Items tagged with SCOTLAND

Proof - Reparation:- On 4 May 1999 the pursuer sustained injuries as a result of a fall on a flight of stairs as she walked to her car to drive to her night shift. On Record the pursuer averred that several steps on the last flight were loose. She claimed that the loose steps wobbled and moved unde......

This case provided one of the first decisions interpreting the Workplace (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 1992. It held that the individual regulations are not mutually exclusive and should be looked at in conjunction with one another. In doing so the court adopted a purposeful interpreta......

In this action the pursuer sought damages from the first defender for injuries which he sustained as a result of a road accident on 30 May 2004. In addition the pursuer sought from the second defender declarator that they were liable to satisfy any decree awarded against the first defender if any d......

Reclaiming Motion:- On 6 May 1997 in the course of his employment with the defenders the pursuer suffered injury whilst working on a barge in assistance of two divers. An action was raised in May 2000 and, following a proof in 2003, on 18 February 2004 the Lord Ordinary assoilzied the defenders. ......

On 27 March 2003, at around 0625 hours, the pursuer left his job as a site supervisor with Reliance Security Services Limited to go home. The pursuer fell and injured his right ankle - he claimed that he tripped over a manhole cover. Here the pursuer claimed damages from the defenders for the fall.......

Medical negligence: Proof: Quantum agreed. The puruser presented at his general practitioner with neck and upper arm pain. He also complained of other pain such as paraesthesia in his left hand. The pursuer thereafter underwent 4 operations. The first two operations consisted of a micro forminotomy......

Jury Awards/Judicial Awards/Negligence/Contributory Negligence/Damages/Section 1(4), Damages (Scotland) Act 1976The pursuers sought damages for the death of a family member caused by a road accident. They claimed that the defender's actions leading to the accident amounted to negligence. However, i......

Debate:- The pursuer breeds and rears horses and in 2000 purchased a property in south-west Scotland with the intention to operate stables there. In March 2001, the pursuer was aware of aircraft flying at low altitudes over the stables in an area where operational low flying was allowed. The purs......

The pursuer was the mother of Amy Whitehead. Miss Whitehead was aged twelve when she was struck by a van driven by the first defender, who was in the course of his employment with the second defenders. A proof has been fixed for 28 November 2006. The pursuer has lodged two reports in process. The d......

-On 21st January 2002 at around 12.45 at 411/2 Union Street, Aberdeen the deceased died from "crush asphyxia" consequent on a fall of masonry. Despite the inherent dangers of building sites, the court looked at whether the existing regulations had been co ......

The pursuer sought damages in respect of physical injuries sustained as a result of alleged assaults in the home and "delayed" post traumatic stress disorder allegedly caused by the treatment he received there. The defenders plead that the action was time barred under section 17 of the Prescription......

The pursuer sought damages in respect of physical injuries sustained as a result of alleged assaults in the home and "delayed" post traumatic stress disorder allegedly caused by the treatment he received there. The defenders plead that the action was time barred under section 17 of the Prescription......

The pursuer was employed by the defender from 1987 to 2002. He was diagnosed with Perthes disease in 1983, and the defenders were aware of this. His working conditions were said to have aggravated his Perthes disease and "accelerated" the incapacity of the pursuer. The defenders alleged that there ......

Proof:- The pursuer, a 60 year old man, worked in the employment of the Ministry of Defence at Rosyth Dockyard as a fitter from 1968 until 1976. He worked on vessels undergoing refit and repair and worked in the vicinity of laggers who were stripping and applying asbestos lagging. From 1976 until......

Proof:- On 7 October 2007 the pursuer was driving his car on the M8 towards the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow. The pursuer slowed down to take heed of queuing traffic, and was close to stopping, when he was hit from behind by a van driven by the defender. The pursuer came to a halt and was again struc......

The pursuers and defenders entered into a contract for the supply and installation by the pursuers of six hardwood traditional sash and case windows, at the defenders' home. The defenders had attended at the pursuer's premises and had selected the particular windows which they wished installed conf......

Personal Injury:- The pursuer was injured at work when a partition fell and struck her on the back. The pursuer's agents intimated a claim against the defenders and, following an additional intimation, the defenders repudiated liability. The pursuer's agent then asked the defenders to reconsider th......

Reparation - Liability:- On 28 The pursuer was injured when she was thrown from a horse during a riding lesson at the defenders' premises on 2 April 2005. Damages were agreed in the sum of £30,000 and the only issued to be determined was liability. The central arguement in the pursuer's case w......

Reclaiming Motion:- On 10 August 2001 James Mitchell, aged 72, died as a result of an assault by his neighbour James Drummond. On 12 July 2002 Drummond pled guilty to culpable homicide. In 2003, the deceased's widow and daughter raised this civil action of damages against Glasgow City Council in ......

The pursuer and defender to this action were sister and brother, respectively. The defender had inherited a family croft at Kilmory, Acharacle in 1989, the land upon which the pursuer subsequently constructed a house for the use of her and her family. In this action, the pursuer claimed she was ent......

Proof:- On 27 January 2006, the pursuer, a 45 year old man at the time of the incident, was driving his scooter in Aberdeen when he lost control, fell and was injured. It was the pursuer's contention that the accident was caused by a bus operated by the defenders, and driven by one of their employe......

Proof: Action for damages arising out of a road traffic accident. The defenders were the insurers of Mr Smith. Mr smith was stationary in his car at the bottom of a steep road in icy conditions on the right hand side of the road. The pursuer descended the road from the opposite direction and lost c......

The pursuer was employed by the defenders as a porter. One of his duties involved delivering mail around the university. On the 6th January 2009 the pursuer slipped on ice on an ungritted on-campus path while carrying out his duties. He suffered injuries to his back and sued the defenders for breac......

Inner House: Reclaiming motion: the pursuer raised an action against the defenders when he was struck on the head and injured by a golf ball which had been hit by the first defender from the 18th tee of Niddry Castle Golf Club. At proof, the Lord Ordinary found the first defender 70% to blame and t......

Reclaiming Motion: Inner House: The pursuer at first instance enrolled a motion to amend the pleadings relative to the assumed rate of return on investment of damages in terms of section 1 of the Damages Scotland Act 1996. The amendment was to the effect that the appropriate rate of return for calc......

Procedure roll: plea to relevancy by first defenders: the pursuer brought an action for damages for negligence of the first and second defenders in respect of treatment she was given as a result of the findings of a urine sample. The pursuer attended at the first defenders complaining of sickness. ......

This appeal by the Law Society of Scotland under section 21 of the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 against a decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, concerned whether a complaint made against Mr Alastair Dean, solicitor, of the Alastair Dean Law Practice Ltd was ......

On 27th September 2007, the pursuer's TVR Tuscan Mark 1 fibre-glass motor vehicle was parked and unattended, when the defender's insured collided with it while attempting to reverse park. The collision caused damage to the pursuer's vehicle, specifically its paint and bodywork. At the time of the a......