Mitchell Skilling

The Sheriff Appeal Court has held that there is no competence for an appeal against a sheriff’s refusal to sign a warrant for an initial writ after a man attempted to challenge the refusal of his case against his neighbour, after finding that the refusal could not constitute a final judgment i

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by an unincorporated association operating a timeshare in Tenerife against the refusal of its action for specific implement calling for a trustee of the Club to resign after finding that the sheriff was entitled to conclude on the evidence that the defe

A Sheriff Principal has refused permission to appeal to the Court of Session against a decision of the Sheriff Appeal Court that an action for defamation raised by a pursuer against one of his former work colleagues was time barred after upholding the principle that an action was only considered com

A sheriff conducting a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of a man crushed by a metal fixture just 10 days into commencing his new employment has concluded that his death could have been prevented if he had been informed that some lifting accessories had been marked as not to be used and there ha

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal against the refusal of a proposed amendment to Employment Tribunal proceedings seeking a continuing payment under a contractually mandated health insurance scheme past an employee’s averred termination date after accepting an argume

The Supreme Court has ruled that costs incurred on environmental surveys and studies in advance of the construction of windfarm projectsdo not qualify for capital allowances under section 11(4) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 following a final appeal by HMRC against a decision that a group of com

A lord ordinary has concluded that the actions and standard operating procedures of the Scottish Prison Service in opening and reading a serving prisoner’s letters and delaying in providing him with those letters did not constitute an interference with his human rights. William Beggs, currentl

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against the conviction of a man for the attempted murder of his brother with a knife after finding that the trial judge issued adequate directions on self-defence in a situation where evidence made out that the accused initiated the fight whilst arm

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against the grant of summary decree for payment following a breach of a consumer credit agreement after finding that a defence raised by the appellant based on a case concerning hidden commission in car sales was not relevant to the matter subject to li

An Extra Division of the Inner House has refused an application seeking for sheriffs at Aberdeen to state a case in appeals against Interim Compulsory Supervision Orders in respect of a five-year-old child that were rejected as academic, but noted that the application raised a broader issues in resp

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by a financial services provider against the upholding of a summary judgment finding them responsible for conduct of its authorised representative that went beyond the scope of their contract after finding that the wording of the Financial Services and Markets

A Glasgow sheriff has dismissed a claim against an eye clinic and the executor nominate of one of its opticians by a patient who developed significant eye problems following LASIK surgery after finding that she had failed to take steps to contact them in 2009 when she first reported problems with he

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against the refusal of an amendment to of a five-year Non-Harassment Order to allow a convicted abuser to have contact with one of the complainer’s two sons, having already obtained an exception in respect of the other child as he was the child&rs

A lord ordinary hearing an action for damages by a retired labourer who contracted mesothelioma following exposure from two different employers has split liability between the two defenders on a nearly 99.9 to 0.1 per cent basis after finding that it would not be appropriate to make a nil apportionm

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal against a decision that a university was entitled to charge the higher rate of tuition fees to a South African-born optometry student who held UK citizenship by birthright and fled the country due to threats against his family, holding th