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Family/Matrimonial: Mediators | UK

Scotland

Our Family/Matrimonial tables rank law firms and lawyers who deal with issues surrounding the inception and breakdown of personal relationships. This includes the creation of pre-nuptial, civil partnership and cohabitation agreements relating to financial and property assets, the resolution of divorces or separations involving financial and property disputes, and the handling of matters relating to children in the context of divorce or separation. Public law proceedings related to children in care may also be included, as may work relating to surrogacy and fertility law. All regions also feature a sub-table designed to highlight the leading family mediators in that region.

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  1. Amanda Masson
    Amanda Masson
    Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP
    Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 10 Years Ranked

    Amanda Masson of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie is an experienced family lawyer and accredited mediator. She acts in a range of financial provision disputes and also advises on issues related to child relocation. She also has specialist expertise in issues concerning fertility, surrogacy and non-traditional family structures.

  2. Jacqueline A Stroud
    Jacqueline A Stroud
    Brodies LLP
    Brodies LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 8 Years Ranked

    Jacqueline Stroud is a highly regarded mediator and litigator who is regularly instructed on high-value financial proceedings. She is also adept at handling child contact and residence disputes.

  3. Jennifer Gallagher
    Jennifer Gallagher
    Thorntons Law LLP
    Thorntons Law LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 9 Years Ranked

    Jennifer Gallagher advises on mediation and collaborative law cases concerning high-value financial matters, in addition to private children issues related to contact and residence applications.

  4. Judith Higson
    Scullion LAW | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 2 Years Ranked

    Judith Higson handles both financial and child-related disputes and is an accredited mediator.

  5. Lesley Gordon
    Lesley Gordon
    BTO Solicitors LLP
    BTO Solicitors LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 19 Years Ranked

    Lesley Gordon has a great deal of experience in handling highly contested and complex financial provision matters, including disputes between divorcing and cohabiting couples. She is an accredited family mediator.

  6. Lorna Buchan
    Lorna Buchan
    Thorntons Law LLP
    Thorntons Law LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 13 Years Ranked

    Lorna Buchan is highly regarded in the market for her strong family law practice. She often advises on the financial aspects of high-value divorces, including matters concerning maintenance, family businesses and cross-border assets. She is a qualified family mediator and arbitrator.

  7. Lucia Clark
    Lucia Clark
    Morton Fraser MacRoberts
    Morton Fraser MacRoberts | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 15 Years Ranked

    Lucia Clark is based in the firm's Edinburgh office and is recognised for her international experience, advising on intra-UK and other cross-border disputes pertaining to divorce and separation, including child relocation matters. She also has specialist knowledge of farming cases and is an accredited family mediator.

  8. Robert Gilmour
    Robert Gilmour
    SKO Family Law Specialists
    SKO Family Law Specialists | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 10 Years Ranked
    Robert Gilmour has an impressive track record acting on complex financial provision and children matters, and also has specialist expertise in fertility law and surrogacy. He is a qualified family mediator and arbitrator.
  9. Ruth Aberdein
    Ruth Aberdein
    Aberdein Considine
    Aberdein Considine | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 5 Years Ranked

    Ruth Aberdein offers expertise in divorce and separation proceedings, including financial provision disputes and child contact arrangements, and also assists with the negotiation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. She is also an accredited family mediator.

  10. Ruth Croman
    Ruth Croman
    Thorntons Law LLP
    Thorntons Law LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 4 Years Ranked

    Ruth Croman is an experienced family lawyer. She has experience in a range of finance and child law-related cases and is particularly skilled in ADR proceedings.

  11. Shona Smith
    Shona Smith
    Blackadders LLP
    Blackadders LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 25 Years Ranked

    Shona Smith regularly advises on high-value financial provision disputes as well as private child cases, drawing on her experience as a trained mediator and arbitrator.

  12. Susan Oswald
    Susan Oswald
    SKO Family Law Specialists
    SKO Family Law Specialists | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight | 13 Years Ranked

    Susan Oswald focuses her practice on both public and private children law, including Hague Convention cases and intra-UK jurisdictional issues pertaining to care orders and relocations. She is accredited as both a mediator and child law specialist.

  13. Judith A Meil
    Burnett & Reid | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight
  14. Shona Templeton
    MTM Family Law LLP | Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
    2026 | Spotlight