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Property law [2026] SACCIV 14

Quarter Mile Serviced Apartments LTD against Speirs Gumley Property Management Limite (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil)

Quarter Mile Serviced Apartments LTD against Speirs Gumley Property Management Limite (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 14 (23 February 2026)

The Sheriff Appeal Court upheld a real burden restricting short-term letting in the Quartermile Development and refused the appeal, while defamation issues remain for proof.

  • Real burdens
  • Community burdens
  • Short-term letting
  • Acquiescence
  • Defamation
  • Verbal injury
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Defamation [2020] ScotCS CSIH_27

STUART CAMPBELL AGAINST KEZIA DUGDALE

STUART CAMPBELL AGAINST KEZIA DUGDALE [2020] ScotCS CSIH_27 (27 May 2020)

The Inner House held that a newspaper column describing a tweet as homophobic was fair comment based on sufficiently true facts, so the defamation appeal failed.

  • Fair comment
  • Freedom of expression
  • Damages for defamation
  • Public interest
  • Distinction between fact and comment
  • Defamation
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Defamation [2020] ScotCS CSOH_30

WILDCAT HAVEN ENTERPRISES CIC AGAINST ANDY WIGHTMAN

WILDCAT HAVEN ENTERPRISES CIC AGAINST ANDY WIGHTMAN [2020] ScotCS CSOH_30 (11 March 2020)

Court of Session defamation action over blogs, tweets and a Facebook post about Wildcat Haven and Highland Titles. The pursuer failed on meaning, defences and loss.

  • Defamatory statements
  • Fair comment
  • Veritas
  • Qualified privilege
  • Liability for third-party comments
  • Damages
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Defamation [2019] ScotSC 32

CAMPBELL AGAINST KEZIA DUGDALE

CAMPBELL AGAINST KEZIA DUGDALE [2019] ScotSC 32 (17 April 2019)

Defamation action in the Scottish Sheriff Court dismissed after the court held the statement was defamatory but protected as fair comment on a matter of public interest.

  • Defamation
  • Fair comment
  • Freedom of expression
  • Fair-comment
  • Freedom-of-expression
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Defamation [2018] ScotSC 49

CAMPBELL, STUART CAMPBELL AGAINST KEZIA DUGDALE

CAMPBELL, STUART CAMPBELL AGAINST KEZIA DUGDALE [2018] ScotSC 49 (17 August 2018)

A Scottish sheriff court dismissed a defamation claim by Stuart Campbell against Kezia Dugdale, holding the statement was protected fair comment on a matter of public interest.

  • Defamation
  • Fair comment
  • Freedom of expression
  • Fair-comment
  • Freedom-of-expression
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Defamation [2015] ScotCS CSOH_30

(FIRST) WILLIAM RODDIE and (SECOND) SPECTRUM PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) Ltd against ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS Ltd

(FIRST) WILLIAM RODDIE and (SECOND) SPECTRUM PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) Ltd against ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS Ltd [2015] ScotCS CSOH_30 (26 March 2015)

Defamation action dismissed after the court held the newspaper article could not bear the defamatory meanings alleged by the pursuers.

  • Meaning of defamatory statements
  • Spent convictions
  • Malice
  • Fair comment
  • Qualified privilege
  • Reynolds privilege
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Defamation [2013] ScotCS CSOH_196

Angiolini v Green

Angiolini v Green [2013] ScotCS CSOH_196 (19 December 2013)

The Court of Session granted interdict in a defamation action after holding that repeated allegations against the pursuer were defamatory and unsupported by any relevant defence.

  • Defamation
  • Interdict
  • Summary decree
  • Article 6 echr
  • Article 10 echr
  • Fair comment
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Defamation [2013] ScotCS CSIH_14

Massie v McCaig & Ors

Massie v McCaig & Ors [2013] ScotCS CSIH_14 (01 March 2013)

The Inner House held that a political statement and article could bear a defamatory innuendo, but fair comment applied and interim interdict was recalled.

  • Interim interdict
  • Qualified privilege
  • Fair comment
  • Freedom of expression
  • Balance of convenience
  • Defamation
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Defamation [2011] ScotCS CSIH_86

Curran v Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd

Curran v Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd [2011] ScotCS CSIH_86 (20 December 2011)

The court held that a political newspaper article was not defamatory, and that qualified privilege applied as a fair retort; alleged malice by Mr Sheridan was irrelevant.

  • Qualified privilege
  • Defamatory meaning
  • Malice
  • Fair comment
  • Public interest
  • Political speech
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Defamation [2010] ScotCS CSOH_44

Curran v Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd

Curran v Scottish Daily Record & Sunday Mail Ltd [2010] ScotCS CSOH_44 (26 March 2010)

The Court of Session dismissed Frances Curran’s defamation action over a Daily Record article, holding the piece was political criticism and, in any event, a fair retort protected by qualified privilege.

  • Qualified privilege
  • Fair comment
  • Public figure criticism
  • Fair retort
  • Malice
  • Defamatory meaning
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