Amy McCalmont looks at a case reminding landlords and tenants to make their intentions explicit. In a recent Sheriff Court case, Brucefield Estate Trustee Company Limited and Others v Computacenter (UK) Limited it was found that a lease continued by tacit relocation for a period of one year, serving
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Sheriff Anwar A letter written by a sheriff to the children involved in a family law case has taken centre stage at the Edinburgh International Festival this week.
Nick Ellis Westwater Advocates’ Nick Ellis represented aggregate supplier D Geddes Contractors Limited in respect of claims against it by a local government organisation for failures of an entire season’s road surface dressing throughout Tayside and a large area of dressing in Falkirk.
Louise Whitfield A heterosexual couple who have so far failed in their legal battle to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage have won permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.
RICS is pleased to have successfully recruited a new cohort of lawyers to its construction adjudicator panel. Shona Frame (CMS), Richard Silver (Silver Shemmings LLP), Brandon Malone (Brandon Malone & Co), Peter Aeberli (3 Paper Buildings), Kenny Valentine (Pinsent Masons LLP), and Chris Mackay
The Scottish Law Commission recently produced its Discussion Paper on Remedies for Breach of Contract. A suggested proposal is that additional remedies of price reduction and right to cure be given to a creditor faced with a breach of contract. Such remedies are currently available to consumers unde
Planned legislation aimed at improving access to justice could, ironically, hamper some litigants in family cases, the Faculty of Advocates has warned. In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee, which is examining the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scot
Hersch Lauterpacht Today marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Hersch Lauterpacht, who defined ‘crimes against humanity’ one of the crimes under which the surviving Nazis were charged at the Nuremberg Trials.
A “bogus workman” who was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to attempting to obtain money by fraud has had his custodial term reduced following an appeal. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff erred in law by failing to apply any discount.
Scotland’s most senior judge will deliver the opening keynote address at the Law Society of Scotland’s Annual Conference. Lord Carloway will address delegates on the future of the Scottish court system at Leading Legal Excellence: For the greater good on Tuesday 19 September in Edinburgh. In “
Proposals to change the law would offer children the same legal protection from assault as adults according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to a consultation on the proposed Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Bill, the Law Society has said that removing the common la
Edinburgh solicitor Kate Dewar has been appointed chair of Weslo Housing Management. Ms Dewar, a member of the Bathgate-based social landlord's Board since January 2014, replaces Professor Peter Robson in the role.
Andy Kinsella Work on a £2 billion wind farm off the Fife coast will begin next year after the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) lost a long-running legal battle against the development.
This week the Inner House of the Court of Session ruled on a case concerning Relevant Person status in the Children’s Hearings System. Clan Childlaw represented a 14-year-old girl who had initiated proceedings by requesting a pre-hearing panel to remove Relevant Person status from both her materna
