BTO Solicitors LLP

The family team covers separation and divorce, arrangements for children, financial settlements, cohabitation and prenuptial agreements, and international matters including relocation and Hague Convention child abduction cases. It offers mediation, collaborative law and arbitration as alternatives to court. Three partners are named, including Glasgow contact Kirsty McGuinness. The firm states that it does not take legal aid work and offers a fixed fee initial consultation.

• Ranked Tier 1 for Family in the Legal 500 Scotland private client rankings (page viewed 23 October 2026)
• Covers international family work, including Hague Convention child abduction and relocation cases
• Offers collaborative law, mediation and arbitration as alternatives to court
• Three named family partners, with a Glasgow contact number for Kirsty McGuinness

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Divorce work sits within the combined divorce and family law page, which covers financial settlements, arrangements for children, international divorce and privacy concerns for clients in the public eye. The firm explains its billing approach, with monthly itemised invoices and fixed or capped fees where possible, and makes fixed fees for undefended divorce available on request. It does not offer legal aid or no win, no fee arrangements.

• Legal 500 Scotland Family ranking at Tier 1 covers the same team
• Fixed fees for undefended divorce available on request and an initial consultation fixed fee
• Handles international divorce and financial settlements

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The criminal defence team is led by three partners who are solicitor advocates, able to appear in the High Court. Its listed work includes serious assaults and sexual offences, culpable homicide, road traffic prosecutions, wildlife and environmental cases, Proceeds of Crime Act matters, Fatal Accident Inquiries and investigations of professionals by bodies such as the HSE and GMC. The page does not mention legal aid or publish fees.

• Ranked Tier 1 for Crime: fraud and Tier 2 for Crime: general in the Legal 500 Scotland rankings (page viewed 23 October 2026)
• Three named partners who are solicitor advocates
• Firm reports winning Legal 500 Crime Team of the Year 2023

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The residential property team handles purchases and sales, remortgages, equity release, transfers of title after separation, sales of property from deceased estates and notarising of documents for property overseas. Partner Jane Steel and two legal directors are named, and the firm says its paralegals hold accreditation in their field. Upfront quotes are offered, but fees are not published.

• Service page covers buying, selling, remortgaging, equity release and estate conveyancing
• Named partner and two legal directors in the residential team
• Offers upfront quotes on all residential services

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The employment team advises individual employees on settlement agreements, discrimination, disciplinary and grievance matters, dismissal, redundancy, leave rights, whistleblowing and tribunal claims through to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and has a separate service for employers. The firm states that it has three accredited employment law specialists. An initial one hour consultation costs £355 plus VAT; legal aid and no win, no fee are not offered.

• Ranked Tier 2 for Employment in the Legal 500 Scotland rankings (page viewed 23 October 2026)
• Firm states it has three Law Society of Scotland accredited employment law specialists (not named on the page)
• Publishes an initial consultation fixed fee of £355 plus VAT

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BTO acts both for injured people and for uninsured defenders. Claim types include road traffic, workplace and public place accidents, accidents abroad, industrial disease such as asbestos conditions, product liability and historic abuse claims. Pursuers are offered a no win, no fee arrangement with a success fee payable only on a win. Two partners who are solicitor advocates and a legal director are named.

• Offers no win, no fee funding to pursuers
• Named partners who are solicitor advocates
• Ranked Tier 1 for Personal injury: defender in the Legal 500 Scotland rankings, reflecting insurer-side work rather than claimant work

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The wills, estates and succession planning team drafts wills with letters of wishes and inheritance tax planning, prepares and registers financial and welfare powers of attorney, and sets up and administers family, discretionary, charitable and personal injury trusts. It also handles guardianship applications, business succession planning and contested estates. Four partners are named. The team was enlarged in 2024 when Carruthers Gemmill joined the Glasgow office.

• Ranked Tier 3 for Personal tax, trusts and executries in the Legal 500 Scotland rankings (page viewed 23 October 2026)
• Four named partners in the wills, estates and succession planning team
• Covers powers of attorney, trusts, guardianship and contested estates

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Executry has its own section on the wills and estates page, which explains that the firm can either guide an executor or administer the whole estate, gathering assets, paying debts and tax and distributing to beneficiaries. Where there is no will it applies to court for an executor to be appointed. Related services cover estate conveyancing and disputes involving wills, trusts and executors.

• Dedicated executry section explaining estate administration with and without a will
• Legal 500 Scotland Tier 3 ranking for Personal tax, trusts and executries
• Separate services for estate property sales and executry disputes

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The corporate team advises owner-managed businesses, SMEs, start-ups, private equity houses and international companies on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital, employee ownership trusts, governance and commercial contracts. Glasgow partners Scott Wyper and Emma Barclay are named. The firm also has separate banking, competition, intellectual property and real estate teams.

• Ranked Tier 3 for Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow in the Legal 500 Scotland rankings (page viewed 23 October 2026)
• Glasgow-based corporate partners named on the service page
• Wide range of supporting business services

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The immigration service for individuals and families covers visa and passport applications, settlement and citizenship, urgent applications and responses to refusals, including administrative review and appeals. Partner Carolyn Bowie is the named contact, and a separate immigration service is offered to businesses. The firm publishes an initial consultation fee of £349 including VAT and provides a fixed fee package document.

• Dedicated immigration pages for individuals and for businesses
• Publishes an initial consultation fee of £349 including VAT
• Named partner leading the service

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The dispute resolution team handles commercial and contract disputes, banking and construction litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, debt recovery, professional negligence, property litigation and group actions. It has in-house solicitor advocates and a direct instruction service for advocacy. Individuals are served through a separate page covering property, insolvency, negligence and executry disputes, with Glasgow partner Angus Wood named.

• Ranked Tier 3 for Commercial litigation and Tier 2 for Debt recovery in the Legal 500 Scotland rankings (page viewed 23 October 2026)
• In-house solicitor advocates with higher rights of audience
• Separate disputes service for individuals, with a named Glasgow partner

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