Morag Wise, Lady Wise


Morag Barbara Wise, Lady Wise is a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Scotland's Supreme Courts.

Education

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

Legal career

Wise became a solicitor in 1989 and joined Morton Fraser LLP. In 1993, she was called to the bar, joining Westwater Advocates, and specialised in family law. Wise became a Queen's Counsel in 2005, and was appointed a Temporary Judge of the Court of Session in 2008. On 6 February 2013, she was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice, 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.