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Scotland - From: 1995 To: 1995
This page lists 25 cases, and was prepared on 20 May 2019.
Church v H M Advocate 1995 SLT 604
1995
HCJ
Scotland, Criminal Practice
The court should in general take a broad, rather than a narrow, approach to the admission of new evidence on appeal.
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 106(3)
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Brawls v Walkinshaw 1995 SLT 139
1995
Scotland, Crime
The word 'detention' implies that a person was in some way kept in confinement or under restraint.
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Soucie v Soucie (1995) SLT 414
1995
Scotland, Children
After noting the approval of In re N in Perrin the court added: "Furthermore the question of settlement had to be considered in the context of the spirit of the Convention whereby the fundamental duty of the court is to order a return of the child to the proper jurisdiction when there has been a wrongful removal or retention." The court considered whether any discretion remained to make an order after the one year period under Art 18: "Such a balancing exercise may be appropriate when considering the discretionary powers of the court under Article 18, which will come into play if the proviso to Article 12 is established or indeed if any of the matters contained in Article 13, which will come into play if the proviso to Article 12 is established or indeed if any of the matters contained in Article 13 are established." and "We should add that we were addressed on the matter of discretion which would have arisen under Article 18 if we had been satisfied that either of the main issues should be decided in favour of the respondent."
Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 5
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Thomson v Thomas Muir (Waste Management Ltd) 1995 SLT 403
1995
Scotland, Contract
To imply a term into a contract, the court must be persuaded that the contract is unworkable without it.
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Eurocopy (Scotland) plc v Lothian Health Board 1995 SLT 1356
1995
SCS
Consumer, Scotland
King and Others v Eaton Ltd Times, 01 February 1995; [1995] IRLR 75
1 Feb 1995
IHCS
Employment, Scotland
The applicants were four of 20 employees selected for redundancy. One complaint was that, although they had been given details of their own marks, they were no allowed to see the ratings for others; another was that the supervisors responsible for the markings were insufficiently informed to make fair assessments. These complaints were upheld by the Industrial Tribunal, which was also critical of the fact that the member of senior management called to justify the assessment results was unable to speak of the detailed merits of the assessments made of the applicants by the supervisors who had marked their forms. The employer appealed. Held: The appeal was allowed. Nothing suggested that the assessment process was carried out otherwise than honestly and reasonably: "In fact it appears to us that what the employers did in this case was to set up a good system of selection, reasonably administered. It may very well have been possible to argue about the individual markings of individual employees, but that is a comment which applies as much to the marking of those who were not selected for redundancy as to that of those who were. If the view taken by the Industrial Tribunal were carried to its logical conclusion, there could be no alternative but to require the employer, in every such case, to produce all the evidence bearing upon all the assessments out of which the redundancy decision arose. That seems to us to go far further than is proper." A consultation on a selection for redundancy is not complete if the selection criteria are not disclosed.
Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 57(3)
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Gallie v Boundary Commission for Scotland Times, 03 February 1995
3 Feb 1995
OHCS
Scotland, Elections
Boundary Commissioner entitled to follow partly completed electoral divisions.
Stirling Plant (Hire and Sales) Ltd v Central Regional Council Times, 09 February 1995
9 Feb 1995
FDCS
Scotland
A compulsory purchase was justified despite the offer of lease because of uncertainty.
Brady v Procurator Fiscal Stonehaven Times, 27 February 1995
27 Feb 1995
HCJ
Animals, Consumer, Crime, Scotland
Salmon is deemed to be unclean and unseasonable, when pressure on the fish is sufficient to cause it to release spawn or milt.
Buchanan v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Times, 01 March 1995
1 Mar 1995
OHCS
Scotland
Secretary of State is not obliged to reveal evidence for decision to reject appointment of a head of life company.
McMichael v United Kingdom; ECHR 2-Mar-1995 - Times, 02 March 1995; (1995) 20 EHRR 205; 16424/90; [1995] ECHR 8
Robertson v Forth Road Bridge Joint Board [1995] ScotCS CSIH - 1
2 Mar 1995
SCS
Scotland
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Strachclyde Regional Council v Gallagher Times, 06 March 1995
6 Mar 1995
IHCS
Scotland
There should be no leave to appeal to House of Lords on an argument not advanced beforehand despite a later case.
Elliott (Angus Gordon) v HM Advocate Times, 16 May 1995; 1995 JC 95; [1995] ScotHC HCJ - 2; 1995 SLT 612; 1995 SCCR 280
24 Mar 1995
HCJ
Lord Justice Clerk Ross
Criminal Practice, Scotland
New evidence on an appeal was admissible only in accordance with the Act.
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 228(2)
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Houston and Another v British Broadcasting Corporation Times, 09 May 1995
9 May 1995
IHCS
Elections, Scotland, Media
The BBC's appeal against an interdict against program before election was not urgent enough to justify immediate hearing.
Batty v Hma [1995] ScotHC HCJ - 1
19 May 1995
HCJ
Scotland, Crime
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Retail Parks Investments Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scotland) Times, 18 July 1995
18 Jul 1995
OHCS
Landlord and Tenant, Scotland
Obligation to use premises as bank was enforced against a leaseholder wanting to close the business.
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Mains v Uniroyal Englebert Tyres Ltd Times, 29 September 1995; [1995] SC 518
29 Sep 1995
IHCS
Health and Safety, Scotland
An employer's duties to provide a safe workplace exists despite the lack of forseeability of any accident of the type which occurred.
Factories Act 1961 29(1)
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Bovis Construction (Scotland) Ltd v Whatlings Construction Ltd; HL 19-Oct-1995 - Gazette, 24 January 1996; Times, 19 October 1995; [1995] CLY 5569; 1995 SLT 1339
Wrightson v AOC International Limited 20 October 1995, unreported
20 Oct 1995
Lord Gill
Scotland, Limitation
A preliminary proof was allowed before answer on the matters raised by the parties under section 19A as he considered that there should be an inquiry into specific material facts on which the parties were not agreed. These related to the pursuer's prospects of success against his former English solicitors or counsel and his former Scottish solicitors, as well as the extent to which he would suffer inconvenience and delay in prosecuting an action against any of his previous advisers, even if he did have good prospects of success.
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Cameron v Cameron [1995] ScotCS CSIH - 3
24 Oct 1995
SCS
Scotland
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Mulvey v Secretary of State for Social Security; IHCS 24-Nov-1995 - Times, 24 November 1995; 1996 SC 8
Anderson v Hma [1995] ScotHC HCJAC - 3
1 Dec 1995
HCJ
Scotland, Crime
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Short's Trustee v The Keeper of the Registers of Scotland 1996 SC (HL) 14; [1995] UKHL 21; 1996 SCLR 571; 1996 SLT 166
7 Dec 1995
HL
Lord Keith of Kinkel, Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, Lord Mustill, Lord Woolf and Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead
Scotland, Registered Land
The limited scope for rectification of registered land titles was explained. If the Keeper were to recognise an error of a very minor nature, such as an obvious spelling mistake, he would amend it at his own hand. However, he would not adjust a boundary. Once an interest had been registered, in normal circumstances, the Keeper would have no reason to examine an entry for errors, unless they were drawn to his attention by others. In relation to the system of registration of title, a balance had to be struck between the interests of persons possessing competing titles. That balance had been settled in section 9 of the 1979 Act. There was no separate mechanism which could be employed in relation to such problems. An error might be found, possibly years after its occurrence, when it could be very difficult to examine the state of the previous title
Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979
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Docherty v Brown [1995] ScotHC HCJAC - 4
20 Dec 1995
HCJ
Scotland, Crime
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