Occupiers' Liability

Procedure Roll: Relevancy and specification of an action for damages for personal injuries sustained when a self-employed fitness instructer fell whilst taking a fitness class. The pursuer averred that she ordinaraly used a gymnasium to take her class. On the occasion, the usual gymnasium was booke......

Reclaiming Motion: Inner House: the pursuer reclaimed against the decision of the Lord Ordinary at proof absolving the defenders of liability under the Occupiers Liability (Scotland) Act 1960. The pursuer, a DHL delivery man, had slipped on a plank of wood when delivering a parcel to the defender&#......

Outer House case considering a claim for damages under the Occupiers Liability (Scotland) Act 1960. Mr Dawson worked as a self employed courier and was delivering a package to Ms Page's cottage. Building works were taking place at the cottage and the surroundings resembled a building site. A......

The pursuer (and appellant) was a nine year old girl who climbed into the rafters of a shelter in the playground of her primary school where she fell and injured her wrist. The defenders (and respondents) were the local authority whom the pursuer sued for breach of s.2(1) of the Occupiers Liability......

This is Outer House case in which Mr Leonard sought damages from the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority after falling and injuring himself while descending a path forming part of the West Highland Way at Balmaha. Arguments Mr Leonard (who had been 12 at the time of the acci......

Outer House case concerning an alleged breach of duty under the Occupiers' Liability (Scotland) Act 1960 at Lakeland's store on Hanover Street in Edinburgh. Miss Brown argued that a two-fold failure by Lakeland to install a handrail and to signpost an existing alternative exit on George Street ......