Certified List 2011 - International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Mr. Andrew Gibb
Balfour & Manson
56-66 Frederick Street
Edinburgh EH2 1LS
Scotland
Tel: + 44 131-200-1250
Fax: + 44 131-200-1350
ag@balfour-manson.co.uk
Qualified 1971; Head of Family Law Team at Balfour & Manson, Partner since 1975. Specialised throughout career in
Family Law. Served on various Legal Aid committees; Member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland (1981-
93), President (1990-91). Joint editor of Family Law Bulletin in Scotland. Involved in many high profile Family Law
cases in Scotland, including representation of the staff of Dunblane Primary School at the Cullen Inquiry. Member of
the Family Law Association and the Scottish Child Law Centre. Chairman of Accreditation Panel of the Law Society of
Scotland, dealing both with accreditation in Family and in Child law. Continues to serve on the Standing Interviewing
Panel of the Law Society of Scotland. Contributor to seminars organised both by the Law Society of Scotland and by the
Family Law Association, author of various articles in relation to family law for the Family Law Bulletin. Family team
at Balfour & Manson recognised in Legal 500 and Chambers as one of the leading Family Law teams in Scotland.
Languages Spoken: English
Rachael Kelsey Sheehan Kelsey Oswald, Family Law Specialists Tel: + 44 131 243 2583
Forsyth House
Fax: + 44 131 243 2582
93 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3ES
rachael.kelsey@sko-family.co.uk
www.sko-family.co.uk
Scotland
Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in family law. Founding partner of largest niche family law
practice in Scotland. Band 1 “leading individual” in Chambers & Partners. Past Chair of the Family Law Association,
the organisation of family law solicitors in Scotland. Practices exclusively family law with significant case load
involving international or intra-UK jurisdictional issues (an area of law which she has lectured both nationally and
internationally). Deals with both financial and child cases with experience in Hague and non-Hague
abduction/wrongful retention cases. Primary area of practice is high value financial cases (married, unmarried and
same-sex individuals).
Languages Spoken: English and conversational French
Morag Wise, Q.C.
Faculty of Advocates
Court of Session
Parliament House
Edinburgh EH1 1RF
Scotland
Tel: + 44 131-226-5071
Fax: + 44 131-225-3642
morag.wise@advocates.org.uk
www.advocates.org.uk
Solicitor until 1992. Called to Scottish Bar (1993); Q.C. (2005). Temporary Judge of the Court of Session (2008).
Chair, Advocates Family Law Association. Extensive private practice in Family Law including inter UK financial
disputes, international financial and child disputes. Lectures regularly in Family Law matters.
Languages Spoken: English, Social French
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