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Landlord and tenant [2026] SACCIV 9

24 Drury Street LTD and another against Brightcrew (Management) LTD (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

24 Drury Street LTD and another against Brightcrew (Management) LTD (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 9 (28 January 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court refused an appeal over lease irritancy, holding the sheriff was entitled to find waiver, personal bar and oppression on the evidence.

  • Irritancy of lease
  • Waiver
  • Personal bar
  • Oppression
  • Remedies for breach of lease
  • Commercial-lease
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Landlord and tenant [2026] SCKDY 34

Your Home Partners against Michael William Kellichan and Michelle Hood (Sheriff Court Civil)

Your Home Partners against Michael William Kellichan and Michelle Hood (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCKDY 34 (19 January 2026)

The sheriff dismissed a simple procedure claim for rent arrears, holding that the sheriff court lacked jurisdiction because the dispute arose from a private residential tenancy.

  • Private residential tenancy
  • Jurisdiction
  • Rent arrears
  • Exclusive competence of first-tier tribunal
  • Use of artificial intelligence in legal submissions
  • Contempt of court
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Arbitration [2026] CSOH 2

Petition: Arbitration No.1 Of 2025 (Court of Session)

Petition: Arbitration No.1 Of 2025 (Court of Session) [2026] CSOH 2 (13 January 2026)

The Outer House held that a tenant’s mutuality-based argument was not put to the arbitrator in time, so there was no serious irregularity under Rule 68(2)(c).

  • Serious irregularity in arbitration
  • Repairing obligations in leases
  • Mutuality of contract
  • Interpretation of lease clauses
  • Arbitration
  • Serious-irregularity
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Housing law [2025] SCEDIN 58

Wheatley Homes East LTD against Gavin Rehfisch (Sheriff Court Civil)

Wheatley Homes East LTD against Gavin Rehfisch (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCEDIN 58 (14 August 2025)

A sheriff granted eviction against a secure tenant after finding sustained antisocial behaviour, criminal convictions, and no Article 8 defence.

  • Eviction of secure tenant
  • Antisocial behaviour
  • Criminal convictions as ground for eviction
  • Article 8 echr proportionality
  • Housing first programme
  • Reasonableness of eviction
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Tort [2025] SACCIV 14

NM against TO and AO (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

NM against TO and AO (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 14 (29 April 2025)

The Sheriff Appeal Court refused an appeal in a scalding injury claim, holding that 55°C bath water was not itself a danger and that causation failed.

  • Occupiers' liability
  • Landlord's duty of care
  • Secondary victim claims
  • Causation
  • Contributory negligence
  • Repairing standard
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Property law [2024] CSOH 75

Renfrewshire Council against HR 150 LTD and others (Court of Session)

Renfrewshire Council against HR 150 LTD and others (Court of Session) [2024] CSOH 75 (02 August 2024)

The court held that a lease clause requiring repayment of the purchase price on break was a personal obligation and did not bind singular successors.

  • Transmissibility of lease obligations
  • Registration of leases
  • Break clauses
  • Repayment of premium
  • Inter naturalia
  • Scotland-property-law
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Tort [2025] SCEDIN 39

NM against TO and AO (National Personal Injury Court)

NM against TO and AO (National Personal Injury Court) [2025] SCEDIN 39 (07 March 2024)

A sheriff held that landlords were not liable for a child scalding injury in a rented home, finding 55°C hot water normal for the property and no duty to fit a TMV.

  • Occupiers' liability
  • Landlord's duty of care
  • Scalding injuries
  • Secondary victim claims
  • Building regulations compliance
  • Occupiers-liability
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Property law [2023] ScotSAC Civ 35

APPEAL IN THE CAUSE EH1 PROPERTIES LIMITED v ALEXANDRA MARY MACLEAN OR ROBERTS AND OTHERS

APPEAL IN THE CAUSE EH1 PROPERTIES LIMITED v ALEXANDRA MARY MACLEAN OR ROBERTS AND OTHERS [2023] ScotSAC Civ 35 (15 December 2023)

Scottish Sheriff Appeal Court decision affirming decree for recovery of possession under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 and dismissing the appeal.

  • Recovery of possession
  • Tenancy agreements
  • Appeal procedure
  • Recovery-of-possession
  • Tenancy-agreements
  • Appeal-procedure
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Property law [2023] ScotSAC Civ 33

ARDNAMURCHAN ESTATES LIMITED v MICHAEL ROY MACGREGOR and KAREN JUDITH MACGREGOR

ARDNAMURCHAN ESTATES LIMITED v MICHAEL ROY MACGREGOR and KAREN JUDITH MACGREGOR [2023] ScotSAC Civ 33 (01 December 2023)

The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed an appeal in a possession case, holding that the statutory notices under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 were valid and decree should be granted.

  • Recovery of possession
  • Residential tenancy
  • Grounds for eviction
  • Housing-scotland-act-1988
  • Recovery-of-possession
  • Residential-tenancy
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Arbitration [2023] ScotCS CSOH_78

ARBITRATION APPEAL NUMBER 1 OF 2023

ARBITRATION APPEAL NUMBER 1 OF 2023 [2023] ScotCS CSOH_78 (08 November 2023)

The Outer House refused leave to appeal on a point of law in an arbitration dispute about rent, irritancy, and alleged landlord breach under a commercial lease.

  • Leave to appeal
  • Serious irregularity
  • Legal error
  • Mutuality of obligations
  • Irritancy
  • Rent abatement
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