Westwater welcomes three new advocates

The new advocates have been hailed as “an asset to the stable”.

Ms Bennie was a litigation partner at Levy & McRae Solicitors for eight years, specialising in employment, commercial, professional negligence and personal injury litigation.

She has appeared in the Sheriff Court, Employment Tribunal in England and Scotland, and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, as well as having representing families and other parties at Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs).

Mr Lunny has a background in criminal and civil litigation, working at Levy & McRae Solicitors then the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service as a Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute.

He spent three further years within the Office of the Prosecutor of the United Nations tribunal dealing with war crimes, and two years seconded to EU judicial co-operation body Eurojust. Since then, he has worked as a compliance officer for the Scottish Football Association.

Ms Rattray has had a broad-based practice as a solicitor, with a particular interest in family and child law as well as experience in contract, consumer legislation, reparation, property, commercial and residential leases, insolvency, judicial review and EU law.

Clerk Sheila Westwater said: “I am delighted to welcome Anne, Vincent and Jane to Westwater Advocates. I am confident that they will have bright futures and that they will each be an asset to the stable.

“They have very different backgrounds and areas of practice, which is wonderful for our instructing solicitors, who have come to rely on the talents of our members across a broad range of areas of expertise.”