2020
Costs: Clarifying the EL/PL Portal Exemption for "damages in relation to harm, abuse or neglect of or by children or vulnerable adults
The SCCO has recently provided some useful guidance on the application and interpretation of the exemption from the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers' Liability and Public…
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Success Fees regulated in Scotland from 27 April 2020
This week the Scottish Government published The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Success Fee Agreements) Regulations 2020, which will see the formal regulation…
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Highways: paths through parks and a council's duty
The High Court last year handed down its judgment in respect of the appeal case Barlow v Wigan Council [2019]. Application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal has now been granted and the…
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Late Amendment struck out
At the end of December the case of Autauric Limited v Glasgow Stage Crew Limited [2019] CSOH 111 came before Lady Wolffe in the Court of Session.
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Our monthly round-up of developments dominating the legal landscape in Scotland.
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December portal data analysis, reforms update, and case law/legislation watch
The Claims Portal data for December 2019 has now been released and whilst the numbers for December are down on last month, there is a reasonable upturn in RTA new CNF figures when compared with…
Read moreUnclear Payment Provisions Cost Architect Dear
The contract is an important document that underpins the legal relationship between parties. Many professionals have their contracts novated during the lifetime of a project. The recent case of…
Read moreFortune favours the brave
The recent decision in Kamran Naqvi v Harris Cartier Limited (In Liquidation) and Ors
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