Mr L MacDougall and Others v The Highland Council: 4103916/2025

5. The claim had originally featured two respondents: the local authority, and the Centre. On the second day of the hearing the Centre was removed as a respondent under rule 35 by the consent of all parties, on the basis that the Centre did not of itself have a separate legal personality. The preliminary hearing proceeded as against the local authority as the sole respondent. Findings in fact The respondent and the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music 6.