STORRE

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.

This paper presents a framing analysis of 12 editions of The Big Issue published in the last three months of 2023. The study employs framing analysis to investigate the language used by the magazine to report on poverty and homelessness. The paper analyses the 'My Pitch' column which represents the voice of the often-homeless vendors who sell the magazine. Using Entman's (1993) approach to framing we analyse how individuals with lived experience of poverty and homelessness define the causes a...

This paper analyses 1,055 UK national newspaper articles on the cost-of-living crisis published in 18 months between February 2022 and August 2023. This study utilizes framing analysis to examine the reporting of the crisis, with a specific focus on the presentation of those identified as victims of the crisis. The paper also discusses how the news media report individual and macroeconomic solutions to the crisis. The study finds that market rationalism and individualist explanations dominate...

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.