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Property-law [2025] SCPER 65

Alan John Thow against Paul Geoffrey Dale and another (Sheriff Court Civil)

Alan John Thow against Paul Geoffrey Dale and another (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCPER 65 (07 August 2025)

A Scottish sheriff refused a neighbour’s boundary and obstruction claims over a shared access drive, holding the defenders’ posts and dwarf wall did not block access.

  • Boundaries
  • Servitudes-and-easements
  • Title-deeds
  • Obstruction
  • Encroachment
  • Boundary-dispute
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Property-law [2021] ScotCS CSIH_44

RECLAIMING MOTION BY BAM TCP ATLANTIC SQUARE LTD AGAINST BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC; AND FIRLEIGH LTD

RECLAIMING MOTION BY BAM TCP ATLANTIC SQUARE LTD AGAINST BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC; AND FIRLEIGH LTD [2021] ScotCS CSIH_44 (20 August 2021)

The Inner House considered whether a fenced-off York Street ramp was common property, and held that proof before answer was needed on possession and prescription.

  • Common-property
  • Land-registration-accuracy
  • Prescription
  • De-praesenti-principle
  • Rectification-of-title-sheets
  • Land-registration
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Property-law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_58

PETITION OF PHG DEVELOPMENTS FOR RECTIFICATION OF DEED OF CONDITIONS

PETITION OF PHG DEVELOPMENTS FOR RECTIFICATION OF DEED OF CONDITIONS [2020] ScotCS CSOH_58 (09 June 2020)

The Court of Session held that PHG pled a relevant case for rectification of a deed of conditions, and allowed proof before answer.

  • Rectification-of-deeds
  • Real-burdens
  • Servitude-rights
  • Common-property
  • Retrospective-effect-of-rectification
  • Consent-under-section-8(3a)-law-reform-(miscellaneous-provisions)-(scotland)-act-1985
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Property-law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_57

BAM TCP ATLANTIC SQUARE LTD AGAINST (FIRST) BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC AND OTHERS (Rev 1)

BAM TCP ATLANTIC SQUARE LTD AGAINST (FIRST) BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC AND OTHERS (Rev 1) [2020] ScotCS CSOH_57 (29 May 2020)

The Court of Session held that the Ramp was intended as common property under a deed of conditions, but proof was needed on possession for rectification and prescription issues.

  • Common-property
  • Servitude-rights
  • Land-registration
  • Prescription
  • Rectification-of-land-register
  • Rectification
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Property-law [2016] ScotSC 30

CHARLOTTE WAELDE v FELIX ULLOA

CHARLOTTE WAELDE v FELIX ULLOA [2016] ScotSC 30 (14 April 2016)

A sheriff held the defender liable for one-third of skylight repair costs under the Tenement Management Scheme, but not for Velux-related repairs.

  • Maintenance-burden
  • Common-property
  • Accession
  • Scheme-property
  • Apportionment-of-repair-costs
  • Tenement-law
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Property-law [2011] ScotSC 38

Hunter v. Tindale

Hunter v. Tindale [2011] ScotSC 38 (22 July 2011)

Appeal allowed in a tenement repair dispute. The Sheriff Principal held that the pend at 123 Constitution Street was part of the tenement and its owner had to contribute.

  • Tenements-(scotland)-act-2004
  • Common-property-repairs
  • Liability-for-maintenance
  • Definition-of-'sector'-and-'close'
  • Tenement-law
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Property-law [2011] ScotSC 30

Black v. Duncan & Anor

Black v. Duncan & Anor [2011] ScotSC 30 (17 May 2011)

A Scottish sheriff held that one co-owner could not fence off common drying green without clear consent and interdicted dog fouling as a nuisance.

  • Common-property
  • Co-ownership
  • Consent
  • Interdict
  • Nuisance
  • Removal-of-structures
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Property-law [2006] ScotCS CSOH_192

Abacus Estates Ltd v Bell Street Estates Ltd & Ors

Abacus Estates Ltd v Bell Street Estates Ltd & Ors [2006] ScotCS CSOH_192 (15 December 2006)

The court construed repairing clauses in a head lease and sub-lease, holding that liability for common parts was by reimbursement, not direct repair.

  • Lease-interpretation
  • Repairing-obligations
  • Common-property
  • Dilapidations
  • Common-parts
  • Landlord-and-tenant
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Property-law [2006] ScotSC 10

William & Anor v. Sinclair & Anor

William & Anor v. Sinclair & Anor [2006] ScotSC 10 (23 February 2006)

The Sheriff Principal refused an appeal about a mutual access way, holding that historic use did not define co-proprietors’ ordinary rights of access.

  • Common-property
  • Co-ownership
  • Access-rights
  • Interpretation-of-title-deeds
  • Title-deed-interpretation
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Contract-law [2004] ScotCS 111

Tolley v. Abbey Life Assurance Company Ltd & Ors

Tolley v. Abbey Life Assurance Company Ltd & Ors [2004] ScotCS 111 (07 May 2004)

The Court of Session allowed the case to proceed to proof before answer over disputed surrender payments from jointly held investment policies.

  • Title-to-sue
  • Common-property
  • Implied-contractual-terms
  • Fraud-by-third-party
  • Measure-of-damages
  • Proof-before-answer
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