Case Reports

A commercial judge’s decision that a clause in a road work contract stating that certain monies were to be returned to “the Contractor”, meaning a joint venture, should be interpreted instead as a relevant contractor company that was part of that joint venture has been overturned o

A Scottish woman who instructed English solicitors in what became a Court of Session action arising from an accident she had while on holiday in France has lost an appeal against a lord ordinary’s decision to uphold an auditor’s determination that she could not recover the English solici

The Supreme Court has held that a high street bank did not have a duty not to carry out a customer’s instructions if it had reasonable grounds for believing that customer was defrauded after an appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal of England & Wales finding that such a duty cou

The family of a man who died of cardiac arrest who alleged that the NHS Scotland health board responsible for his treatment was vicariously liable for his death has lost an appeal to the Supreme Court challenging a decree of absolvitor granted to the board. Jennifer McCulloch, wife of the late Neil

A Swedish man who underwent a coronary artery bypass in an NHS hospital and subsequently claimed for significant damage to his right arm has been found in contempt of court by the English High Court of Justice after it found he had misled the court in respect of his condition. Nottingham University

A PhD student at Edinburgh University who was excluded from study after his first-year progression review has successfully petitioned for a judicial review of the university’s Student Appeal Committee’s decision to reject his appeal against exclusion. Chase Shaffar-Roggeveen, who enrolle

A reclaiming motion by three operators of tied pubs challenging a Lord Ordinary’s determination that the Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021 was within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Greene King Ltd, Hawthorn Leisure

A petition by the proprietors of a convenience store challenging the ability of the appointed scheme administrator to determine the reasonable handling fee in respect of Scotland’s now-postponed Deposit Return Scheme has been successful before the Outer House of the Court of Session. Abdul Maj

A Bonnybridge couple who sought to establish that their home had been damaged by fungus created by ethanol vapour have been allowed a proof based on amended pleadings seeking to establish that a particular species created the conditions allowing other organisms to damage their home. Thomas Chalmers

An action for reduction of an eviction order made by the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland’s Housing and Property Chamber in respect of a tenancy of a property held in trust by the landlord for the tenants had been allowed to proceed in the Outer House of the Court of Session. Pursuers Mohammad

An appeal by the Parole Board for Scotland against a Lord Ordinary’s decision that it acted unlawfully in refusing to direct the release of a prisoner who was convicted of murder as a teenager and had subsequently breached licence conditions on previous releases has been allowed by the Inner H

A man who was convicted of assaulting another man with his own machete in a struggle outside his flat has lost an appeal against the conviction in the High Court of Justiciary. Counsel for appellant Ryan Platt argued that the trial judge had misdirected the jury in telling them that the defence main

A Crown appeal in the High Court of Justiciary against what it considered an unduly lenient sentence for a man who raped a woman in front of her seven-year-old son has succeeded in adding four years to his headline sentence. Respondent TJ was originally given a headline sentence of five years for ra

A fuel company that settled a personal injury action by one of its lorry drivers has lost a claim against the company that serviced the tanker lorry he had been driving for a contribution to the settlement after failing to establish negligence. Andrew Gray & Co (Fuels) Ltd settled a claim by pur

A private landlord who was removed from the landlord register because her local authority did not consider her a fit and proper person has successfully petitioned for judicial review of an Upper Tribunal decision upholding that decision. Petitioner Anu Sharma argued that the “fit and proper pe