Blogs & opinions
- in the category: reparation
Vicarious liability for independent contractor held established
Beauty therapist akin to employee of salon, which exercised control
No precautions held necessary over stone in path
Occupier's liability case fails over likelihood of harm
Counsel: pursuers win sanction in two cases
Guidance provided by Sheriff Appeal Court
Loss of society award: no “tariff” applies
Judge limits award where parties older
Summary decree granted on basis of conviction
Self defence plea had no real prospects of success
QOCS and the dishonesty exception: fair notice?
Court of Appeal upholds finding though no express plea
Contributory negligence: precedents unlikely
Inner House says factors have to be set in context of case
Uninsured employer company – director liable?
Supreme Court finds no basis in Act to impose liability
Catastrophic injury: calculating care costs
Judge chooses model between pursuer's and defenders' experts
A case too complex for sheriff court jury?
Various factors held not to make case unsuitable
A rare case of all the pedestrian's fault
Man who ran out failed to show fault on driver's part
Summary decree refused despite defender's conviction
Court not persuaded of correlation with civil liability