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Professional negligence [2015] ScotCS CSIH_35

STV Central Ltd v Semple Fraser LLP & Anor

STV Central Ltd v Semple Fraser LLP & Anor [2015] ScotCS CSIH_35 (12 May 2015)

The Inner House allowed Semple Fraser’s reclaiming motion and held it had pled a relevant contribution case against CBRE, warranting proof before answer.

  • Contribution between wrongdoers
  • Professional duties of care
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Assumption of responsibility
  • Causation and reliance
  • Section 3(2) law reform (miscellaneous provisions) (scotland) act 1940
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Pensions law [2010] ScotCS CSOH_34

Blower & Ors v Edwards & Anor

Blower & Ors v Edwards & Anor [2010] ScotCS CSOH_34 (12 March 2010)

The Court of Session considered claims that a scheme actuary’s advice on switching pension assets breached contract and negligence duties, but the action failed.

  • Trustees' duties
  • Actuarial advice
  • Breach of contract
  • Negligence
  • Minimum funding requirement (mfr)
  • Investment strategy for pension schemes
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Tort/delict [2008] ScotCS CSOH_182

West v Castlehill LLP & Ors

West v Castlehill LLP & Ors [2008] ScotCS CSOH_182 (22 December 2008)

A personal injury claim from a fishing-vessel unloading accident. The court rejected most arguments against the second third party, but allowed proof before answer on negligent selection of a contractor.

  • Vicarious liability
  • Non-delegable duty
  • Selection of competent contractor
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Personal injury
  • Workplace safety
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Contract law [2008] ScotCS CSIH_11

Gray & Anor v Welsh

Gray & Anor v Welsh [2008] ScotCS CSIH_11 (05 February 2008)

The Inner House refused a reclaiming motion in a dispute over alleged defects in garden ground, allowing proof before answer on contractual and delictual issues.

  • Implied contractual terms
  • Concurrent liability in contract and delict
  • Economic loss
  • Construction of missives
  • Duty of care in construction
  • Specification of pleadings
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Contract law [2007] ScotSC 6

H v. Balkan Holidays Ltd

H v. Balkan Holidays Ltd [2007] ScotSC 6 (16 February 2007)

Sheriff Evans dismissed a child injury claim against a package holiday operator as irrelevant, holding the pleadings lacked averments of breach of local standards.

  • Package holiday liability
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Duty of care
  • Local standards
  • Negligence
  • Package-holiday-liability
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Contract law [2004] ScotSC 64

NDT Eye Ltd v Servtech Ltd

NDT Eye Ltd v Servtech Ltd [2004] ScotSC 64 (23 September 2004)

The sheriff held that a counterclaim for loss arising from destruction of equipment was competent and should proceed to proof before answer.

  • Counterclaim competence
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Joint and several liability
  • Rule 19 ordinary cause rules
  • Counterclaim-competence
  • Ordinary-cause-rules
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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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Contract law [2004] ScotCS 63

Fraser v. Professinal Golders Association

Fraser v. Professinal Golders Association [2004] ScotCS 63 (12 March 2004)

The Court of Session dismissed a golfer's damages claim against the PGA over a failed club-repair exam, rejecting a pleaded duty to confine questions to the manual.

  • Implied contractual terms
  • Negligence and duty of care
  • Professional examinations
  • Economic loss
  • Judicial review of professional bodies
  • Implied-contractual-terms
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Private international law [2002] ScotCS 280

Bitwise v. CPS Broadcast Products BV

Bitwise v. CPS Broadcast Products BV [2002] ScotCS 280 (23 October 2002)

The court held it lacked jurisdiction over a damages claim under Article 5(1) of the Brussels Convention, but allowed the payment claim to proceed to proof.

  • Jurisdiction under brussels convention
  • Implied contractual terms
  • Damages for breach of contract
  • Payment obligations
  • Choice of law
  • Jurisdiction-under-brussels-convention
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