Blogs & opinions
- in the category: reparation
Sheriff addresses "confusion" over sanction for counsel
Obtaining sanction for particular work “misconceived”
Two English decisions exclude vicarious liability
Party dancing and religious promotion unconnected with employers
Volenti case must be raised in pleadings, Appeal Court rules
Breach of duty of care necessary for it to apply
No presumption of fault where following driver collides
Driver in front found at fault for unexpected stop
Res ipsa loquitur not a fallback where case not proved
Defender alone had to be aware of cause of accident
What amounts to an actionable injury?
Sensitisation to particular type of substance can: Supreme Court
What is relevant to granting a reponing note?
Should the court test the quality of the failure to appear?
Defective bridge parapet gave rise to duty of care
Scope of duty explained, but driver contributorily negligent
Risky act in jumping balconies was novus actus
Judge properly weighed up level of risk and threat
Third parties' rights against insurers: limiting an exclusion
Liability only excluded if harmful outcome was intended
Instructing expert held not reasonable given issues in case
Sheriff accepts skill of witness, but not need for instruction
Child supervision duty breached in farm gate accident
Inner House holds Lord Ordinary entitled to find for pursuer