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The 21st Century Bar Conference celebrates its 20th Anniversary today, with a Key Note Address from former Westwater member the Honourable Lady Wise. Westwater Advocates’ Alice Stobart (pictured) is giving …

Today members of Westwater Advocates are in action talking about the way that Brexit is changing family law.  Antonia Welsh is working with the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association and Gillespie …

The second edition of Adrian Stalker‘s hotly anticipated Evictions in Scotland has been published this month by Edinburgh University Press. At more than double the length of the 2007 first …

Last year, an Employment Tribunal ruled that Kirsty Ure, 35, had been unfairly constructively dismissed from her post as general manager of an equestrian centre, and ordered her former employer …

On 21 July from 1pm until 2pm Lynda Brabender QC will be taking part in Clan Childlaw’s webinar, which is on the topic “Brothers and Sisters in Children’s Hearings – …

Antonia Welsh, Westwater Advocate and SYLA committee member, is organising the moot aimed at current trainee solicitors who may have missed out on advocacy experience as a result of COVID-19. …

An online article by new member of Westwater Advocates, Melanie Barbour, provides insights into the questions currently under consideration by the Scottish Law Commission. This is both a useful guide …

The UK Supreme Court has refused appeals in cases where Westwater’s Lynda Brabender QC and Janys Scott QC appeared for the appellants, but acknowledges that the initiation of the challenges …

Westwater Advocates is proud to sponsor CHAS, as new ways are found to support families during the coronavirus pandemic. “The coronavirus pandemic has been challenging for everyone, especially for families …

New member of Westwater Advocates, Antonia Welsh, tells young lawyers to be brave about joining the bar. “I am one of this year’s devils at the Faculty of Advocates and …