Ranking tables
Family/Matrimonial | UK
Scotland
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
- Aberdein Considine 1 Years Ranked
- BTO Solicitors LLP 1 Years Ranked
- Burness Paull 1 Years Ranked
- Patience & Buchan 6 Years Ranked
- Gilson Gray LLP
- Turcan Connell
Band 3
- Blackadders LLP 1 Years Ranked
- Harper Macleod LLP 4 Years Ranked
- Lindsays
- Macnabs Solicitors
- MTM Family Law LLP
- Thorntons Law LLP
Band 4
- Anderson Strathern
- Family Law Matters Scotland LLP
- Scullion Law
Eminent Practitioners
- Shaun George Brodies LLP18 Years Ranked
- Gillian CrandlesTurcan Connell
Star Individuals
Band 1
- Alison Edmondson SKO Family Law Specialists12 Years Ranked
- Ashley Simpson Patience & Buchan7 Years Ranked
- Lesley Gordon BTO Solicitors LLP17 Years Ranked
- Lisa Girdwood Brodies LLP15 Years Ranked
- Lorna Buchan Patience & Buchan11 Years Ranked
- Lucia Clark Morton Fraser MacRoberts13 Years Ranked
- Richard Smith Burness Paull18 Years Ranked
- Robert Gilmour SKO Family Law Specialists8 Years Ranked
- Ruth Aberdein Aberdein Considine3 Years Ranked
- Shona Smith Blackadders LLP23 Years Ranked
- Philippa CunniffGilson Gray LLP
Band 2
- Craig Samson Blackadders LLP12 Years Ranked
- Gareth Masson Blackadders LLP5 Years Ranked
- Jacqueline A Stroud Brodies LLP6 Years Ranked
- Jennifer Wilkie Burness Paull8 Years Ranked
- Marika Franceschi Franceschi Family Law12 Years Ranked
- Ruth Croman Macnabs Solicitors2 Years Ranked
- Jamie FoulisBalfour+Manson LLP
- Janice JonesAnderson Strathern
- Jennifer GallagherLindsays
- Judith A MeilTaggart Meil Mathers
- Kirsten KnightBalfour+Manson LLP
- Lynne MulcahyBalfour+Manson LLP
- Sally NashGilson Gray LLP
Band 3
- Caroline Gillespie Weightmans7 Years Ranked
- Duncan Mackinnon Macnabs Solicitors3 Years Ranked
- Fiona Sasan Morton Fraser MacRoberts11 Years Ranked
- Jenny Smith Harper Macleod LLP9 Years Ranked
- Karen Gibbons Harper Macleod LLP9 Years Ranked
- Leonie Burke Aberdein Considine7 Years Ranked
- Alison McKeeLindsays
- Fiona RasmusenGibson Kerr
- Lindsey OgilvieTurcan Connell
- Lucy MetcalfThorntons Law LLP
- Nina TaylorLindsays
- Sandra M SutherlandThorntons Law LLP
- Shona TempletonMTM Family Law LLP
Band 4
- Alexis Harper Harper Macleod LLP2 Years Ranked
- Amanda Masson Harper Macleod LLP8 Years Ranked
- Denise Laverty gunnercooke10 Years Ranked
- Isabelle Douglas Aberdein Considine1 Years Ranked
- Susan Oswald SKO Family Law Specialists11 Years Ranked
- Carolyn MacBrideMTM Family Law LLP
- Judith HigsonScullion Law
Up and Coming
- Donna McKay Brodies LLP1 Years Ranked
- Susie Mountain Brodies LLP2 Years Ranked
- Danielle EdgarAnderson Strathern
Associates to watch
- Debbie Reekie Brodies LLP3 Years Ranked
- Garry Sturrock Brodies LLP1 Years Ranked
- Gillian Mitchell Patience & Buchan5 Years Ranked
- Shona YoungGilson Gray LLP
- Sophie Hamilton PikeBalfour+Manson LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Brodies LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 6 Years RankedBrodies is a leading Scottish firm with a family team working across its offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness. It demonstrates notable experience in cross-border matrimonial finance matters, often involving complex business and tax issues, as well as the negotiation of nuptial and cohabitation agreements. The team also handles a range of child matters including child abductions and disputes around residence and contact, as well as adoption and parentage issues. Brodies is well versed in alternative dispute resolution, housing experts in collaborative law, mediation and arbitration.1 Morton Fraser MacRobertsFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 7 Years RankedMorton Fraser MacRoberts has a long-established and respected practice in Edinburgh and frequently advises on family disputes before the Court of Session and sheriff courts. The firm is well recognised for its breadth of expertise in multi-jurisdictional matters, such as international child abductions and high-value divorces with foreign assets, with an array of dual-qualified experts capable of handling complex English law matters. The team is active in public and private children law, and also provides wealth protection and preventive advice including prenuptial and cohabitation agreements.1 SKO Family Law SpecialistsFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedSKO Family Law Specialists is a well-regarded practice in Edinburgh, frequently instructed on complex international matters pertaining to divorce, separation and nuptial agreements. The group also handles both public and private children cases ranging from abuse allegations to international child abductions. It is also recognised for its work in areas such as fertility and surrogacy.
Band 2
2 Aberdein ConsidineFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedAderdein Considine has an experienced team in Aberdeen and Edinburgh handling a broad range of family law matters. Its lawyers advise on divorce and financial provisions, prenuptial agreements and international child maintenance enforcement, often acting for high net worth individuals. The team is further noted for its work on sensitive matters involving issues such as domestic abuse. In addition to court representation, the firm can offer the full range of ADR services.2 BTO Solicitors LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedBTO Solicitors in Edinburgh offers notable expertise in complex children work and high net worth financial provisions concerning both married and cohabiting couples. The firm is active in alternative dispute resolution and has also acted on significant litigation in the Court of Session and the sheriff court. It fields a number of dual-qualified lawyers, meaning the team is well placed to advise on cross-border matters, and often acts on matters involving complex business structures, farming assets and property issues. The team has further expertise in issues around fertility and surrogacy.2 Burness PaullFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedBurness Paull has a strong family law practice in Edinburgh, focused on complex matrimonial financial disputes. Lawyers in the team are adept at dealing with matters that involve significant business and property interests, both in relation to divorce proceedings and during the negotiation of nuptial agreements. The firm also has the capacity to act for clients during private child cases, including disputes over residence and contact issues.2 Patience & BuchanFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedPatience & Buchan is a well-known and highly regarded Aberdeen-based practice. The team has experience in divorces and cohabitation cases, especially those involving high net worth individuals, farming assets and other property issues. It also possesses experience in child-related disputes, such as welfare hearings, contact orders and relocations including multijurisdictional cases. The team has a strong focus on resolving disputes collaboratively or via mediation.
Band 3
3 Blackadders LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedThe family team at Blackadders handles an expansive caseload of matrimonial finance mandates and is similarly active in private child cases including relocation and contact issues. The firm is well prepared to represent clients in divorces featuring international property assets and other cross-border complications and further noted for its work on wealth protection including nuptial agreements. It is also experienced in alternative dispute resolution, including collaborative law. Blackadders has offices across Scotland in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee.3 Harper Macleod LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedHarper Macleod is recognised for its broad coverage of family matters, offering expertise in divorces, cohabitation claims and child relocation matters along with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. The team in Glasgow displays considerable capabilities in cross-border cases and offers trained collaborative lawyers and mediators, in addition to skilled litigators. It also has experience in fertility law and associated issues, including adoption, surrogacy and assisted conception.