CA63/19
OPINION OF LADY WOLFFE
In the cause
MARGARET HAMILTON OF ROCKHALL
against
LORD LYON KING OF ARMS
Pursuer: Lindsay QC; Lindsays
Defender: Mure QC; The Court of the Lord Lyon
5 November 2019
Introduction
Outline of dispute
[1] The present action concerns the parties' dispute as to the validity, proper meaning and effect of heads of agreements ("the Agreement") entered into in 2008 to settle extra-judicially prior litigation (in the form of a judicial review) between the parties. The Agreement was a composite agreement in that it also resolved a separate, second judicial review ("the Lindberg judicial review") brought at the same time by another individual, Dr Lindberg, who is not a party to these proceedings. In October 2017 the defender indicated an intention to alter his usage (to use a neutral word) in respect of the wording of