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Tort [2019] ScotCS CSOH_27

JEDWARDS AND ANOTHER AGAINST FIFE COUNCIL AND NORMAN MILNE

JEDWARDS AND ANOTHER AGAINST FIFE COUNCIL AND NORMAN MILNE [2019] ScotCS CSOH_27 (19 March 2019)

Flood-damage claim against Fife Council was dismissed on preliminary pleas, while the nuisance claim against a neighbouring landowner was allowed to proceed.

  • Flood risk management
  • Nuisance
  • Statutory duties
  • Flood-risk-management
  • Statutory-liability
  • Property-damage
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Contract law [2019] ScotCS CSIH_12

THE COAL AUTHORITY, RECLAIMING MOTION - THE COAL AUTHORITY AGAINST PEGASUS FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY LIMITED

THE COAL AUTHORITY, RECLAIMING MOTION - THE COAL AUTHORITY AGAINST PEGASUS FIRE PROTECTION COMPANY LIMITED [2019] ScotCS CSIH_12 (06 March 2019)

The Inner House held that the pursuers’ pleadings were relevant enough for proof before answer on a contractual indemnity issue, but excluded an alternative breach-based case.

  • Indemnity clauses
  • Agency
  • Mining rights
  • Statutory duties under coal mining subsidence act 1991
  • Retrospective permits
  • Interpretation of contractual documents
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Tort [2017] ScotSC 26

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC v SCOTTISH WATER AND TPT CIVIL ENGINEERING Ltd

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC v SCOTTISH WATER AND TPT CIVIL ENGINEERING Ltd [2017] ScotSC 26 (25 April 2017)

A Scottish sheriff court decided expenses after a tender was accepted in a cable-damage claim, allocating costs between the pursuers, defenders, and third party.

  • Strict liability
  • Expenses
  • Relief
  • Tender procedure
  • Tender
  • Third-party-procedure
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Tort law [2015] ScotCS CSIH_63

Ferguson v Ferguson

Ferguson v Ferguson [2015] ScotCS CSIH_63 (14 August 2015)

Inner House refused a new trial after a dog-bite jury verdict, upholding contributory negligence and a ÂŁ5,000 solatium award as not plainly wrong.

  • Strict liability for animals
  • Contributory negligence
  • Assessment of damages
  • Jury trial procedure
  • Contributory-negligence
  • Personal-injury
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Tort [2014] ScotCS CSOH_86

Kelly v Riverside Inverclyde (Property Holdings) Ltd

Kelly v Riverside Inverclyde (Property Holdings) Ltd [2014] ScotCS CSOH_86 (16 May 2014)

Personal injury claim dismissed after a seagull swoop at a Greenock business centre. The court found the pursuer did not prove the bird came from the defenders’ premises.

  • Occupiers' liability
  • Workplace health and safety
  • Personal injury
  • Burden of proof
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Occupiers-liability
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Tort [1923] ScotLR 403

Keenan v. Glasgow Corporation

Keenan v. Glasgow Corporation [1923] ScotLR 403 (20 March 1923)

The Inner House held that pleadings of common law liability were too vague, but the pursuer stated a relevant statutory case over a defective kerbstone.

  • Public authority liability
  • Statutory duty of repair
  • Personal injury
  • Negligence
  • Pleading requirements
  • Public-authority-liability
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Tort [1910] ScotCS CSIH_6

Gray v St Andrews District Committee of Fife CC

Gray v St Andrews District Committee of Fife CC [1910] ScotCS CSIH_6 (09 December 1910)

The Court of Session held that road authorities breached a statutory duty to keep a statute-labour road at least 20 feet wide, awarding damages for injuries from a collision.

  • Statutory duty
  • Road maintenance
  • Public authority liability
  • Personal injury
  • Statutory-duty
  • Road-maintenance
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Tort [1901] ScotLR 39_162

M'Intyre v. The Lochaber District Committee of the County Council of Inverness

M'Intyre v. The Lochaber District Committee of the County Council of Inverness [1901] ScotLR 39_162 (22 November 1901)

The Court of Session held that a bridge parapet only 8 to 14 inches high was not sufficient fencing under the statute, and upheld liability in damages.

  • Negligence
  • Public safety
  • Road authority liability
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Road-authority-liability
  • Statutory-negligence
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Tort [2002] ScotCS 51

Hand v. North of Scotland Water Authority

Hand v. North of Scotland Water Authority [2002] ScotCS 51 (22nd February, 2002)

The pursuer, as tenant under a heritable lease, has a sufficient possessory right to claim for economic loss caused by the defenders' alleged failure to repair a sewer, and her pleadings disclose a relevant case in nuisance and under statute, warranting proof before answer.

  • Nuisance
  • Economic loss
  • Possessory rights
  • Statutory duty under sewerage (scotland) act 1968
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