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Contract law [2026] SACCIV 27

Santander Consumer (UK) Plc against Renata Dikmone (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Santander Consumer (UK) Plc against Renata Dikmone (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 27 (23 April 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court recalled the sheriff’s interlocutor, rejected the respondents’ cross-appeal, and held no further sums or interest were due after full recovery.

  • Consumer rights act 2015
  • Right to reject goods
  • Agency
  • Declarator
  • Expenses
  • Counterclaim
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Contract law [2026] CSIH 20

Reclaiming Motion by Nadeem Sarwar against Phlo Technologies LTD and others (Court of Session)

Reclaiming Motion by Nadeem Sarwar against Phlo Technologies LTD and others (Court of Session) [2026] CSIH 20 (22 April 2026)

The Inner House held that waiver and personal bar could not be decided at debate and allowed proof before answer in a dispute over service agreements and warranties.

  • Waiver
  • Personal bar
  • Service agreements
  • Warranties
  • Declarator
  • Interdict
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Civil procedure [2026] CSOH 28

SR Aviation LTD against The Advocate General for Scotland (Court of Session)

SR Aviation LTD against The Advocate General for Scotland (Court of Session) [2026] CSOH 28 (25 March 2026)

The Court of Session held that SR Aviation’s declarator action over an HMRC undertaking was competent, with lis alibi pendens and title-and-interest objections rejected.

  • Declarator
  • Supervisory jurisdiction
  • Lis alibi pendens
  • Title and interest to sue
  • Unilateral obligations
  • Tax undertakings
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Data protection [2025] SCLAN 32

Kenneth John Baillie Prentice against Chief Constable of Police Scotland (Sheriff Court Civil)

Kenneth John Baillie Prentice against Chief Constable of Police Scotland (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCLAN 32 (30 April 2025)

A Scottish sheriff dismissed a declarator craved in a data protection case and struck out a compensation claim, but allowed proof on the request-for-compliance crave.

  • Subject access requests
  • Statutory exemptions
  • Declarator competency
  • Compensation for distress
  • Specification of pleadings
  • Data-protection
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Public law [2024] ScotCS CSOH_8

MOHAMMED ISMAEL SULIMAN ABDULLAH FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

MOHAMMED ISMAEL SULIMAN ABDULLAH FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2024] ScotCS CSOH_8 (31 January 2024)

The Court of Session dismissed a judicial review challenge to Aberdeenshire Council’s age assessment, holding the petition incompetent and academic.

  • Age assessment
  • Judicial review
  • Declarator of age
  • Local authority duties
  • Natural justice
  • Procedural fairness
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Tort/delict [2021] ScotCS CSIH_36

APPEAL BY WILLIAM MacBEAN AGAINST SCOTTISH WATER

APPEAL BY WILLIAM MacBEAN AGAINST SCOTTISH WATER [2021] ScotCS CSIH_36 (07 July 2021)

The Inner House refused an appeal in a nuisance case about odours from a wastewater treatment plant, upholding absolvitor and the expenses order.

  • Nuisance
  • Odour emissions
  • Declarator
  • Interdict
  • Damages
  • Expenses
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Constitutional law [2021] ScotCS CSIH_25

RECLAIMING MOTION BY MARTIN JAMES KEATINGS AGAINST THE ADVOCATE GENERAL AND ANOTHER

RECLAIMING MOTION BY MARTIN JAMES KEATINGS AGAINST THE ADVOCATE GENERAL AND ANOTHER [2021] ScotCS CSIH_25 (30 April 2021)

The Inner House dismissed a reclaiming motion seeking declarators on a proposed Scottish independence referendum, holding the action premature and academic.

  • Legislative competence
  • Judicial review
  • Declarator
  • Separation of powers
  • Standing (locus standi)
  • Protective expenses order
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Contract law [2021] ScotCS CSOH_13

INCREMENTAL GROUP LTD AGAINST HIETA TECHNOLOGIES LTD

INCREMENTAL GROUP LTD AGAINST HIETA TECHNOLOGIES LTD [2021] ScotCS CSOH_13 (29 January 2021)

The Court of Session held that a software supplier was not in material breach of an ERP implementation contract, and the customer’s termination was unjustified.

  • Repudiatory breach
  • Material breach
  • Termination of contract
  • Damages for breach of contract
  • Declarator
  • Time and materials contracts
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Property law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_103

MAJOR DOUGLAS SOULSBY AGAINST RICHARD JONES AND ANOTHER

MAJOR DOUGLAS SOULSBY AGAINST RICHARD JONES AND ANOTHER [2020] ScotCS CSOH_103 (17 December 2020)

The Court of Session considered a claimed servitude right of access over neighbouring land for maintenance of Seven Gables and rejected the claim.

  • Servitude rights
  • Prescription
  • Servitude of necessity
  • Nuisance
  • Mora, taciturnity and acquiescence
  • Remedies for obstruction of access
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Contract law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_90

WILLIAM LINDSAY AGAINST OUTLOOK FINANCE LTD

WILLIAM LINDSAY AGAINST OUTLOOK FINANCE LTD [2020] ScotCS CSOH_90 (28 October 2020)

The Outer House held that William Lindsay’s pled case of facility, circumvention and lesion was relevant and should proceed to proof, rejecting challenges on restitutio and declarator.

  • Facility, circumvention and lesion
  • Reduction of deeds
  • Declarator
  • Restitutio in integrum
  • Unjustified enrichment
  • Facility-circumvention-and-lesion
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