Law

The Inner House of the Court of Session has issued an important decision in the appeal of Glasgow City Council v X. It relates to the duty on local authorities to provide accommodation for homeless persons – that the duty to provide temporary accommodation is less onerous than the duty to prov

A Bonnybridge couple who sought to establish that their home had been damaged by fungus created by ethanol vapour have been allowed a proof based on amended pleadings seeking to establish that a particular species created the conditions allowing other organisms to damage their home. Thomas Chalmers