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Westwater Advocates receives 27 individual and 2 top tier rankings in the newly published guide to the legal profession Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2023.

Congratulations to Isabella Ennis on her elevation to the rank and dignity of King’s Counsel. Isabella called to the bar in 1993 and has a busy civil practice primarily focused …

Westwater’s Duncan Milne appeared for the respondent in the recent case of Carson v WC In Fields. The case concerned a claim for unfair dismissal alleging that redundancy was not …

The Inner House of the Court of Session has today upheld the decision of an Outer House judge that an NHS Health Board which had negligently failed to prioritise the …

  Mardi joined Westwater Advocates as Assistant Deputy Advocates’ Clerk in January 2022. She has embraced her role with a welcome rush of enthusiasm and energy and has already established …

A number of members of Westwater Advocates practice in the area of Housing law, which includes the law of landlord and tenant, a constantly developing area. Over the past 5 …

Following on so quickly from yesterday’s news, we are delighted to announce that Duncan Milne and Michael A S Briggs join the stable today after calling at the Bar.   …

We are delighted to announce that John Laing and Terence Merck join the stable today after calling at the Bar. As a solicitor John has advised clients in all aspects …

Westwater Advocates’ Desmond Cheyne successfully sought specific issue orders under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, on behalf of the child concerned. The case involved a 13 year …

An elderly man made a Will in favour of his cohabitant.  When he died his children claimed he had lacked capacity to make the Will or that there had been …