Incorporation of Cordiners of Edinburgh Petitioners [1911] ScotLR 912 (06 July 1911)

Incorporation of Cordiners of Edinburgh Petitioners [1911] ScotLR 912 (06 July 1911)

The Court sanctioned the proposed increases in entrance fees, finding them moderate and justified by the increased benefits and actuarial evidence, and consistent with principles previously approved in analogous cases.

Citation
[1911] ScotLR 912
Parties
Petitioner: Incorporation of Cordiners of Edinburgh
Jurisdiction
Scotland
Judgment Date
06 July 1911
Procedural Posture
Petition Under Statute / Judgment on Petition for Sanction of Altered Bye Laws
Outcome
Petition granted
Legal Topics
Trade Incorporations, Bye Laws, Entrance Fees, Burgh Trading Act 1846
Administrative Law Corporate Law Trade Incorporations Bye Laws Entrance Fees Burgh Trading Act 1846

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Parties

Incorporation of Cordiners of Edinburgh

Petitioner

Procedural Posture

Petition Under Statute / Judgment on Petition for Sanction of Altered Bye Laws

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Court should sanction increases in entrance fees for members of the Incorporation of Cordiners of Edinburgh under the Burgh Trading Act 1846
  2. 2 Whether the proposed increases are reasonable and not prohibitive to new entrants

Ratio Decidendi

The Court sanctioned the proposed increases in entrance fees, finding them moderate and justified by the increased benefits and actuarial evidence, and consistent with principles previously approved in analogous cases.

Court Disposition

Petition granted

Orders

  • Sanction of the altered bye-laws and regulations as from the date of the interlocutor
  • Bye-laws to be signed by the Clerk and remain permanently in the process