Law

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a housing developer against a sheriff’s summary decree ordering it to pay £100,000 to a local authority as part of an agreement concerning a local housing development the authority granted it planning permission for. Guild Homes (Tayside)

A lord ordinary has found that an electrical contractor could not be held liable for injuries suffered by a solar panel engineer it subcontracted to perform work for it when he fell on a wet metal roof during a solar panel installation.

Stephanni Houston, a 39-year-old administrative worker from Ayr, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison for embezzling over £516,000 from two construction companies in a span of four years.

An Edinburgh-based agricultural company has been fined £60,000 for health and safety failings which led to the death of a man when he fell through an industrial shed roof. WNL Investments Limited, formerly known as WN Lindsay Limited, pled guilty to health and safety breaches at Dundee Sheriff

Gilson Gray has appointed Ben Finnie as regional sales manager and Charlotte Caird as property manager in Dundee. Mr Finnie brings a wealth of experience, having spent the past eight years in management roles across the Dundee property market, including at Thorntons. He joins the firm from boutique

Lesley Grant and Kimberley Tochel of BTO Solicitors LLP flag risks for employers following a recent ruling. An employee claiming disability discrimination has been awarded more than £134,000 in compensation. The recent Employment Tribunal judgment in Brosnan v Coalo Limited underscores the ass

Law firm CMS has appointed Fenella Mason as a partner in the firm’s infrastructure, construction and energy (ICE) disputes practice in Edinburgh. Fenella, who joins from Burness Paull where she led the firm’s construction and projects team for 13 years, has more than 30 years of exp

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has welcomed commercial and construction disputes specialist Alistair Dean as a partner in its national Professional & Commercial Risks team in Scotland. Alistair, who joins DACB from Scottish law firm Anderson Strathern, has nearly three decades of exp

A vastly experienced Edinburgh property professional has joined the team at solicitors and estate agents Lindsays. Simon Donaldson has been appointed as a property manager within the firm’s residential property team, based in the capital, following 17 years with Simpson & Marwick.

The son of a couple who sold part of their farmland to the Highland Council as part of a road development has been unsuccessful in an action seeking declarator that he had an unrestricted servitude of access over adjacent land also acquired by the council during the construction process.

Independent law firm Anderson Strathern has strengthened its partnership with the promotion of seven new partners and the appointment of a further two. Among the seven directors being promoted to partner is Chris Devlin, who is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in planning la

South Lanarkshire Council has been fined £90,000 for health and safety failings which left a worker with severe injuries. The local authority pled guilty to a charge under health and safety legislation at Hamilton Sheriff Court after a road worker suffered a traumatic amputation when his arm w

Gilson Gray legal director Gregor Duthie shares his thoughts on the Register of Controlling Interests in Land and what it means for overseas investors and trusts that hold Scottish property. Greater transparency over the ownership of property in Scotland – and the UK, for that matter – h

The office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after obtaining more than £900,000 through embezzlement and fraud has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

In the recent case of Tilbury Douglas Construction Limited v Ove Arup & Partners Scotland Limited CA117/21 [2023] CSOH 53 the issue of prescription was revisited by Lord Harrower at a preliminary proof, writes Karen Cornwell. By way of background, the ongoing case involves the development of a f