Scottish Law Commission - contract law review report: consultation

Footnotes

1. Available at https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/1115/2222/5222/Report_on_Review_of_Contract_Law_-_Formation_Interpretation_Remedies_for_Breach_and_Penalty_Clauses_Report_No_252.pdf.

2. Available at https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/delegated-powers-and-law-reform-committee/correspondence-from-the-minister-for-victims-and-community-safety-to-the-delegated-powers-and-law-re.pdf.

3. See the Legislative Programme section in the Programme for Government, available at https://www.gov.scot/publications/fairer-greener-scotland-programme-government-2021-22/pages/12/.

4. See Rule 9.17A of the Scottish Parliament's Standing Orders for more information, available at https://www.parliament.scot/about/how-parliament-works/parliament-rules-and-guidance/standing-orders/chapter-9-public-bill-procedures#topOfNav.

5. The other is the Report on Aspects of Leases: Termination, published in 2022, available at https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/2616/6539/5049/Report_on_Aspects_of_Leases_-_Termination_Report_No._260.pdf.

6. Available at https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/law-reform/law-reform-projects/completed-projects/contract-law-light-draft-common-frame-reference-dcf/.

7. Available at https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/9315/2222/6728/Business_and_Regulatory_Impact_Assessment_-_Report_on_Review_of_Contract_Law_Report_No_252.pdf.

8. Available at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2024/1/contents/enacted.

9. See paragraphs 4.86 to 4.89 of the SLC's Report.

10. See paragraph 2.12 of the SLC's Report.

11. See paragraph 3.8 of the SLC's Report.

12. Specialist Insultation Ltd v Pro-Duct (Fife) Ltd [2012] CSOH 79 and Grafton Merchanting Gb Ltd t/a Buildbase v Sundial Properties (Gilmerton) Ltd, 2013, G.W.D, 17-349.

13. See paragraphs 5.12 to 5.16 of the SLC's Report.

14. Arnold v Britton [2015] UKSC 36,[205] AC 1619 and Wood v Capita Insurance Services [2017] UKSC 24, [2017] AC 1173.

15. This has been criticised by, for instance, David P Sellar KC in a series of recent articles (2022 SLT (News) 135, 2023; SLT (News) 31, 2024 SLT (News) 17).

16. [2022] CSIH 33.

17. [2023] CSIH 28.

18. [2020] CSIH 2.

19. See Lorna Richardson, "Commercial common sense again: what role in contract interpretation?" Edinburgh Law Review, 2021, 25(1), pp. 89-94.

20. See Chapter 14 of the Report.

21. See Chapters 16 and 17 of the Report.

22. The relevant (default) provision can be found at section 17 of the draft SLC Bill.

23. [2018] CSIH 33, 2018 SC 440.

24. "What do we know about retention now?", Lorna Richardson, Edinburgh Law Review, 2018, 22(3), pp. 387-39.

25. 1997 SLT 1213. (Cited in footnote 5, page 102 of Report). "I do not consider that the authorities warrant so broad a proposition as that any material breach by one party to a contract necessarily disentitles him from enforcing any and every obligation due by the other party."

26. [2010] UKSC 19, 2010 SC (UKSC) 106.

27. See paragraph 10.28 of the Report.

28. Available at https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/8-9/28/contents.

29. Available at https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/4712/7989/6640/rep174.pdf.

30. [2021] UKPC 22, available at https://www.jcpc.uk/cases/jcpc-2019-0089.html.

31. [2013] CSIH 61.

32. The Report on Penalty Clauses was published in 1999 and is available at https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/1812/7989/6621/rep171.pdf.

33. [2015] UKSC 67.