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Criminal Defence

Woodward Lawson are able to provide a high level of personal guidance throughout all forms of criminal prosecution in Aberdeen and elsewhere in Scotland. We provide expert representation in all types of criminal cases in the High Court, Sheriff or Justice of the Peace Courts.

Civil Litigation

Woodward Lawson represent clients in a broad range of civil court cases, both in the Sheriff Court and Court of Session.

Contractual Disputes

Contracts form the backbone of daily life in any business. Occasionally, difficulties arise in relation to what was actually agreed and disputes occur if one party does not do what the other expects them to do.

Guardianship & Incapacity

We have significant experience in relation to Guardianship applications both from the perspective of raising applications for Guardianship and also in opposing such applications in disputed cases. Ian Woodward-Nutt also regularly acts as a Court appointed reporter in relation to Guardianship cases.

Building Disputes

Whether you are a builder seeking payment for works which have run into difficulties or a client receiving possible defective building work, it is best to seek our advice at the earliest possible juncture.

Road Traffic Offences

Road Traffic Law forms part of the Criminal Law that is a broad and technically complicated area. If you have been charged by the police or have received papers intimating a criminal prosecution for an alleged road traffic offence, it is important to take advice from an experienced criminal defence lawyer at the earliest opportunity.

Debt Collection

Every business encounters debtors from time to time and this can seriously affect important cash flow. At Woodward Lawson, we provide a robust one-stop service from seven day letters to pursuing court action in the Sheriff Court and Court of Session.

Property & Boundary Disputes

Few aspects of life can cause such concern as a neighbour asserting rights over your land or preventing you from doing something on their land that you thought you had a right to do.

Divorce, Separation & Cohabitation

The breakdown of a relationship, be it marriage, civil partnership or cohabitation, leads to all manner of financial worries and practical difficulties as the inevitable change in your personal circumstances occurs. This is especially so if there are major assets which require to be divided.

Road Haulage Representation

Woodward Lawson are pleased to offer representation in all matters concerning road haulage and transport law.

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Cultivating a Tenancy

14 May 2015

As a landlord, you may consider that the circumstances of some cases against miscreant tenants are cut and dried when you seek to obtain recovery of possession. Take the recent case of Glasgow Housing Association v Stewart. In this case, the tenant had breached the tenancy agreement by producing a controlled drug (cannabis plants) in the property and had actually been convicted for it.

However, considering all the relevant circumstances, the Sheriff was not prepared to make an order for eviction. The Sheriff considered that it was not reasonable under the whole circumstances of the tenancy. The tenancy was already of 9 years duration and the duration of the conduct in question was 5 weeks. The Sheriff also took into consideration that there had been no prior breaches of the tenancy agreement, the tenant had no alternative accommodation, and there had been a hitherto excellent record by the tenant in respect of his relations with the landlord and his immediate neighbours. He concluded that the conduct had caused no actual alarm, distress, annoyance or nuisance and there were no other aggravating features.

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