Alison Edmondson

Spear's Review

A skilled negotiator and experienced litigator, Alison Edmondson is a proponent of alternatives to litigation, including mediation, collaborative law and arbitration.

The Edinburgh-based partner at SKO Family Law has significant experience of financial issues arising from separation. ‘I have particular expertise in cases relating to business interests, pensions, taxation and inherited wealth, including in connection with retirement and retirement planning,’ she says.

Edmondson's practice also includes novel issues such as cases where one party has lost capacity, the international protection of vulnerable adults, and disputed inheritance claims.

Clients, Edmondson says, 'want clear, analytical, pragmatic advice tempered by sensitivity to the very personal nature of the matters we are discussing'.

Adviser Profile

Alison Edmondson is a specialist in resolution of complex financial disputes including business interests, pensions, taxation and inherited wealth. She deals with financial and children issues on separation of married or cohabitating couples.

Alison is Partner at SKO Family Law Specialists, Scotland's largest niche family law practice. Financial issues arising from separation are Alison's primary focus. She has particular expertise in cases relating to business interests, pensions, taxation and inherited wealth, including in connection with retirement and retirement planning. Her practice also includes family cases with novel issues such as cases where one party has lost capacity, the international protection of vulnerable adults and disputed inheritance claims.

Alison regularly writes and lectures for, amongst others, STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland), SOLAS (Society of Law Accountants in Scotland) and Update (Law Society of Scotland). Alison is a skilled negotiator and an experienced litigator in both the Court of Session and Sheriff Court as well as being committed to alternatives to the court process, including mediation, collaborative law and arbitration.

She is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Specialist in Family Law; experienced litigator; trustee and former Chair Family Mediation Lothian; accredited Family Mediator; postgraduate qualification in Mediation and Conflict Resolution; trained as a Collaborative Lawyer; Founder member of Family Law Arbitration Group (Scotland) and Family Law Arbitrator.