Karen Jack
Associate
- Expertise
- Civil Partnership, Cohabitation Agreements, Collaborative Law, Divorce Law Scotland, Solicitors & Lawyers Edinburgh, Glasgow, Protection from Domestic Violence and Forced Marriage, Family Lawyers & Divorce Solicitors in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Scotland Lindsays, Prenuptial Agreements, Separation Rights and Negotiated Agreements
- Contact Details
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- E: karenjack@lindsays.co.uk
- T: 01620 893 481
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Address:
East Lothian
33 Westgate North Berwick East Lothian EH39 4AG
Professional experience
Karen is an Associate in our family law team based at our North Berwick office. She advises clients on all aspects of family law including divorce, separation, protection from abuse, child related issues such as residence, contact, parental rights and responsibilities and relocation cases. She has considerable experience in adoption and guardianship cases.
Karen is a Curator ad litem and Reporting Officer and is a member of Edinburgh Sheriff Court’s panel of solicitors. She is regularly appointed to represent children’s interests in adoption, permanence orders, applications for parental rights by local authorities and applications under the Human Embryo and Fertilisation legislation. She is also appointed regularly to represent the interests of incapacitated adults in Sheriff Court cases. She is a legal representative for children and relevant persons at Children’s hearings in Edinburgh, Dalkeith and Tranent.
Karen practises in the Sheriff Court where she appears regularly.
Credential highlights
- Several applications at Edinburgh and Haddington Sheriff Court for financial provision for co-habitees on separation under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
- Numerous successful court actions raised for residence, contact, adoption, parental rights and responsibilities orders together with “specific issue “ orders under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995
- Successful application to enable a father to take his children abroad on a foreign family holiday during school term time
- Successful application to Sheriff Court for interdicts granted against violent/harassing former partners with powers of arrest being granted
- Numerous guardianship applications granted at Sheriff Courts in respect of adults who are incapacitated under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Enforcing and collecting payment of financial provision in separation agreements against defaulting former partners
- Successfully negotiating the terms of numerous separation agreements and obtaining and implementing pension share orders for clients.
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