Court Of Session

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has rejected a challenge by a housing developer to a local authority’s decision not to approve £21.4 million in funding for development of land it owned in Ayrshire, after finding that councillors were not provided with insufficient inf

A major wind farm proposal in the Scottish Borders is heading back for reconsideration after Scotland’s highest civil court ruled that the planning reporter failed to properly assess whether the turbines and their future grid connection should have been treated as a single project.

Two West Lothian homebuyers have won a key ruling allowing them to rely on expert evidence in their claim against a consultant who certified their property as sound before purchase.

Midlothian Council is challenging a decision made by the Scottish Government to grant consent for a battery storage site near the Dalkeith Schools Campus. 

A groundworks boss has been awarded more than £500,000 in damages after a court ruled that he had suffered as a result of attempts by Springfield Properties to silence him over asbestos concerns.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has affirmed a decision of a commercial judge that the Scottish courts have jurisdiction to hear an action arising from an alleged breach of contract between a joint venture involved in a Scottish Water pipeline project to supply drinking water to Edinburgh a

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a company seeking to develop derelict land near Paisley against a reporter’s decision that the residential part of the development went against the masterplan for the area. J29 (Scotland) Ltd sought to construct a multi-use devel

An Aberdeen man who sought judicial review of his local authority’s plans to redevelop part of a recreational park near his home as part of a sustainable energy strategy has had a reclaiming motion against the refusal of the petition refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session.

A commercial judge has dismissed part of a man’s claim against two green energy companies for negligently installing wind turbines in the wrong locations after ruling that he could not claim for losses accrued by business vehicles he had formerly owned in part. Arthur Simmers raised an action

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal against a lord ordinary’s decision to refuse to reduce a decision of Glasgow City Council not to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment in respect of the demolition of four tower blocks in Maryhill.

The owners of a Glasgow building given category C listed status due to its architectural and historic qualities have successfully appealed to the Court of Session Inner House against a reporter’s decision to refuse an appeal against the decision to list it, and had the matter remitted to a new

A Lord Ordinary has ruled that the widow of a man who died from mesothelioma arising from asbestos exposure during his employment is entitled to seek damages despite an earlier action raised while the deceased was alive being settled.

The widow of a man who died falling through a fragile roof while carrying out maintenance work has been allowed to proceeded to a hearing on the evidence after a dispute over the nature of his employment arose.

A commercial judge’s decision that a clause in a road work contract stating that certain monies were to be returned to “the Contractor”, meaning a joint venture, should be interpreted instead as a relevant contractor company that was part of that joint venture has been overturned

A property investor who sought the reduction of three personal guarantees granted by him to the Royal Bank of Scotland has been unsuccessful in establishing misrepresentation in an action before the Outer House of the Court of Session.