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Some of the things that we have been involved in recently: lectures, articles, reported cases and more...

I am getting divorced: what happens to my business?

19th June 2019

Alison Edmondson is speaking today at the Business and Divorce seminar run by the Law Society of Scotland. She will be giving an update on recent cases about divorces involving business assets and taking delegates through two in-depth case studies. Read more

Surrogacy law is being reformed

7th June 2019

Robert Gilmour was invited to attend the release of the Surrogacy Law Reform report of the Law Commissions of Scotland and England & Wales published in London yesterday. Read more

International surrogacy

5th June 2019

Robert Gilmour was invited to speak at Kings College London today on Surrogacy and Inheritance Rights within a Franco-British context. The event was organised by CBBC, Cabinet d'Avocats, Paris with speakers from France and England and Wales, with Robert contributing the Scottish perspective. Read more

We are rated best in Scotland for high net worth individuals

7th May 2019

The annual Spear’s Magazine Family Law Index has been published, including, “SKO’s Rachael Kelsey, whom one observer calls the ‘best family lawyer in Scotland’”. This is the first time that the Index has identified lawyers from outwith London and Rachael has been included as the only lawyer from Scotland. Read more

How has family law in Scotland changed since last year?

1st May 2019

Today marks the start of a series of seminars given by Alison Edmondson together with Dr Gillian Black, University of Edinburgh, for Edinburgh Law Seminars. Read more

Are family lawyers biased?

8th April 2019

Rachael Kelsey has been invited to speak at the Commonwealth Lawyers Association Conference in Zambia. Speaking on, “Managing bias in our roles as lawyers, mediators, arbitrators (and judges)’, she will be on a panel with Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya from Lagos and Richard Mugisha from Kigali. Read more

How does my child tell the court their views in Scotland?

5th April 2019

New court rules will come into force on 24 June 2019 to change the way in which children let the court know their views in family actions and the existing court forms (i. e. Forms F9, CP7 and 49. 8-N) have been updated. Read more

Scottish family lawyers of the future

19th March 2019

Alison Edmondson is today meeting the family lawyers of the future, giving a seminar on the undergraduate honours programme in Family Law at the University of Edinburgh. Read more

CLT family law conference in Glasgow

11th March 2019

Alison Edmondson is in Glasgow today chairing the essential Family Law Conference at Scots Law 2019 for Central Law Training. Read more

Will Brexit affect divorce in Scotland?

1st February 2019

The third of a series of articles by Rachael Kelsey on Brexit and family law has been published today in Scottish Legal News. Rachael looks at the Scottish Government proposals to replace Brussels IIa jurisdictional rules for divorce in the event of a "no deal" Brexit. Read more

We are top rated for high net worth individuals in Scotland

16th January 2019

Rachael Kelsey has been recognised in Spears 500 2019. She is the only Scottish lawyer appearing in the rankings for family lawyers. Spears is a gazetteer of the leading professionals in the UK acting for HNW and UHNW individuals and families. Read more

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