Family Law

Maria specialises in children’s cases with an international element. She frequently represents parents in child abduction proceedings and jurisdictional disputes concerning children.

She also represents parents in care proceedings and her expertise in the field of international children’s law has meant that she is skilled in representing parents in care proceedings with an international dimension, as well as public law proceedings where there are serious allegations of abuse or non-accidental injury.

Maria was short listed for the prestigious Family Law Young Solicitor of the Year 2012 (Family Law).

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Claire Methven O’Brien an internationally renowned expert in the emerging field of business and human rights, with twenty years' experience of advising governments, international businesses, international development agencies, financial institutions, and human rights organisations. 

She has been invited to provide analysis and present her research by the governments of the United States and Japan, the European Parliament, the International Organisation of Employers, International Chambers of Commerce, International Bar Association, the Council of Europe, Swedish national pension funds and Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, amongst others. 

Claire is a Baxter Fellow and Lecturer in Law. Besides her role at Dundee, Claire is Chief Adviser and Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, and an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Management at the University of St. Andrews.