Caroline is a Senior Associate in our Family Law team. She is experienced in dealing with all aspects of family law, including financial provision on separation and divorce, cohabitation, child related issues, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. Many of her cases involve complexities surrounding jurisdiction, tax and corporate issues.

She also frequently advises both individuals and couples on issues around fertility law and family creation –such as legal parentage, assisted reproduction and surrogacy. And Caroline is also experienced in public law family issues, such as adoption and kinship care.

Caroline’s attention to detail is widely praised by clients and counsel alike, and she is particularly skilled at providing pragmatic and reassuring advice in a sensitive manner. She has appearance as a Sheriff Court practitioner and as instructing agent in Court of Session cases.

Areas of practice include:

Family Law

Relevant experience

Advising high-net-worth individuals on financial matters arising on separation, including complex corporate, tax and jurisdictional issues; unusual investment and pension structures; consideration of assets acquired pre-marriage and by inheritance; and arguments for unequal division, such as dissipation and need for adjustment.
Advising on terms of and preparing minutes of agreements.
Advising individuals in relation to asset protection and the terms of pre and post nuptial agreement and cohabitation agreements with a view to protect personal, family and business assets.
Advising on child related issues to include parental rights and responsibilities, residence, contact, relocation and abduction.
Advising individuals in relation to fertility law and family creation including adoption and intended parents/surrogates in relation to surrogacy and experience in parental order applications in both the Sheriff Court and Court of Session.
Appearing in Sheriff Courts and as instructing agent in the Court of Session in contested cases, including to appellate level.
Frequently instructed in complex Court of Session cases on an agency basis.
Advising individuals in negotiation of comprehensive financial settlement.

Professional bodies

2018: Accredited Family Law Specialist, Law Society of Scotland

“In addition to the legal expertise you have provided me, your moral support has made a long process much easier to bear.”

Client (2026)

Further testimonials

“Thank you, so, so much for steering me through this process.”

Client (2024)

“Thank you all so much. I do not have the words to thank you all so much…For all your care and kindness and support for all your incredible work to get me through.”

Client (2025)