Court Department
The Family Law side of the department is led by Susan J. Wightman, a Partner and Law Society of Scotland Accredited Family Law Specialist. She is assisted by Gillian Gaffney who specialises in all aspects of Family Law but, in particular, in relation to disputes involving contact and residence of children.
The Civil Court work is handled by Partner Sally McCartney, Civil work covering all aspects of litigation from large commercial disputes to basic debt collection actions.
The criminal work is also looked after by Sally McCartney who appears for clients in the Sheriff and District Courts. Full details of the Court and Department areas covered are as follows:-
- Civil Litigation in the Sheriff Court and Court of Session
- Criminal Court Work in the District, Sheriff and High Courts
- Matrimonial/Family Disputes/Adoption/Children/Divorce/Separation
- Health & Safety at Work
- Debt Recovery
- Personal and Corporate Insolvency
- Building, Planning and Conveyancing Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
- Company and Partnership Disputes
- Contract
- Criminal Injuries Compensation
- Personal Injury Claims/Reparation
- Property Disputes
- Road Traffic Cases
