Professional Liability
- Aird v Lamb (Greenock Sheriff Court, February 2020) – claim against solicitor arising from failure to report on existence of access rights (proof before answer)
- Iain Ford v The Firm of W & AS Bruce [2020] SCKIR 9 – debate on prescription arising from alleged failure by solicitor to advise on inclusion of survivorship destination in title
- McKay v Sesame Limited (Aberdeen Sheriff Court, November 2019) – debate on whether claim for alleged negligent financial advice had prescribed
- Gordon’s Trustees v Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson LLP 2017 SLT 1287 (as solicitor-advocate in Inner House and Supreme Court) – application of s11(3) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 to a claim for economic loss
Construction & Engineering
- Transform Schools (North Lanarkshire) Ltd v Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd [2020] CSOH 19 – enforcement of adjudicator’s award in circumstances where adjudicator had relied upon “without prejudice” correspondence in arriving at his decision
- Ryrie & Salazar v J&E Shepherd (Edinburgh Sheriff Court, April 2019) – claim against surveyors arising from alleged inaccuracy in Home Report (proof before answer)
- MP Burke Transport Limited v Charles Scott & Partners [2017] CSOH 67 (as solicitor-advocate) – Commercial Court proof regarding scope of duties owed by structural engineer.
Commercial Contract
- Air Telecom UK Limited v ECG Building Maintenance Limited [2019] SAC (Civ) 40 – interpretation of contract for communication services
Public Law, Judicial Review & Human Rights
- The Salmon Net Fishing Association of Scotland & Others [2020] CSOH 11 – whether prohibition on retaining salmon caught in coastal waters breached Article 1 Protocol 1 rights of those holding heritable titles to fish for salmon by way of net
- Cannon v Scottish Legal Complaints Commission [2020] CSOH 23 – whether the SLCC had the power to refer complaints to itself
- DY v SSHD [2020] CSOH 60 – immigration judicial review
- AA v SSHD [2020] CSIH 29 – immigration judicial review
- Carlos Mendoza v SSHD [2019] CSOH 107 – immigration judicial review
Other
- Whitehouse v Chief Constable of Scotland & Anr 2020 SC 133 – reclaiming motion on the issue of whether the Lord Advocate enjoys immunity from civil suit at common law
- Whitehouse v Lord Advocate [2019] CSOH 38 – whether the Lord Advocate was entitled to assert legal advice privilege in the context of commission and diligence procedure