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Westwater Advocates

UK Bar 2026

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Overview

Provided by Westwater Advocates

Stable Director: Desmond Cheyne KC. Advocates Clerk: Sheila Westwater. Deputy Clerks: Christina Ballantyne, Jane Morrison, Debbie Dawson, Mardi Thompson and Rosie Hanlon. Westwater Advocates is one of Scotland’s longest established and largest multi-disciplinary stables, with 43 advocate members including 13 silks. Clerk Sheila Westwater, assisted by 5 deputies, provide excellent service and advise on availability, suitability of advocates and fees for particular work.

Work & experience

Provided by Westwater Advocates

At all levels of seniority, the stable offers advocates whose experience includes commercial, contract, construction (including adjudication), insolvency, financial provision on divorce, co-habitation and all aspects of public and private child law, employment and disciplinary matters, personal injury, professional (including medical) negligence, mental health, health and safety, agricultural, land, property, trusts and executry, pensions, media, data protection, judicial review and licensing.

Ranked Offices at Westwater Advocates

Provided by Westwater Advocates

UK - Head office

City of Edinburgh

Faculty of Advocates Parliament House Parliament Square , Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, UK, EH1 1RF, Edinburgh

www.westwateradvocates.com

(0131) 260 5700

Ranked Practice Areas at Westwater Advocates (2)

Scotland (Bar)

Ranked Barristers at Westwater Advocates (30)

Scotland (Bar)

Members

Provided by Westwater Advocates

  • James A Peoples KC (1979) (KC-1994)
  • Nick Ellis KC (1990) (KC-2002)
  • Calum H S MacNeill KC (1992) (KC-2007)
  • Janys M Scott KC (1992) (KC-2007)
  • Lynda J Brabender KC (2005) (KC-2017)
  • Ruth Innes KC (2005) (KC-2019)
  • Robert Hayhow KC (1997) (KC – 2021)
  • Isabella Ennis KC (1993) (KC-2022)
  • David Hay KC (2008) (KC-2023)
  • Desmond Cheyne KC (1986) (KC-2024)
  • Colin Edward KC (2010) (KC-2024)
  • Scott McAlpine KC (2012) (KC-2024)
  • Rachel Shewan KC (2014) (KC-2025)
  • Maggie Hughes (1991)
  • Ian Sharpe (1992)
  • Andrew MacMillan (1995)
  • Greg Cunningham (1997)
  • Bryan Heaney (1999)
  • Greg Sanders (2001)
  • Laura Wray (2003)
  • Adrian Stalker (2007)
  • Alice Stobart (2007)
  • Alison M Wild (2008)
  • Kenneth McGuire (2010)
  • Julianna F Cartwright (2011)
  • Neil MacDougall (2011)
  • Russell Bradley (2012)
  • David Anderson (2014)
  • Anne Bennie (2015)
  • Amy J Donachie (2018)
  • Melanie Barbour (2020)
  • Antonia Welsh (2020)
  • Mark Allison (2021)
  • Emily Bradbury (2021)
  • Michael A S Briggs (2022)
  • John Laing (2022)
  • Duncan Milne (2022)
  • Alex Critchley (2023)
  • Tayyiba Ahmad (2024)
  • Morag McEwan (2024)
  • Linzi McQuade (2024)
  • Edwin Sheeran (2025)

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