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Tort/delict [2024] ScotCS CSIH_6

X AGAINST SHERIFF JOHN ALBERT BROWN AND THE LORD ADVOCATE

X AGAINST SHERIFF JOHN ALBERT BROWN AND THE LORD ADVOCATE [2024] ScotCS CSIH_6 (12 April 2024)

Inner House appeal on whether the Crown could be vicariously liable for a sheriff’s alleged assaults and harassment, and on time-bar.

  • Vicarious liability
  • Judicial independence
  • Harassment
  • Limitation of actions
  • Crown liability
  • Vicarious-liability
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Tort/delict [2023] ScotCS CSOH_17

X AGAINST Y AND OTHERS

X AGAINST Y AND OTHERS [2023] ScotCS CSOH_17 (02 March 2023)

The court held the Crown may be vicariously liable for two alleged sheriff assaults, but the delict claims for those incidents were time-barred. The Advocate General was dismissed.

  • Vicarious liability
  • Judicial office holders
  • Harassment
  • Limitation/prescription
  • Crown liability
  • Appropriate law officer
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