Morag Barbara Wise, Lady Wise, (born 22 January 1963) is the

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and a

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, a judge of the Scotland's

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Education

Wise obtained an LL.B (Hons) and Dip. L.P. the University of Aberdeen and LL.M from McGill University in Montreal.

Legal career

Wise became a

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in 1989 and joined Morton Fraser LLP. In 1993, she was

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, joining Westwater Advocates, and specialised in family law. Wise became a Queen's Counsel in 2005, and was appointed a Temporary Judge of the

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in 2008. On 6 February 2013, she was appointed a

, taking the judicial title Lady Wise. In 2005, Wise became a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Faculty of Advocates She became chair of the Advocates' Family Law Association in 2007, having served as vice chair since 2000. On 7 December 2021, it was announced that Wise had been appointed to the Inner House of the Court of Session with effect from 5 January 2022. She was appointed to Her Majesty's Privy Council on 12 April 2022 allowing her the honorific The Right Honourable. On 5 April 2023, she was appointed President of Scottish Tribunals, succeeding Lord Woolman.

References

Living people Alumni of the University of Aberdeen McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Scottish King's Counsel

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Scottish women judges 21st-century King's Counsel Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Members of the Faculty of Advocates Scottish solicitors 1963 births {{Scotland-law-bio-stub