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Musselburgh Windsor under-19s squad, the team supported by Westwater Advocates, has reached the final of the David Murray Cup, the under-19s competition of the South East Region Youth Football Association.

Alice Stobart, David Hay, Juliette Casey and Ken McGuire will serve on the panel.

In the case of East Lothian Council v Kevin Martin David Anderson successfully opposed an appeal by a livestock owner against a sheriff’s decision to allow a local authority to sell his livestock.

The case considered whether or not a parent who has had parental rights and responsibilities removed by order of the Court in a Part 1 order under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 has title to seek an award of contact.

Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt QC and Donald Cameron will be at the Supreme Court on Thursday to represent Sustainable Shetland in their challenge to the Scottish Ministers grant of a consent for a 103 turbine wind farm on mainland Shetland.

Smith v Muir Construction Limited [2014] CSOH 171, an ex-tempore decision delivered at close of proof on 31/10/14, was a case in which Andrew acted as principal counsel for the pursuer who had sustained an accident at work falling from a ladder causing serious head and wrist injuries.

After a period as an Employment Judge followed by almost four years as an Advocate Depute, Douglas Fairley QC is returning to his civil practice with Westwater Advocates from 2 February 2015.

Multi-disciplinary stable Westwater Advocates has been awarded some 30 individual recommendations in 12 categories in the newly-published 2015 edition of the Chambers Directory.

David Anderson explains the new legislation and compares it with other similar provisions.

Andrew Hajducki QC’s recent article in the Scots Law Times examines the 40 awards made following the 2012 landmark decision in Hamilton v Ferguson Transport.