A sheriff of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland has remitted three applications by the owners of holiday chalets on a lochside estate concerning alleged breaches of property factor duties to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland after finding that the chalets could be considered residential properties f
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I recently had the opportunity to visit the Titanic Wales Exhibition and found myself being filled with a mixture of curiosity and solemnity as I checked in and made my way to the exhibition room, writes Christina Watts of the Intellectual Property Office. Upon arrival, I received a lifelike ‘
An NHS nurse who was hit by a falling chisel dropped by workers on the roof of her house and developed tinnitus, head trauma, and PTSD, has been awarded over £88,000 in damages after raising a claim in the Outer House of the Court of Session. Tracy Mcfadyean, who was employed as an orthopaedic
An Aberdeen sheriff has granted the trustee in sequestration of the estates of a married couple authority to sell their family home after they failed to engage with the sequestration process for over five years. Richard Bathgate, who became the trustee in sequestration following the retirement of th
A former MSP has lost a case against Glasgow City Council in which he alleged that it had acted unlawfully in permanently excluding him from being employed by them as a social worker on the basis that doing so would present an unacceptable level of risk. Tommy Sheridan, who served as an MSP from 199
A man who had a wisdom tooth unsuccessfully extracted and required to have surgery performed on his mouth has lost a personal injury case against the dentist who originally attempted the extraction after it was found that his actions were not outwith the range of reasonable options available in the
Michael Upton marks the 150th anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson calling to the Scottish bar.
A lord ordinary has refused a judicial review application by the “limbs in the loch” killer based on a February 2024 decision of the Parole Board for Scotland to again refuse to release him on licence after finding that he still presented a risk to the public. William Beggs, who was conv
A sheriff has dismissed a simple procedure claim for an alleged unpaid sum of £3,600 raised by a radio station operator against a glamping business that cancelled its advertising contract with the station after the business was misnamed during radio broadcasts, after finding that the responden
Elaine Motion, one of Scotland's leading litigation lawyers, has reflected on some of the "extraordinary" cases she has been involved with as she retires after more than 30 years with Balfour and Manson. The civil liberties and human rights specialist is best-known for the 'Brexit cases' – whi
A couple who claimed they were wrongfully detained by Nottinghamshire Police in 2019 after they acted on allegations of child abuse and poisoning from their eldest child, from which no prosecution resulted, have lost the majority of their appeal against a County Court decision to dismiss a claim for
A Lord Ordinary has recalled a petition by two companies seeking to reclaim computer code from two former employees on the basis that they had breached confidentiality and infringed their copyright after finding that the petition had been granted without full disclosure. PE Ltd and another company s
An Edinburgh sheriff has determined that two relatives of a man wanted to face trial in Canada for manslaughter could also be extradited with him after taking the view that their conduct following the crime would have constituted the offence of attempting to defeat the ends of justice in Scotland. B
When Jamila Archibald was named the Law Society of Scotland’s In-House Rising Star earlier this year, then-president Susan Murray was glowing in her endorsement. Ms Archibald had, she said, impressed the judges not just with her ability to “deal with cross-jurisdictional legal queries wh
A contractor has been awarded just over £558,000 in damages after a lord ordinary determined that he was wrongfully interdicted by a housebuilding company which was prosecuted for health and safety offences after interdicting the pursuer from repeating allegations about the presence of asbesto