Karen has specialised in litigation and in disability, incapacity and mental health law since 2002.  She worked within a law centre for 16 years and provided legal representation to clients with mental ill health, learning disability or brain injury, as well as to their relatives or carers.  Throughout she had extensive general civil litigation experience. She is appointed by the Court as Safeguarder under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 200 at Glasgow and at Paisley Sheriff Courts.  From 2014 to 2019 she was accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in mental health law and in incapacity and disability law.  She is a Solicitor Advocate.  She is a Legal Member of the Mental Health Tribunal and the Housing and Property Tribunal.  She is a member of the Law Society Mental Health and Disability Committee.  She tutors in Civil Litigation and advanced civil litigation at Glasgow University in the diploma for legal practice.  She is a volunteer member of the Action for Children’s Independent Review Panel. Karen also undertakes solicitor work at JustRight Scotland, Scotland’s centre for justice and human rights.