Irina is a qualified solicitor in Russian and Scots law. She is an accredited specialist in child law with the Law Society of Scotland and was formerly Director at the Scottish Child Law Centre Centre. Irina has extensive experience of working with and assisting clients on issues related to child and family law, private client work, employment law and medical negligence work, as well as clients with diagnosed mental health problems and their carers. She is also a tutor to first year law students at the University of Edinburgh, Law School on Family Law, a curator ad litem for the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland and a Safeguarder to children and young people within the Children’s Hearings proceeding.
Irina is currently on maternity leave.