{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-21.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-21.1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2021/468",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021",
  "path": "rule/21.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "21.1",
  "heading": "Application and interpretation of this Chapter",
  "text": "(1) This Chapter applies in civil proceedings, where either or both—\n(a) an application for an award of expenses is made to the Court;\n(b) such an award is made by the Court.\n(2) Where this Chapter applies—\n(a) rules 10.1(5) and (6);\n(b) any common law rule entitling a pursuer to abandon an appeal, to the extent that it concerns expenses,\nare disapplied.\n(3) In this Chapter—\n“the 2018 Act” means the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018;\n“the applicant” has the meaning given in rule 21.2(1), and “applicants” is construed accordingly;\n“civil proceedings” means civil proceedings to which section 8 of the 2018 Act (restriction on pursuer’s liability for expenses in personal injury claims) applies.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 21.1 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2018 asp 10."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/21.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:52:26.871573+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}