Lindsays

Testimonials

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• ‘Alison McKee at Lindsays has been a phenomenal support over the past few months. It is apparent the family law team is strong and pulls on strengths and depth of knowledge as and when required. Response time is quick and always personalised.’

• ‘Always friendly and approachable but also pragmatic and focussed on what is needed to provide this service in an efficient way.’

• ‘Nina Taylor has been superb in looking after my legal needs. She is always prompt to respond to emails, answers my questions and has an ability to stand back and see the bigger picture. Her approach has worked very well for me - always sensible and pragmatic and ultimately helping to resolve all of the issues I have needed help with. I feel very safe and supported by her guidance and feel that she has provided an optimal service to me. Philippa Abernethy is also great and has excellent attention to detail, very calm and thorough.’

• ‘Nina Taylor is extremely client focussed but able to see the broader picture, which means she is well able to protect her client's interests whilst encouraging a collaborative approach to cases. Nina's knowledge of family law is impressive as is her knowledge of the rules of procedure, which means that if a case requires to be litigated, Nina is well equipped to provide excellent representation to her clients.’

• ‘I have worked with Jennifer Gallagher as a mediator in collaborative practice cases and in traditional litigated actions. She is great to deal with - pragmatic and focussed. Someone you can pick up the phone to and cut through weeks worth of correspondence!’

• ‘Family law services are part of the exceptional offering from this firm. They have broad expertise and are particularly good when advising family law clients on business interests.’

• ‘Jennifer Gallagher is an outstanding family lawyer at Lindsays.’

• ‘Nina Taylor: One of the very best family law practitioners in Scotland; possesses a remarkable range of strengths rarely found in others - knowledgeable, insightful, pragmatic and if necessary, a fearless litigator.’

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Alison McKee

Lindsays

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.

Nina Taylor

Lindsays

Nina is principally based in the Edinburgh office advising on a wide range of family law issues, although she regularly travels to Lindsays’ offices in Dundee and Glasgow to meet with clients. With more than 24 years’ experience as a qualified solicitor, Nina is dual accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in both Family law and Child law.  She has extensive court experience in both the Sheriff Court and Court of Session. Nina also acts for clients in drafting a variety of Agreements, including Cohabitation and both Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements.  She is a trained collaborative lawyer.