Nick St J Ellis Q.C.

Welcome and thank you for visiting the website of Westwater Advocates. It has been my privilege to be the Stable Director of the Westwater stable during the recent restructuring of the clerking and management arrangements at the Faculty of Advocates. We were the first group of Advocates to devolve management from Faculty Services Limited and to select its own membership.

All our members are independent and self employed. We are all, first and foremost, members of the Faculty of Advocates. However, we are all committed to the Westwater stable which has provided and will, as Westwater Advocates, continue to provide a first class route of access to our members' services.

We are a multi disciplinary group of Advocates offering top class representation and advice in a wide range of areas of law. We offer the services of some of the most experienced and talented Advocates at the Scottish Bar.

The primary motivation behind our speed in embracing devolution was our commitment to retaining what we believe to be an outstanding team of clerks which allows us to deliver the best possible service. The team is led by principal clerk Sheila Westwater who has the invaluable assistance of Christina Ballantyne and Gavin Herd. Together, they form a clerking team which is knowledgeable, experienced and always willing and able to help.

Continual improvement of our services is our aim and commitment. We are eager to learn and will always be interested to hear your feedback on the services offered by our clerking team and our members.

I hope you find our website useful and easy to navigate. My hope is that it will lead you to counsel which can fully meet your particular and individual needs.

Nick St J Ellis Q.C., Stable Director
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