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Contract law [2021] ScotCS CSOH_117

DRAGADOS (UK) LTD AGAINST DC EIFEKET AGGREGATE AS

DRAGADOS (UK) LTD AGAINST DC EIFEKET AGGREGATE AS [2021] ScotCS CSOH_117 (16 November 2021)

The court excluded averments about pre-contract negotiations, holding they could not be used to construe the contract or support personal bar on the pleadings.

  • Interpretation of contract
  • Exclusionary rule for pre-contractual negotiations
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Acquiescence
  • Contract-interpretation
  • Pre-contractual-negotiations
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Arbitration [2021] ScotCS CSOH_41

ARBITRATION APPEAL NO 1 OF 2021

ARBITRATION APPEAL NO 1 OF 2021 [2021] ScotCS CSOH_41 (23 April 2021)

The Court of Session refused leave to appeal in an arbitration dispute over design responsibility for pipe lining material and rejected a personal bar argument.

  • Leave to appeal on legal error
  • Contractual interpretation
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Scope of design responsibility
  • Arbitration-appeal
  • Contractual-interpretation
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Contract law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_56

PROMONTORIA (CHESTNUT) LIMITED AGAINST THE FIRM OF BALLANTYNE PROPERTY SERVICES AND OTHERS

PROMONTORIA (CHESTNUT) LIMITED AGAINST THE FIRM OF BALLANTYNE PROPERTY SERVICES AND OTHERS [2020] ScotCS CSOH_56 (29 May 2020)

The Court of Session considered whether an assignee bank debt claim could proceed despite challenges to title, intimation, and an alleged promise to renew lending.

  • Assignation of debt
  • Promise in scots law
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Mutuality of contract
  • Summary decree
  • Facility agreements
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Contract law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_48

SERCO LTD AGAINST FORTH HEALTH LTD

SERCO LTD AGAINST FORTH HEALTH LTD [2020] ScotCS CSOH_48 (20 May 2020)

A Scottish Court of Session case on a PFI facilities contract dispute over wage-drift payments, contract interpretation, and personal bar arising from benchmarking.

  • Contract interpretation
  • Private finance initiative (pfi)
  • Facilities management agreements
  • Wage drift provisions
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Contract-interpretation
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Construction law [2020] ScotCS CSOH_31

W M MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC AGAINST (FIRST) LEM ESTATES LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) and KEITH ANDERSON, the liquidator thereof; (SECOND) STRUER CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD; (THIRD) MUIR CONSTRUCTION LTD

W M MORRISON SUPERMARKETS PLC AGAINST (FIRST) LEM ESTATES LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) and KEITH ANDERSON, the liquidator thereof; (SECOND) STRUER CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD; (THIRD) MUIR CONSTRUCTION LTD [2020] ScotCS CSOH_31 (11 March 2020)

Court of Session decision on design responsibility, personal bar, and prescription in a construction dispute over a supermarket car park surface.

  • Design responsibility
  • Collateral warranties
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Prescription (limitation)
  • Duty of care
  • Interpretation of contracts
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Property law [2017] ScotCS CSOH_64

Pollock & Ors v Drogo Developments Ltd

Pollock & Ors v Drogo Developments Ltd [2017] ScotCS CSOH_64 (13 April 2017)

The Court of Session held that a developer had no right to lay drainage pipes outside a defined service strip and rejected a personal bar defence based on acquiescence.

  • Servitudes
  • Real burdens
  • Encroachment
  • Interpretation of deeds
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Real-burdens
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Contract law [2017] ScotCS CSOH_7

National House-Building Council v Scott Hogarth Homes (aka Scotthogarth Homes) & Ors

National House-Building Council v Scott Hogarth Homes (aka Scotthogarth Homes) & Ors [2017] ScotCS CSOH_7 (17 January 2017)

The Court of Session held that Scott Hogarth Homes remained the registered developer and was liable to indemnify NHBC for Buildmark payments on Falconer Court.

  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Authority of agents
  • Partnership dissolution
  • Construction of contractual terms
  • Developer liability under warranty schemes
  • Personal-bar
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Family law [2014] ScotSC 49

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS, THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY PO BOX 20, EDINBURGH, EH91 5BD v. JOHN SCOTT ANDERSON, residing at 1/5 Margaret Rose Way, Edinburgh, EH10 7EP

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK AND PENSIONS, THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY PO BOX 20, EDINBURGH, EH91 5BD v. JOHN SCOTT ANDERSON, residing at 1/5 Margaret Rose Way, Edinburgh, EH10 7EP [2014] ScotSC 49 (10 April 2014)

A sheriff principal refused an appeal against amendment in a child support liability order case, holding the sheriff had exercised discretion properly despite using the language of personal bar.

  • Child support
  • Liability orders
  • Amendment of pleadings
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Discretion of the court
  • Child-support
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Contract law [2013] ScotCS CSOH_117

Donaghy (t/a Arena Sports Management) v Goodwillie

Donaghy (t/a Arena Sports Management) v Goodwillie [2013] ScotCS CSOH_117 (10 July 2013)

The court refused to dismiss a football agent’s damages action, holding the pleadings disclosed a prima facie enforceable contract and allowing proof before answer.

  • Breach of contract
  • Agency agreements in professional sports
  • Application/incorporation of regulatory rules
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Remuneration of agents
  • Contract-law
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Contract law [2011] ScotSC 161

GEORGE WIMPEY WEST SCOTLAND LIMITED v. ALAN JOHN HENDERSON

GEORGE WIMPEY WEST SCOTLAND LIMITED v. ALAN JOHN HENDERSON [2011] ScotSC 161 (11 October 2011)

A Scottish sheriff court held that pre-contract emails created a basis for personal bar, preventing enforcement of missives for plot 38, but refused rectification.

  • Rectification of contract
  • Personal bar (estoppel)
  • Missives of sale
  • Collateral agreements
  • Interpretation of contractual documents
  • Rectification-of-contract
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