People

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Rachael Kelsey, Partner

Rachael is a founding Partner of SKO. Read more

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Susan Oswald, Partner

Susan is one of the founding Partners of SKO.   She is recognised by the Legal 500 as a 'Leading Individual' in Family Law in Scotland. Susan was elected to the Law Society of Scotland Council, first in 2017, and again in 2020. Read more

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Alison Edmondson, Partner

Alison is a Partner of SKO, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in Family Law. Read more

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Robert Gilmour, Partner

Robert is a Partner of SKO, is recognised as a Leading Individual in Family Law in Scotland by the Legal 500; is one of only four Scottish solicitors named in the current edition of Chambers High Net Worth and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist… Read more

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Caroline Millar, Senior Associate

Caroline is a Senior Associate with SKO. She trained in Edinburgh with a large multi-disciplinary firm and then worked in the Central Belt in a busy court practice for three years before joining SKO in 2012, becoming a  Senior Associate in 2022. Read more

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Ewan Campbell, Consultant

Ewan joined us in 2021 as a Consultant with over 25 years experience practicing Family Law in the Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland. Read more

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Jackie Pringle, Consultant

Jackie joined us in 2023 as a Consultant with over 25 years experience practicing Family Law in the Sheriff Courts throughout Scotland.   She is highly experienced as a Child Welfare Reporter, Curator ad litem and Reporting Officer in applications for Permanence and Adoption Orders. Read more

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Gillian Black , Consultant

Prof Gillian Black joined SKO as a Consultant in January 2026, bringing her expertise in family law from academia, where she has been Professor of Scots Private Law at Edinburgh University since 2020. Read more

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Seonaid Cochrane, Associate

Seonaid is an Associate with SKO. She undertakes both contentious and non-contentious work and advises clients on a wide range of family law matters including financial provision on separation and divorce, child contact and pre- or post-nuptial agreements. Read more

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Catriona Laidlaw, Senior Solicitor

Catriona is a Solicitor with SKO. She graduated from the University of Aberdeen with a First Class degree in Law (with Honours) and a Distinction in her Diploma in Legal Practice. She studied Family Law at honours level and wrote her Dissertation on Forced Marriage and honour based violence. Read more

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Mairead Corrigan, Senior Solicitor

Mairead is a Senior Solicitor with SKO. She joined in 2023 from a busy court firm in Edinburgh where she practiced both family and criminal law.  

Mairead graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2019 with an honours degree in law. Read more

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Calum Sanderson, Trainee Solicitor

Calum is a Trainee Solicitor with SKO and joined us in July 2024.  

He obtained his law degree from the University of Strathclyde and has an LLM (Masters in Law) with Distinction from the University of Edinburgh, where he also undertook his Diploma in Legal Practice. Read more

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Megan Pathal , Trainee Solicitor

Megan joined SKO as a Trainee Solicitor in September 2024.  

Megan has a first-class, Scots Law with English Law, degree from the University of Aberdeen, where she also undertook her Diploma in Legal Practice. During her LLB she undertook International Family Law at Honours level. Read more

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Iona Barrie , Trainee Solcitor

Iona joined SKO as a Trainee Solicitor in August 2025. Iona has her law degree and Diploma in Legal Practice from the University of Edinburgh. She focussed on family and personal law Honours subjects and her dissertation was on Surrogacy and Legal Parentage. Read more

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