The Hon Lady Wise (Morag Wise)

Lady Wise was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Courts in February 2013.

She qualified as a solicitor in 1989 and worked in general civil litigation. She called to the bar in 1993 and practised in civil work, specialising in family law. In 2005 she became Queen’s Counsel and from 2008 sat part time as a temporary judge until she was appointed as a Senator of the College of Justice. She was a judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal for three years until December 2018.

She has served as one of the two Family Court judges in the Court of Session and is a member of the Hague Network of Judges dealing with International Child Abduction cases.