Rachael Kelsey
UK Guide 2025
Star Individuals : Family/Matrimonial
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Provided by Rachael Kelsey
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Rachael was the only 'Hall of Fame' family lawyer in Scotland for the second year running in the Legal 500 (2022 Edition) and the only Scottish lawyer in the Spears 500 Family Lawyers Guide (2022). Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 both describe Rachael as, 'the doyenne of Scots family law'. President-Elect of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL), Rachael is accredited as a Specialist in Family Law and as a Family Mediator.
The current edition of Chambers notes, "Rachael is a pre-eminent family lawyer with a unique combination of legal brilliance and client care skills.". The Legal 500 report that "Rachael Kelsey is a superstar" and that, "She is so engaging, very pragmatic and no-nonsense, yet also sensitive and responsive as her clients and the circumstances require.’"
Rachael is known as someone who is adept at using her considerable knowledge of the law to deliver novel, yet practical, solutions for clients. She is particularly experienced in acting for individuals for whom there are jurisdictional complexities and/or privacy concerns and is used to managing the issues that flow from people's private lives being in the public eye.
Chambers Review
UK
Rachael Kelsey has a wealth of experience advising on difficult and novel family law issues, including cases relating to fertility, international law and the Hague Convention. She also handles complex financial provision disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"You need look no further than Rachael if you want to come out of a divorce feeling you have had the very best brain and acumen at your fingertips and on the other end of a phone at anytime."
"Rachael is an excellent technical lawyer, but is also practical and has a very relaxed manner. She has strong cross-border knowledge too."
"She is incredible to work with and her knowledge of Scottish and international law is very impressive."
"She is practical, excellent with clients and tactically very aware."
"Rachael is shrewd yet generous, pragmatic yet imaginative, thoughtful yet razor sharp. She provides more than a service, she provides a carefully crafted and paved roadmap to a new life."
"You need look no further than Rachael if you want to come out of a divorce feeling you have had the very best brain and acumen at your fingertips and on the other end of a phone at anytime."
"Rachael is an excellent technical lawyer, but is also practical and has a very relaxed manner. She has strong cross-border knowledge too."
"She is incredible to work with and her knowledge of Scottish and international law is very impressive."
"She is practical, excellent with clients and tactically very aware."
"Rachael is shrewd yet generous, pragmatic yet imaginative, thoughtful yet razor sharp. She provides more than a service, she provides a carefully crafted and paved roadmap to a new life."
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