Apr 20 2008
Leave to appeal to the House of Lords
Simmers v Innes, 2008 UKHL 24, in which I must declare an interest as I acted for the respondent, is the third Scottish appeal to the House of Lords in a year in which the appeal was refused without the respondent being called on to reply (the others were Wilson v Jaymarke 2007 UKHL 29 and Clarke v Fennoscandia 2007 UKHL 56, in which I acted for the appellant in the Court of Session but not the House of Lords).
In Jaymarke, Lord Hope said: Continue Reading »
