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Property law

Nicol’s Worsteds Limited v HLT Stakis Operator Limited

The Inner House held that the lease required the hotel to be yielded up no better than its commencement condition, with the Schedule of Condition serving as evidence, not the exclusive record.

  • Lease interpretation
  • Repairing and decorating obligations
  • Yielding-up obligations
  • Schedule of condition
  • Dilatations
  • Lease-interpretation
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Housing law

Graham Lundie against David Dickson & Carrie Richmond

The Upper Tribunal allowed the landlord’s appeal, holding that the First-tier Tribunal gave inadequate reasons on key disrepair findings and damages, and remitted the case for redetermination.

  • Private residential tenancy
  • Disrepair
  • Damages
  • Abatement of rent
  • Inconvenience
  • Adequacy of reasons
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Arbitration [2026] CSOH 46

Petition of Arbitration Application Number 1 of 2026 (Court of Session)

Petition of Arbitration Application Number 1 of 2026 (Court of Session) [2026] CSOH 46 (15 May 2026)

The Outer House refused leave to appeal an arbitral award, holding that none of the proposed legal-error grounds met the test in rule 70(3).

  • Appeal on point of law
  • Ownership of tenement property
  • Interpretation of deeds
  • Serious irregularity
  • Servitudes
  • Arbitration
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Property law [2026] SACCIV 28

Walter Sim Malcolm and others against Kevin William Paton and another (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Walter Sim Malcolm and others against Kevin William Paton and another (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 28 (05 May 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court held that personal feelings and loss of certainty were not enough to show material detriment under section 8 of the 2003 Act.

  • Real burdens
  • Title conditions (scotland) act 2003
  • Interest to enforce
  • Material detriment
  • Interdict
  • Real-burdens
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Family law [2026] SACCIV 29

Appeal in the cause John Bernard Curran against Caroline Theresa Curran (Assisted Person) (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Appeal in the cause John Bernard Curran against Caroline Theresa Curran (Assisted Person) (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 29 (21 April 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court held that a defender relying on section 19 of the 1981 Act must plead relevant averments and a supporting plea-in-law.

  • Division and sale of matrimonial home
  • Matrimonial homes (family protection) (scotland) act 1981 section 19
  • Onus of proof in statutory defences
  • Pleading requirements for statutory defences
  • Occupancy rights of spouses
  • Division-and-sale
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Property law [2026] CSOH 40

HFD Glasgow 3 LTD against Student Loans Company LTD (Court of Session)

HFD Glasgow 3 LTD against Student Loans Company LTD (Court of Session) [2026] CSOH 40 (17 April 2026)

Court of Session case on dilapidations set a remit for an expert to assess repair defects, necessary works, and reasonable costs, and refused recovery of a video survey in hoc statu.

  • Dilapidations
  • Repairing obligations
  • Expert evidence
  • Remit to expert
  • Lease interpretation
  • Repairing-obligations
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Civil procedure [2026] SCAIR 37

Leonard Samuel Parker Simpson and Suzanne Louise Simpson against Scottish Water (Sheriff Court Civil)

Leonard Samuel Parker Simpson and Suzanne Louise Simpson against Scottish Water (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCAIR 37 (25 March 2026)

The sheriff held that a nuisance action over sewage escaping onto the pursuers’ property was competent, refused the defender’s competency plea, and sent the case to proof before answer.

  • Nuisance
  • Statutory duties of water authorities
  • Competency of action
  • Relevancy and specification of pleadings
  • Remedies for nuisance
  • Water-authorities
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Property law [2026] SACCIV 14

Quarter Mile Serviced Apartments LTD against Speirs Gumley Property Management Limite (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Quarter Mile Serviced Apartments LTD against Speirs Gumley Property Management Limite (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 14 (23 February 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court upheld a real burden restricting short-term letting in the Quartermile Development and refused the appeal, while defamation issues remain for proof.

  • Real burdens
  • Community burdens
  • Short-term letting
  • Acquiescence
  • Defamation
  • Verbal injury
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