The First Division of the Inner House recently issued its decision in University of Dundee v Chakraborty (2023csih22.pdf (scotcourts.gov.uk)). Dr Chakraborty was a post-doctoral research assistant in cellular medicine at …

Westwater Advocates is proudly sponsoring the Dundee University Mooting Society final round competition. This year the final of the internal competition is taking place on 30th March at 4.30pm within …

  Greg Sanders’s new book “A Practical Guide To The Right to Roam in Scotland” comes after he “identified a gap in the market for a comprehensive, practical guide looking …

Greg Cunningham has been appointed to the ELA working group that has been set up to prepare a submission in response to the call for evidence by the Parliamentary Joint …

A senior member of the Faculty of Advocates has called for the term “alternative dispute resolution” or “ADR” to be removed from the language of dispute resolution lawyers. Addressing the …

It is with great pleasure that we announce that in 2023, Westwater Advocates will be supporting Bethany Christian Trust, a charity that serves people who are homeless and those at …

M Baczak v Care UK Community Partnerships Limited: ET 4100547/2022 Greg Cunningham successfully defends all claims of unfair dismissal and discrimination based on the protected characteristics of race (nationality) and …

Westwater’s Gordon Lindhorst appeared for the interested party in the recently decided case of MacKirdy v Keeper of the Register of Scotland (reported 2022 GWD 36-527; 2022 9 WLUK 170). The case concerned an …

East Lothian Council v YL and WBL and ML and RL EDI-AD16-19 issued 10th January 2023 by the Sheriff Appeal Court.  A permanence order without authority to adopt where contact was …

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.