Case Reports

A judge in the High Court of England and Wales has found that the director of a software company had infringed the copyright of his former employer after he founded his own company to carry on a similar business. It was alleged by PQ Systems Europe Ltd (PQE) and Productivity-Quality Systems Inc, an

A former employee of a Glasgow social club who was dismissed following a furlough period has lost a claim in the Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal and unpaid wages for the period between the end of her furlough and her dismissal. Claimant Melissa Carrington was employed at the Corinthian Club

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by the tenant of student accommodation in Edinburgh who sought to overturn a decree of absolvitor on the ground that the case was conducted unfairly. Appellant Mark Doran raised a Simple Procedure action against his landlord, SC Causewayside Ltd, seekin

A company director convicted of neglect resulting in the death of an employee who was hit by a bus following a fall from height has lost an appeal by stated case against his conviction in the Sheriff Appeal Court. Kevin Bowie was convicted after an eight-day trial of an offence under the Health and

A commercial judge has ruled that a case by two connected companies against former employees they alleged were in breach of a non-compete clause was not bound to fail, but dismissed part of the action directed against a junior employee of the first company. Defenders Kyle Thomson, Laura Lochhead and

A sheriff in the Upper Tribunal for Scotland has quashed a First-tier Tribunal eviction order made on the ground of anti-social behaviour after an appeal was made against the decision by the tenant of a cottage in Bridge of Weir. Appellant Enzo Serapiglia, who had moved to the area in February 2020,

The Inner House of the Court of Session has upheld a commercial judge’s decision that a limited company was entitled to be registered as shareholders in another group of companies as a consequence of loan facilities that had been made available to them. Members of the Allanvale Land group argu

The Supreme Court has dismissed a final appeal by the seller of an office block in Cumbernauld against a decision by HM Revenue and Customs that VAT was chargeable on the sale of the land to an unconnected company. David Moulsdale, trading as Moulsdale Properties, argued that the sale had fallen wit

A Luxembourg-based pharmaceutical company has succeeded in an action in the High Court of England and Wales in which it alleged that a drug manufacturing division of an NHS trust was in breach of a drug development agreement (DA) relating to a treatment for lung disease. SciPharm S.a.r.l claimed tha

A Deputy Judge of the High Court of England and Wales has granted permission for a Ukrainian father to withdraw an application under the Hague Convention of 1980 under which he sought the return of his two children to Kyiv. Applicant NW had remained in Ukraine under the requirements of martial law w

A cross appeal on the continued existence or implied re-creation of servitude rights in a Fife property that came to be owned by the proprietor of the burdened property before being sold under a standard security has been allowed by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Stuart Logan, originally the pursuer in a

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has refused an appeal by the assignee of a company that supplied halal chicken meat to restaurants against the dismissal of its claim that a former director had misappropriated money from the company. Manolete Partners Plc, the liquidator of claims against de

A former paediatrician who had his name erased from the medical register after he was found to be impaired in his fitness to practice has lost an appeal against the General Medical Council’s decision not to convene a new tribunal to re-examine the case. Dr Mina Chowdhury argued that newly disc

A commercial judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has allowed a proof in an £11.5 million action raised against two companies contracted to build and maintain a funicular railway in the Cairngorns after ruling that the claim had not expired by prescription. Highlands and Islands En

A woman who suffered hearing loss after working in a whisky bottling plant without adequate ear protection since 1990 has been awarded over £45,000 in damages from the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. Margaret Denny, 63, had worked for the defender, Chivas Brothers Ltd, and its pred