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Employment law [2025] SACCIV 7

Tracey McGill against RM Property and Facilities Solutions LTD (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Tracey McGill against RM Property and Facilities Solutions LTD (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 7 (05 March 2025)

The Sheriff Appeal Court refused an employee’s appeal, holding she had not given fair notice of negligence claims based on a protective screen or risk assessment.

  • Employer's duty of care
  • Workplace mental health
  • Harassment
  • Negligence
  • Pleadings and fair notice
  • Fair-notice
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Property law [2024] CSOH 104

Elizabeth Mary Rose against Richard Huw Baston and others (Court of Session)

Elizabeth Mary Rose against Richard Huw Baston and others (Court of Session) [2024] CSOH 104 (19 November 2024)

Boundary dispute and register rectification case sent to proof before answer, with trespass and harassment claims also held relevant and specific.

  • Boundary disputes
  • Rectification of land register
  • Trespass
  • Harassment
  • Prescription
  • Boundary-disputes
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Tort [2024] CSOH 84

NM against Graeme Henderson and another (Court of Session)

NM against Graeme Henderson and another (Court of Session) [2024] CSOH 84 (23 August 2024)

The Court of Session allowed a vicarious liability claim to proceed, but dismissed a direct duty of care claim and excluded limited averments as irrelevant.

  • Vicarious liability
  • Duty of care
  • Harassment
  • Specification of pleadings
  • Employer liability
  • Statutory duties under protection from harassment act 1997
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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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Contract law [2023] ScotCS CSOH_91

SL AGAINST RL

SL AGAINST RL [2023] ScotCS CSOH_91 (14 December 2023)

The Court of Session held that a divorce settlement clause released only financial claims on divorce, not a later damages action for harassment.

  • Contractual construction
  • Release clauses
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Harassment
  • Contractual-construction
  • Release-clauses
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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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Private international law [2022] ScotCS CSOH_57

HUGH HALL CAMPBELL QC FOR INTERDICT AND INTERDICT AD INTERIM AND AN ORDER UNDER THE COURT OF SESSION ACT 1988

HUGH HALL CAMPBELL QC FOR INTERDICT AND INTERDICT AD INTERIM AND AN ORDER UNDER THE COURT OF SESSION ACT 1988 [2022] ScotCS CSOH_57 (22 August 2022)

The Court of Session granted interim anti-suit interdict to stop Kenyan proceedings said to obstruct Scottish group litigation, and made a consequential section 46 order.

  • Anti-suit injunctions
  • Jurisdiction
  • Group proceedings
  • Interdict
  • Harassment
  • Data protection
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Employment law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_29

JENNIFER TROUP AGAINST WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL

JENNIFER TROUP AGAINST WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL [2020] ScotCS CSOH_29 (10 March 2020)

The Court of Session held that a compromise agreement did not personally bar a teacher’s civil personal injury action, because the exclusion clause clearly preserved such claims.

  • Compromise agreements
  • Personal bar
  • Exclusion clauses
  • Employment tribunal settlements
  • Disability discrimination
  • Harassment
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Employment law [2019] ScotCS CSIH_43

ANWAR, RECLAIMING MOTION BY ANELA ANWAR AGAINST THE ADVOCATE GENERAL AND THE COMMISSION FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

ANWAR, RECLAIMING MOTION BY ANELA ANWAR AGAINST THE ADVOCATE GENERAL AND THE COMMISSION FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [2019] ScotCS CSIH_43 (02 August 2019)

The Inner House held that employment tribunal claimants can use ancillary court proceedings for diligence on the dependence, but an anonymity order was refused.

  • Diligence on the dependence
  • Effective remedy
  • Principle of equivalence
  • Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Anonymity in proceedings
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Insurance law [2018] ScotCS CSIH_19

ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE PLC AGAINST LADY IAM HAZEL VIRGINIA WHITEHOUSE-GRANT-CHRIST

ECCLESIASTICAL INSURANCE OFFICE PLC AGAINST LADY IAM HAZEL VIRGINIA WHITEHOUSE-GRANT-CHRIST [2018] ScotCS CSIH_19 (23 March 2018)

The Inner House granted dismissal of the abandoned principal action, managed expenses by hearing, and deferred further procedure in the continuing counterclaim.

  • Repudiation of insurance claim
  • Non-disclosure
  • Prescription and limitation
  • Counterclaim procedure
  • Expenses (costs)
  • Abandonment of action
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