Arrest Warrants, Child Settlement & Objections: The New Tripartite Test for Refusing Return under the Hague Convention – Commentary on DBH [2025] CSOH 67 1. Introduction In DBH for orders under the...
“No Ejection Necessary” – The Court of Session Clarifies Local Authorities’ Immediate Duty to Accommodate Children under s 25(1)(c) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 1. Introduction The Outer House...
“Final Means Final” — Lord Sandison’s Definitive Construction of s 11A(4)(a) TCEA 2007 on Late Upper Tribunal Applications Introduction The Outer House of the Court of Session, in Petition of Mohamed...
Adams v HMA: The “Materiality Threshold” for Late Disclosure & Desertion in Scottish Criminal Trials Introduction The Scottish High Court of Justiciary in Adams v HMA ([2025] HCJAC 30) has delivered...
“Pre-Incident Duty of Care to Vulnerable Service Users” Commentary on NM v (1) Henderson & (2) Scottish Ambulance Service [2025] CSIH 22 1. Introduction In NM v Henderson & Scottish Ambulance Service...
Disentangling Allegation Information from Risk Assessments: The Beggs Principle on Parole Board “Irrelevant Considerations” Introduction In William Frederick Ian Beggs v Parole Board for Scotland...
Statutory Group Procedure Supersedes Common-Law Restrictions on Joint & Several Pleadings: Commentary on Paul Bell v Volvo Car Corporation & Others [2025] CSOH 64 1. Introduction Paul Bell sought (i)...
“Constraint Benefits” Re-defined: PPA Payments for Credited Energy Treated as Rent-Linked Income under Scottish Windfarm Leases 1. Introduction In Glenfiddich Wind Ltd v Dorenell Windfarm Ltd ([2025]...
Shared Framework Supremacy: Scottish Court Affirms Framework Terms Override Competing Standard Conditions in “Battle-of-Forms” Cases Introduction The Inner House of the Court of Session in Caledonia...
Bench Technology and Procedural Fairness: UV v Locality Reporter Manager & WX ([2025] CSIH 19) — A New Touchstone on Judicial In-Court Use of Electronic Devices 1. Introduction The Inner House of the...
“Apparent” Means Plainly Visible: The New Threshold for General Disclosure in Share-Purchase Agreements Introduction In Ruby Properties (Scotland) Ltd (formerly ARB Aviation Ltd) v James Alistair...
Rocep-Lusol v Lindal Dispenser: Post-Expiry Patent Royalties and the Modern Approach to Contractual Construction 1. Introduction Citation: Rocep-Lusol Holdings Ltd v Lindal Dispenser GmbH (First...
“Obvious Age” Decisions: Sufficiency of Brief Reasons after Duy Bach Tai (FE/LA) for Judicial Review [2025] CSOH 60 1. Introduction The Outer House of the Scottish Court of Session, per Lord Lake,...
Shulman v. City of Edinburgh Council (Upper Tribunal – Local Taxation Chamber, 2025): Affirming Broad Local-Authority Discretion over Long-Term-Empty Council-Tax Discounts and the High Threshold for...
Avoiding “Free Crimes”: Consecutive Sentencing and Headline Tariffs for Domestically-Aggravated Attempted Murder – Commentary on HMA v Budge [2025] HCJAC 27 1. Introduction In HM Advocate v Budge the...
Voluntary Conveyance ≠ Custody: Child Locks and Limited Disclosure Do Not Create De Facto Arrest Case: Appeal under section 74 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 by J K‑P against His...
“Sheridan v Glasgow” and the Outer House’s Re-Drawing of the Supervisory Boundary for Pre-Contractual Employment Decisions 1. Introduction The decision of Lord Young in Petition of Thomas Sheridan...
“Sarwar v Phlo Technologies”: The Objective-Conduct Test for Implied Waiver & Personal Bar in Scots Company Law 1. Introduction In Nadeem Sarwar v Phlo Technologies Ltd & Ors ([2025] CSOH 55) Lord...
Re-calibrating Sentencing for Repeated Rape: HM Advocate v MacGregor ([2025] HCJAC 28) 1 · Introduction The Appeal Court of the Scottish High Court of Justiciary, sitting as a three-judge bench and...
Cowie v Vitality: A Scottish Blueprint for the Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 1. Introduction The decision of Lord Sandison in Gillian Cowie (as Executrix-Dative of the...