collaborative practitioners in Scotland, Consensus, and is their Training Convenor. Anne is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a committee member of FLAGS, the Family Law Arbitration Group (Scotland). Anne has extensive experience of dealing with high value financial cases using either collaborative practice or, where that is not appropriate, in the Court of Session, working with experienced experts. Anne was founder Chairman of the Family Law Association in 1989 and was the first Convenor of CALM, the association of Accredited Family Mediators in Scotland. She has specialised in Family Law for over 30 years and is well known for her writing and training in both in Scotland and elsewhere. | |
| Karen Jack Lindsays Karen is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in Child Law and Family Law. She advises clients on all aspects of family law including divorce, separation, financial provision, cohabitation agreements and protection orders. Karen advises on a wide range of child related issues such as residence, contact, parental rights and responsibilities and relocation cases. She has considerable experience in adoption and guardianship cases. | |
| Lindsey Ogilvie Turcan Connell Lindsey is an associate in the family law team at Turcan Connell. Lindsey has a wide-ranging experience of contentious and non-contentious cases and handles a range of issues in the Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland and the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Lately she has acted in cases involving complex farming partnerships, and valuable cohabitation claims. She acts on behalf of client's negotiating financial provision following separation with negotiations conducted both within and outside the Court process. Lindsey is recognised particularly for the sympathetic and fair approach that she takes to child-related matters including residence disputes within the UK and those involving one parent's wish to relocate outwith the UK. She has a special interest in cases where parties' wish to adopt a child. Lindsey graduated with an LLB (Hons) degree from the University of Strathclyde before working at the European Commission in Brussels. | |
| Shona Smith Balfour+Manson LLP I work with families in all private family law issues including pre nuptial, pre cohabitation, post nuptual and separation agreements, divorce, and arrangements for children. I am able to assist the majority of my clients in finding a resolution without the need for contested court proceedings. In the few cases where litigation is necessary I am able to offer my clients the benefit of considerable experience of conducting cases in both the Sheriff Court and the Court of Session. | |
