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In this study, we investigate Scottish end users' understanding and interpretation of the five point European Avalanche Danger Scale. Our main findings are, first, that many end users report to draw on detailed avalanche information including the avalanche problem information in their planning. Second, only seven in ten end users are aware that there are five danger levels. Third, end users' risk perception of the danger scale, which we elicited using numerical probability judgements about ea...

First paragraph of sub-chapter: To shed light on how chance and contingency operate in relation to artistic creativity (where “artistic” is understood broadly to encompass visual art, music, dance, literature, theatre and so on), one needs, among other things, to engage with a complex web of interrelated ideas encompassing notions such as constraint, predictability, control and design. The goal of this section is to navigate that web. Special attention will be paid to music composition and mu...

The article considers the role of public interest in the Scottish courts' exercise of discretion with regard to the removal of encroachments. The article is in two parts. The first considers the nature of "public interest". The second considers the relevance of public interest considerations in private law in general and encroachment in particular.

The article discusses the decision of the UK Supreme Court in Armstead v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company Ltd [2024] UKSC 6, and in particular how it is likely to be received by the Scottish courts. The case considers the rights of a hirer of corporeal moveable property (in this case a car) if the property is damaged through the fault of a third party.