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Contract law [2026] SCOH 4

Lorna McLean against Elderbridge Ltd (Court of Session)

Lorna McLean against Elderbridge Ltd (Court of Session) [2026] SCOH 4 (27 January 2026)

The court held that damages claims based on the original lender’s alleged secret commission did not transmit to the assignee, and excluded the pursuer’s third plea.

  • Assignation of contractual rights
  • Damages
  • Reduction of standard security
  • Secret commission
  • Restitutio in integrum
  • Assignation
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Contract law [2023] ScotCS CSOH_77

THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS AGAINST SCOTLAND GAS NETWORKS PLC

THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS AGAINST SCOTLAND GAS NETWORKS PLC [2023] ScotCS CSOH_77 (07 November 2023)

The Court of Session allowed a proof before answer in a dispute over gas-works overpayments, finding arguable contract, prescription, and enrichment issues.

  • Prescription of obligations
  • Unjustified enrichment
  • Contract formation
  • Breach of contract
  • Compensation events
  • Contract-formation
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Contract law [2021] ScotCS CSOH_46

OMI FACILITIES LTD AGAINST BELHILL LTD

OMI FACILITIES LTD AGAINST BELHILL LTD [2021] ScotCS CSOH_46 (05 May 2021)

The Court of Session held that OMI Facilities could recover sums for hotel services, recharged supplies, staff wages and a loan from Bellhill, and rejected abuse of process and personal bar defences.

  • Novation
  • Quantum meruit
  • Implied contract
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Personal bar
  • Abuse of process
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Commercial law [2021] CSOH 48

BELLHILL LTD AGAINST RAJINDER BAINS

BELLHILL LTD AGAINST RAJINDER BAINS [2021] ScotCS CSOH_48 (05 May 2021)

The Court of Session mostly dismissed Bellhill Limited’s claim that Rajinder Bains misappropriated hotel funds, granting decree only for £310 in petty cash.

  • Misappropriation
  • Repetition
  • Company management
  • Petty cash
  • Maintenance payments
  • Cheque reimbursement
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Trust law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_101

THE JOINT BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEES OF GREGORY KING AGAINST HUGH KING

THE JOINT BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEES OF GREGORY KING AGAINST HUGH KING [2020] ScotCS CSOH_101 (16 December 2020)

The Court of Session allowed a proof before answer in a dispute over alleged constructive trust, gratuitous receipt, and prescription involving funds used to buy Spanish property.

  • Constructive trusts
  • Knowing receipt
  • Gratuitous receipt
  • Fiduciary duty
  • Prescription (limitation of actions)
  • Tracing
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Commercial law [2015] ScotCS CSOH_137

Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Patersons of Greenoakhill Ltd

Biffa Waste Services Ltd v Patersons of Greenoakhill Ltd [2015] ScotCS CSOH_137 (20 October 2015)

The Court of Session held that count, reckoning and payment was not confined to agency, and allowed proof on contract, unjust enrichment, and prescription issues.

  • Landfill tax
  • Count, reckoning and payment
  • Unjustified enrichment
  • Contract interpretation
  • Prescription
  • Count-reckoning-and-payment
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Property law [2010] ScotCS CSOH_60

McGraddie v McGraddie & Anor

McGraddie v McGraddie & Anor [2010] ScotCS CSOH_60 (07 May 2010)

The court ordered conveyance of two properties or, failing that, repayment of funds advanced, and awarded expenses to the pursuer on party/party basis.

  • Agency
  • Constructive trust
  • Unjustified enrichment
  • Remedies
  • Conveyancing
  • Damages
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Civil law [2006] ScotSC 103

Smith v. Barclay

Smith v. Barclay [2006] ScotSC 103 (29 August 2006)

The sheriff held that the pursuer’s payments were not a loan, but gave rise to unjust enrichment after the planned lifelong accommodation did not materialise.

  • Unjust enrichment
  • Repetition
  • Condictio causa data causa non secuta
  • Requirements of writing
  • Contract of loan
  • Unjust-enrichment
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Civil law [2004] ScotSC 48

Forbes v. Brands Development (Worldwide) Ltd & Anor

Forbes v. Brands Development (Worldwide) Ltd & Anor [2004] ScotSC 48 (20 July 2004)

The sheriff dismissed a pursuer’s claim arising from a failed whisky joint venture, holding that recompense was not the right remedy and that he had not met the required criteria.

  • Joint venture
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Recompense
  • Count reckoning and payment
  • Joint-venture
  • Unjust-enrichment
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Administrative law [2001] ScotCS 198

J Kelly & Sons Ltd v Meat & Livestock Commission For Judicial Review

J Kelly & Sons Ltd v Meat & Livestock Commission For Judicial Review [2001] ScotCS 198 (7 August 2001)

The Court of Session held that an abattoir used solely for OTMS cattle was not a statutory slaughterhouse for levy purposes, but ordered further specification on delay and repayment.

  • Ultra vires
  • Levy scheme
  • Condictio indebiti
  • Personal bar (mora, taciturnity, acquiescence)
  • Judicial-review
  • Statutory-interpretation
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