Nicola Ross
PartnerNicola is a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. She is a highly experienced commercial litigator with a significant track record of resolving disputes.
Nicola is particularly experienced in contractual disputes, personal and corporate insolvency matters and debt recovery.
She is noted as being a first class communicator with a highly commercial outlook and an ability to balance risk, costs and outcome to optimise client results.
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Sheriff Appeal Court considers the meaning of 'entitled resident' in the enforcement of a standard security
Can the spouse of an executor claim to be an 'entitled resident' in the context of a 'calling-up' of a standard security? That was the question for the Sheriff Appeal Court in Soofi, Appellant. The answer from the Sheriff Appeal Court was no, but the case raises some interesting points for lenders to consider who may qualify as a 'debtor' or 'proprietor' under the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970.
