Westwater Advocates secures 30 rankings in Chambers & Partners

20 Oct 2025

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Westwater Advocates secures 30 rankings in Chambers & Partners

Members of Westwater Advocates have secured 30 individual rankings across nine categories in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners and the stable has received Band 1 firm rankings in Employment Law and Family/Matrimonial.

Clerk Sheila Westwater said: “I am very pleased to see that as well as securing ranking across 9 categories our excellence as a Stable in both Family and Employment has been recognised again. There is no doubt that we are the market leaders in Scotland in both areas and our members have never been busier. John Laing’s appearance in the ‘Up and Coming’ section for family/children after only 3 years at the Bar is very well deserved, particularly pleasing to me and bodes very well for the future.”

The full rankings are as follows:

Administrative & Public Law:

Janys M Scott KC – Band 2
David D Anderson – Band 2

Civil Liberties & Human Rights:

Janys M Scott KC – Band 2

Clinical Negligence:

Calum H S MacNeill KC FCIArb – Band 2

Commercial Dispute Resolution:

Nick Ellis KC – Band 3

Construction:

Nick Ellis KC – Band 2

Employment – Firm Ranking Band 1:

Calum H S MacNeill KC FCIArb – Band 1
David Hay KC – Band 1
Colin Edward KC – New Silk
Alice Stobart – Band 1
Ken McGuire – Band 1
Neil MacDougall – Band 2
Mark Allison – Band 2

Family/Children:

Janys M Scott KC – Star Individual
Lynda J Brabender KC – Star Individual
Ruth M Innes KC – Band 1
Scott McAlpine KC – New Silk
Rachel Shewan KC – New Silk
Alison M Wild – Band 2
Amy J Donachie – Band 2
Emily Bradbury – Band 2
John Laing – Up and Coming

Family/Matrimonial Finance – Firm Ranking Band 1:

Janys M Scott KC – Star Individual
Lynda J Brabender KC – Band 1
Ruth M Innes KC – Band 1
Robert Hayhow KC – Band 2
Scott McAlpine KC – New Silk
Rachel Shewan KC – New Silk
Alison M Wild – Band 2

Real Estate Litigation:

Nick Ellis KC – Band 2