Causation: Proceedings were brought against solicitors after a personal injuries action was struck out for want of prosecution under the old procedural rules. Liability was not in issue and in considering the damages for loss of a chance the Defendant solicitors took the same point as had been reli......

In a Summary Cause action, the Pursuer claimed damages following an incident in which his parked vehicle was struck and damaged by a vehicle driven by the Defender's employee. It was not disputed that the Pursuer needed a replacement vehicle. He hired a vehicle for 19 days at a cost of just under &......

In a case concerning the unusual situation of counsel who had acted for the husband in financial proceedings in respect of his first wife and subsequently acted against the husband in financial proceedings with his second wife, the court allowed the second wife's appeal against the setting a......

Dispute concerning the amount of interest payable on a former partner's agreed share of the firm's assets. The pursuer submitted that an outgoing partner has an extra right to claim a higher rate of interest at common law. Held: There was no authority to support the proposition that an e......

In a low value RTA involving a child, the cost of a psychiatrist's report would be disallowed on the basis that the claimant's representative should have considered what was the most appropriate report to obtain first. C, a six year old child, recovered £1,400 in general damages fol......