Ceit-Anna MacLeod
- Year of Call
- 2012
- Devil Masters
- Kate Dowdalls KC
- Thomas Ross KC
- Gavin MacColl KC
Contact
ceitannamacleod@amadvocates.co.uk Tel no available from Clerks on requestPractice Profile
Ceit-Anna is described in Chambers UK as a “go-to junior for a broad range of family cases” who “has cogent opinions and an excellent knowledge of family law”. She is further described as “capable, cool-headed and extremely good with clients” and as going “above and beyond in terms of service”. She is commended for her “client management, courtroom composure and pragmatism”.
Ceit-Anna advises on all aspects of family law including financial provision on divorce and financial claims arising following cohabitation. She is instructed in disputes involving children including residence, contact and relocation cases. She is experienced in dealing with applications under the Hague Convention and with applications for permanence orders and adoption. She is frequently appointed by the Court of Session as curator ad litem, reporting officer and child welfare reporter.
Ceit-Anna is experienced in the law of public inquiries and is instructed as junior counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. In that capacity she has been involved for many years in advising the inquiry on the legal aspects of its work and presenting evidence at public hearings. She is skilled in examining vulnerable witnesses and those who have experience trauma.
Education & Professional Career to Date
Solicitor and Associate in private practice prior to calling to the Bar
Traineeship: Dickson Minto WS, Edinburgh and London
LLB (Hons) and Diploma in Legal Practice: The University of Edinburgh
Appointments
- Board Member, MG ALBA (2020–present)
- Junior Counsel to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (2016–present)
- Legal Assessor, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2016–present)
- Board Member, Bright Light Relationship Counselling (2016–present)
- Council Member, The Stair Society (2015–2020)
- Session Cases Reporter, Scottish Council of Law Reporting (2013–2019)
- Member, Faculty of Advocates Family Law Reform Group (2013–present)
- Clerk, Faculty of Advocates Family Law Reform Group (2013–2018)
- Committee Member, Advocates Family Law Association (2013–2019)
- Tutor, School of Law, The University of Edinburgh (2009–present)
Selected Cases
Areas of Practice
Publications & Seminars
Law Society of Scotland, Family Law Conference, September 2016 - "Financial Provision on Divorce"
Family Law Association Seminar, May 2015- "Child Law- Case Law Update"
AMFLG Seminar, June 2014 - "Cohabitation, where we are now, two years after Gow v Grant"
BAAF Scotland Legal Group Conference, June 2014 - "Legal issues in the profiling of children for family finding"
Scottish Parliamentary Review (January 2014) - Case Commentary-Prest v Pretrodel Resources Ltd & Others
TANQ Seminar, September 2013- "To cohabit or not to cohabit...."
AMFLG Annual Conference, September 2013- "Recent Developments in Family Law Procedure"
Directories
Recommended in Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide for Family/Matrimonial for a number of years.
Recent extracts include:
“Has become a go-to junior for a broad range of family cases, including those relating to financial provision, cohabitation claims, permanence orders, Hague Convention applications and residence disputes”
"Capable, cool-headed and extremely good with clients - she goes above and beyond in terms of service”
“She has cogent opinions and an excellent knowledge of family law”
“She is commended for her client management, courtroom composure and pragmatism”
“She is a very articulate, helpful and empathetic person to have as an advocate”
“She is exceptionally good with clients. They trust her and her suggestions”
Additional Information
Fluent Gaelic speaker