Lesley Gordon

Lesley Gordon

Lesley is a Partner at BTO Solicitors LLP. Accredited as a Specialist in Family Law by the Law Society of Scotland, Experienced Collaborative Practitioner, and Accredited Family Law Arbitrator. Read Lesley's professional biography

April 1, 2019 By Lesley Gordon

The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 comes into force today, 1st April 2019

The aim of the new act is to provide recourse for victims of the more insidious elements of a domestic abuse relationship which can be just as harmful as or even more harmful than physical abuse.

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March 26, 2019 By Lesley Gordon

Home Alone – a Christmas comedy or a parental dilemma?

For many of us the words ‘Home Alone’ conjure up the familiar image of MacAulay Culkin wreaking havoc on two bungling burglars in the annual Christmas airing of that American comedy film. But for those who man the phone lines at Childline and other similar organisations the reality of children being left home alone is no laughing matter.

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