Sheila Webster

When disputes arise, you need clear advice and practical solutions. Sheila works with businesses and individuals across Scotland to resolve property and commercial issues in the way that suits them best. Her experience spans courts and tribunals at every level, including cases before the House of Lords and the Supreme Court, and she has long been recognised as one of Scotland’s top property dispute experts, with particular skills in commercial landlord and tenant issues.

Sheila’s focus is working with clients to achieve their objectives from the start, achieving them as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. She recognises that disputes are frequently best resolved away from the court room, and has significant experience in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation.  She is a qualified arbitrator and trained mediator.  She regularly helps clients find solutions through negotiation, arbitration or mediation, as an alternative to going to court. 

Alongside her work with clients, Sheila is involved in shaping best practice in dispute resolution. She regularly chairs conferences, and presents on, property and commercial dispute topics, and is a member of the Property Litigation Association, as well as a former chair of the Scottish group of the Association. 

She also represents the Edinburgh constituency on the Council of the Law Society of Scotland (having been President for 2023-24) and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators as well as an Ambassador for the Scottish Arbitration Centre.