Scottish courts Jurisdiction question

[WestYorks]

Hi

Can people help with a question of jurisdiction.

I am being chased by someone who is making certain claims against me. They are threatening to sue me in the Scottish Court system , yet I live in England and even though i have not done what they are threatening (they have no real case), if I had done what they are accusing me then this would have done in England (if that makes sense)

Should they follow through and issue a claim through the sheriffs court would i simply need to challenge the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts in this case? or would i need to challenge this and also put a defence in at the same time. I believe they are just threats at this stage but with the court system being quite different i dont want to be unprepared

Ideally if the case comes along i would like to have firm ground on which to challenge jurisdiction, can anyone help me with this please?


Thanks

Lee

[ScottishSolicitor]

Hi

Can people help with a question of jurisdiction.

I am being chased by someone who is making certain claims against me. They are threatening to sue me in the Scottish Court system , yet I live in England and even though i have not done what they are threatening (they have no real case), if I had done what they are accusing me then this would have done in England (if that makes sense)

Should they follow through and issue a claim through the sheriffs court would i simply need to challenge the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts in this case? or would i need to challenge this and also put a defence in at the same time. I believe they are just threats at this stage but with the court system being quite different i dont want to be unprepared

Ideally if the case comes along i would like to have firm ground on which to challenge jurisdiction, can anyone help me with this please?


Thanks

Lee

I would need to know more about the claim - is it breach of contract for example. Were you due to pay someone money in Scotland but failed to? Is the other party a consumer?

[WestYorks]

I would need to know more about the claim - is it breach of contract for example. Were you due to pay someone money in Scotland but failed to? Is the other party a consumer?

Thanks for your reply, i have sent you a PM ( i hope thats ok)

Lee

[WestYorks]

Can anyone else help here please.....

[jaguarsuk]

Can anyone else help here please.....

Perhaps answer the question in post #2 and then it's possible.

[Kati]

ScottishSolicitor ... did you get the PM??

[ScottishSolicitor]

Hi yes I did. I didnt think the poster wanted a further response though. I will look again