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Lindsays Offices

100 QUEEN STREET
GLASGOW
G1 3DN
United Kingdom
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Alison McKee

Work Department
Head of family law.
Position
Alison is a Partner and Head of the Family Law Team, which operates from all four of Lindsays’ offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and North Berwick. She works between all four offices but is primarily based in Glasgow. Alison is accredited as a Family Law specialist and a Child Law specialist. Being trained as a collaborative lawyer and having extensive litigation experience, she can meet the needs of clients with the procedure best suited to resolve their particular issues.
She advises clients on all aspects of family law including divorce, separation, complex financial provision following separation or divorce, pre and post nuptial agreements, cohabitation disputes, child law, surrogacy and Parental Orders and applications under the Hague Convention on International Child abduction. Alison is a Reporter for Glasgow Sheriff Court.
Career
Qualified in 1999. Associate at Morrisons LLP, joined Lindsays as Partner in February 2014 and became Head of The Family Law Team in October 2014. Accredited by The Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in Family Law and Child Law. Trained in Collaborative Law
Memberships
Alison is a member of the Family Law Association Scotland and Consensus (the Scottish Collaborative Family Lawyers Group)
Education
Cults Academy; Strathclyde University (LLB (Hons)).
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Private client > Family
(Leading partners)The ‘first class family team’ at Lindsays handles a range of financial and child matters, with notable strength in high-value disputes. Glasgow-based team head Alison McKee has broad experience in complex international matters, including child abduction and surrogacy arrangements, while Edinburgh’s Nina Taylor regularly acts in matters involving allegations of abuse. The team stands out due its dispute resolution capabilities, with child inclusive mediator Jennifer Gallagher working out of the Dundee office. Caroline Mackintosh joined the team in January 2024, further bolstering its child law expertise with her experience of child and education policy. Following the firm’s 2023 merger with Miller Hendry, Richard Frenz is a key name in Perth.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Medical negligence: pursuer
- Insurance > Personal injury: pursuer
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate