Ashton Properties (Glasgow) LTD against Unite the Union (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 36 (09 October 2025)
The ordinary reasonable reader would interpret the tweets as meaning that Brel employees' wages were being reduced, i.e., they were to receive a pay cut. The sheriff did not err in law in reaching this conclusion, and the appeal is refused.
- Citation
- [2025] SACCIV 36
- Parties
- Pursuer and Respondent: Ashton Properties (Glasgow) Limited; Defender and Appellant: Unite the Union
- Jurisdiction
- Scotland
- Judgment Date
- 09 October 2025
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Appeal Decision
- Outcome
- appeal refused
- Legal Topics
- Defamatory Statements, Social Media Publications, Meaning of Words, Employment Wages, Interpretation of Tweets
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Parties
Ashton Properties (Glasgow) Limited
Pursuer and Respondent
Unite the Union
Defender and Appellant
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal Decision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether tweets published by the appellant were defamatory of the respondent
- 2 What meaning would the ordinary reasonable reader attribute to the tweets
Ratio Decidendi
The ordinary reasonable reader would interpret the tweets as meaning that Brel employees' wages were being reduced, i.e., they were to receive a pay cut. The sheriff did not err in law in reaching this conclusion, and the appeal is refused.
Court Disposition
appeal refused
Orders
- Adhere to the sheriff's interlocutor of 27 September 2024
- Remit to the sheriff to proceed as accords
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