{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-6.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-appeal-court-rules-2021/rule-6.2.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/6.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.2",
  "heading": "Form of appeal",
  "text": "(1) An appeal is made by lodging a note of appeal in Form 6.2.\n(2) The note of appeal must—\n(a) specify—\n(i) the decision complained of;\n(ii) the date on which the decision was made;\n(iii) the date on which it was intimated to the appellant;\n(iv) any other relevant information;\n(b) state the grounds of appeal in brief specific numbered paragraphs setting out concisely the grounds on which it is proposed that the appeal should be allowed;\n(c) have appended to it a copy of the interlocutor containing the decision appealed against;\n(d) where the sheriff’s note is available, have appended to it a copy of the note;\n(e) where the sheriff’s note is not available, indicate whether the appellant—\n(i) has requested that the sheriff writes a note and is awaiting its production;\n(ii) requests that the sheriff write a note; or\n(iii) considers that the appeal is sufficiently urgent that the Court should hear and determine the appeal without the sheriff’s note;\n(f) state whether, taking into account the matters in rule 6.11(3), the appellant considers that the appeal should be appointed to Chapter 7 procedure or Chapter 8 procedure;\n(g) be signed;\n(h) where the appellant is represented by a solicitor, specify the name and business address of the solicitor.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Para. 6.2 in force at 6.1.2022, see para. 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/468/rule/6.2",
    "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."
}