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Lord Drummond Young issued his Opinion yesterday in the case of Jacqueline Whigham v Steven Owen. Robert Hayhow, who appeared for the pursuer, secured an award of £250,000 under s.28 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006.

This morning Lady Wise was installed as a Senator of the College of Justice. Family, friends and her former colleagues at the bar watched from a full Court number 1 as Lady Wise took the Judicial Oath.

Congratulations to Morag from all the stable on her appointment as Senator of the College of Justice.

On 22 January 2013 an Extra Division of the Inner House dismissed a Petition to the nobile officium by S, the father of children subject to proceedings under the Children Scotland Act 1995.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the stable’s new dedicated Commercial Dispute Resolution Group, which concentrates the ability and experience of nine of our commercial practitioners.

Westwater Advocates is delighted to welcome Ken McGuire to the stable.

Two firefighters have been awarded damages totalling more than £445,000 after being injured while tackling a blaze at a brick-built garage, near to a house, in South Lanarkshire in February 2008.

We are pleased to welcome back James Peoples QC and Gordon Lamont following their full-time involvement in the long-running Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry, which was set up by Scottish Ministers to investigate the outbreak of the C.difficile infection at the hospital.

The latest edition of Chambers UK has been published today with recognition for 21 of our members in 9 fields.

Westwater Advocates sponsored yesterday’s successful UKELA (Scotland) Conference at the Apex Waterloo Hotel in Edinburgh. The annual Scottish conference this year focused on environmental issues in the planning regime, sustainable development, …