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Proof:- The pursuer was employed as a painter in the shipyards by the first defenders between 1959 and 1969 and by the second defenders between 1970 and 1973 when he was exposed to asbestos dust causing mesothelioma. In this action the pursuer sought damages for personal injury in respect of the ......

Reparation:- On 5 October 2002, the pursuer was injured when working in a warehouse at 137 Shawbridge Street, Pollockshaws, Glasgow. The second defenders were the owners of the warehouse. The first defender was a director of the second defenders. At the time of the accident, the pursuer had been ......

Reclaiming motion:- On 7 March 2008 the Lord Ordinary granted decree against the first defender for payment of a sum of damages to the pursuer following proof in respect of a claim for personal injuries. The second defenders were assoilzied. It is against that interlocutor the first defender recl......

Proof - Reparation:- The pursuer, a 67 year old man, formerly worked as a welder. At various stages during the course of his working life he worked as a welder for the three defenders. Since retiring from his employment the pursuer was diagnosed with a serious form of interstitial lung disease. I......

The pursuers sought recovery of £87,831.11, a sum due to them in professional fees and outlays for their legal services, provided to the defenders over the period 1986 to 1994. The defenders disputed the pursuers' entitlement to the sum claimed for, on three main grounds. First, the defenders ......

The pursuer suffered serious injury as a result of an accident while at work and sought damages in respect of common law negligence and breach of statutory duty from his employers, the defenders. The heads of damages included continuing loss of earnings and the cost of future care and support. Taki......

Proof: Liability: Slipping on ice and snow covered surface in the course of employment, resulting in injury. The pursuer was employed by the Defenders as a home carer. She required to make a home visit to a patient on an evening in December 2010. The conditions in the area had, for some time been i......

Action for damages for personal injuries. The pursuer was one of a team of police officers who were instructed to aid the enforcement of an eviction order at a local swimming pool. The swimming pool centre had been closed and the decision had invited much protest. In particular, the pool provided ......

The defenders supplied a conveyor to the pursuers, a bakery, that was installed to convey hot bread from the oven to another area. The conveyor material had been ignited by burning bread and the resulting fire had damaged the building. The principal contractual claims against Spooner are to be th......

The pursuer sought damages from the defenders in respect of an incident at their premises on 18 February 2005, when she fell from one of their horses and sustained a cross fracture of one of her thoracic vertebrae, and according to her, a mild brain injury. The pursuer submitted that prior to her ......

The Pursuer raised an action of damages against the Defenders for loss and damage to her physical and psychological health. She claimed that the Defenders directly, and the teaching staff for whom they were vicariously liable, had failed to protect her from bullying. The Pursuer averred that she......

The Defenders/Appellants appealed against the Sheriff's decision to refuse their Reponing Note in an action raised against them under the Conveyancing & Feudal Reform (Sc) Act 1970. The Pursuers/Respondents wished to repossess the Defenders' property. Decree in absence had been granted again......

The Pursuers/Respondents raised an action for recovery of possession of heritable property and obtained Decree in absence against the Defender/Appellant. A Minute for Recall of the Decree was lodged on the Defender's behalf in terms of Rule 24.1 of the Summary Cause Rules 2002. The Defender did n......

The pursuer claimed that he suffered loss, injury and damage as a result of an accident at work where a man, Mr McShane, died. It was averred that when the pursuer was moving his trailer he heard a loud noise and then a scream. He stopped his lorry immediately, but employees of the defenders shoute......

The pursuer claimed that he suffered loss, injury and damage as a result of an accident at work where a man, Mr McShane, died. It was averred that when the pursuer was moving his trailer he heard a loud noise and then a scream. He stopped his lorry immediately, but employees of the defenders shoute......

Proof:- In this action for damages the pursuer claimed that in February 2005, whilst employed by the defenders, the pursuer, in the course of his employment, was carrying cans of paint when he caught his foot which caused him to fall onto his left knee resulting in his injury. The action was base......

This is an Outer House case in which William Campbell sued his employer (Peter Gordon Joiners Limited), the sole director of his employer (Peter Gordon) and the liquidator of his employer after suffering injury in an accident involving a circular saw whilst at work. The employers' liability insuran......

Reparation - Proof:- The pursuer, a 66 year old man, worked on and off as a fitter between 1956 and 1974 in the shipyards at Renfrew. At various times during his periods of employement in the shipyards the pursuer was employed by the seven defenders. During his employment with them, the pursuer e......

Personal Injury: The matter came before the sheriff as a result of a pursuer's motion to be allowed to amend the Record in terms of a Minute of Amendment. The defenders did not oppose items 1 and 2 of the Minute of Amendment but opposed the rest based on the argument that the new matter was being i......

A private individual, William Walton, brought this reclaiming action against a decision of the Outer House of the Court of Sessions from August 2011. The Outer House had refused an application for statutory appeal under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (RSA) against the Scottish Ministers in relation ......

An action concerning the scope of a solicitor's authority to act in a conveyancing transaction. The pursuers sought damages on the grounds that their solicitors accepted a qualified acceptance on their behalf without instruction. The issues were first, whether or not there had been a breach of ......

The pursuer sought damages for spinal injuries suffered in a car crash in Romania. The defenders, an insurance company incorporated under Romanian law, were insurers of the car in which the pursuer was travelling at the time of the accident. The defenders formally admitted liability for the acciden......