Pentland Investments Limited Against Aitken Turnbull Architects Limited

JurisdictionScotland
JudgeSheriff N A Ross
Neutral Citation[2018] SC EDIN 16
Published date26 March 2018
Date19 March 2018
Docket NumberCA66/17
CourtSheriff Court
SHERIFFDOM OF LOTHIAN AND BORDERS AT EDINBURGH
[2018] SC EDIN 16
CA66/17
JUDGMENT OF SHERIFF N A ROSS
In the cause
PENTLAND INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Pursuer
Against
AITKEN TURNBULL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Defender
Pursuer: Walker QC; Brodies LLP
Defender: McKenzie; Clyde & Co
Edinburgh, 19 March 2018: The Sheriff, having resumed consideration of the cause, sustains
the defender’s second plea-in-law to the extent of granting decree of absolvitor; finds the
pursuer liable to the defender in the expenses of process as taxed; remits the cause to the
auditor to fix a diet of taxation and to report; certifies the cause as suitable for the
employment of junior counsel.
Note:-
[1] Adjudication is available where parties to a construction contract require speedy,
interim resolution of a construction dispute. It is available subject to the various
requirements and definitions set out in the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration
Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”). Unless the parties agree otherwise, an adjudication will be subject

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