ESSO PETROLEUM Company Ltd Pursuers against HALL RUSSELL & Company Ltd Defenders DONKIN & Company Ltd Third parties and Others

JurisdictionScotland
Date1995
CourtCourt of Session (Outer House)
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  • Barrie Tonner And Another V. Reiach And Hall
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 12 Junio 2007
    ...an action to an end on the ground of mere delay on the part of the pursuer. In Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd. v Hall Russell & Co. Ltd. (No. 2) 1995 SLT 127 the defenders moved for dismissal of an action on the ground that there had been inordinate and inexcusable delay in pursuing the action. The......
  • Michelle Hepburn V. Royal Alexandria Hospital Nhs+glasgow Infirmary
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 27 Julio 2010
    ...Sons Ltd [1968] 2 QB 229). Similar issues had already arisen in Scotland (Esso Petroleum Company Ltd v Hall, Russell & Company Ltd (No.2) 1995 SLT 127; cf Newman Shopfitters Ltd v MJ Gleeson Group plc 2003 SLT (Sh.Ct.) 83 and McKie v MacRae 2006 SLT 43). Neither were considerations of a fai......
  • Newman Shopfitters Limited V. M.j. Gleeson Group Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Sheriff Court
    • 4 Marzo 2003
    ...right to do so. Counsel founded on Purdie v Kincaid & Co Ltd 1959 SLT (Sh Ct) 64; Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Hall Russell & Co Ltd (No 2) 1995 SLT 127; and Catterson v Davidson 2000 SLT (Sh Ct) 51. He also referred to Macphail on Sheriff Court Practice (2nd edn) paras 2.05 and 5.95 et seq. Eve......
  • Martin David Mckie And Others V. Maureen Macrae And Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Session
    • 23 Diciembre 2005
    ...para. [87]. Miss Smart properly drew my attention to the Opinion of Lord Johnson in Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Hall Russell & Co Ltd (No.2) 1995 S.L.T. 127. In that case Lord Johnston held that the courts had no inherent power such as is contended for in the present case. He had, in effect, he......
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