Advocate General concludes Regulation invalid. This decision represents (interim) success for the legal team of Sir Crispin Agnew QC and Neil MacDougall.

Monday’s Westwater Advocates Family Law Conference has been hailed as a great success by some of the most experienced family law practitioners in the country.

12.30pm today was a milestone in the career of Rachel Shewan as she called to the Bar.

The conference is now fully booked and we are operating a waiting list. Places are highly likely to become available nearer the time so add your name to the list if you are interested.

Offering 5 hours of free CPD, the conference will take place at The Caledonia Suite, COSLA, Verity House, 19 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh EH12 5BH and the Speakers will be Janys Scott QC, John Speir, Robert Hayhow, Lynda Brabender, Ruth Innes and Kirsty Malcolm.

A panel of five Judges together with the Advocate General heard the case C-335/13 Robin Feakins against Scottish Ministers in only the sixth reference to the European Court of Justice from Scotland.

All 5 places for advocate speakers are filled by members of Westwater Advocates at today’s Family Law Association Spring Conference at the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow.

We had a full house at our very first conference in Dundee. Thank you to all the delegates who travelled over hill and glen to be there!

The Lord Lyon is one of the Great Officers of State whose origins trace back to the High Sennachie of the early Kings of Scotland.

5 hours of CPD – Join us for a day of useful legal updates as part of our commitment to sharing the expertise and experience of our members with the wider legal community.