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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-simple-procedure-2016/schedule-1/part-21",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/200",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-simple-procedure-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/21",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "21: Glossary",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "21.1\nWhat is this Part about?\n(1)\nThis Part contains a guide for litigants, lay representatives and courtroom supporters to the meaning of certain legal words and expressions used in these rules.\nWord or expression\nMeaning\nAdditional respondent\nA person who is not named as a respondent by the claimant in the Claim Form but who enters the case later.\nAdmitting a claim\nWhere the respondent accepts the claim made by the claimant, including the things which the claimant wants from the respondent.\nAppeal\nAsking the Sheriff Appeal Court to reverse or vary the decision of a sheriff on a point of law.\nApplication\nA way for a party to ask the court to do something by sending it and other parties a written application in a special form.\nArrestment on the dependence\nAn order freezing the respondent's funds or good held by a third party (typically money held in a bank account), in advance of the sheriff making a decision in a case.\nCase management discussion\nAn informal discussion of how a case is progressing, involving the sheriff and the parties.\nCite a witness\nDemand that a witness attend a hearing by an officer of court formally serving a Witness Citation Notice.\nClaim\nThe things which the claimant wants from the respondent.\nClaimant\nThe person making a claim.\nCourtroom supporter\nA person who may accompany a party in court to provide moral support.\nDecision\nThe final order which the sheriff makes about the merits of a case, setting out who has been successful.\nDiscussion\nA discussion of a particular issue (such as an application), involving the sheriff and the parties, which may take place in court.\nDismissing a claim\nAn order by the sheriff ending the case without deciding which party has been successful.\nExpenses\nThe contribution the court can order one party to make towards how much it costs another party to conduct a case.\nFormal service\nThe formal process of sending a copy of a court document to a party or other person.\nHearing\nAn appearance by both parties in court at which witnesses and evidence can be considered and the sheriff will make a decision.\nLast date for a response\nThe date by which the Respondent must respond to the claim by sending a Response Form to the court and to the claimant, or respond to the claim by sending a Time to Pay Application to the court.\nLast date for service\nThe date by which the Claim Form must be formally served on the respondent.\nLay representative\nA representative who is not a lawyer.\nLegal representative\nA representative who is a lawyer.\nLodge\nTo deposit documents and other evidence to the sheriff clerk before a hearing, for their use at that hearing.\nOrder\nA direction given by the sheriff to the parties telling them what they must do or what will happen next in a case.\nParty\nA person involved on one side of a simple procedure case – either a claimant or a respondent.\nPause\nTemporarily suspend the progress of a case.\nPortal on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website\nThe portal for conducting a simple procedure case at http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/.\nPrinciples of simple procedure\nThe 5 principles listed in rule 1.2.\nProvisional order\nAn order which protects or secures a claimant's position before a hearing, such as freezing a sum of money in the respondent's bank account.\nRecall\nAn order cancelling a decision made by the sheriff.\nRepresentative\nA person who assists a party and speaks on their behalf in court, who may be either a legal representative or a lay representative.\nRespondent\nThe person a claim is made against.\nResponse\nThe respondent's reasons why the claim should not be successful.\nRestart\nResuming the progress of a paused case.\nSend\nSending something in a way provided for in Part 6 of the rules.\nSheriff\nThe judge who will decide a simple procedure case.\nSheriff clerk\nA court official who provides administrative support to the sheriff.\nSheriff officer\nA court officer who may formally serve court documents.\nSimple procedure case\nA claim which is registered by the sheriff clerk.\nStatutory intervener\nA statutory body with the power to intervene in a simple procedure case.\nTimetable\nThe dates by which the first two steps that the parties must take in a simple procedure case are to be completed – the last date for service and the last date for a response.\nTime to pay\nAn order giving the respondent time to pay the claimant in instalments or in a deferred lump sum.\nTrading name\nA name under which a person, partnership or company carries out its business.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 1 rule 21.1(1) substituted (30.7.2018) by Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/191), paras. 1(2), 2(2)(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 1 rule 21.1(1) inserted (1.1.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules 2021 and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (Statutory Interveners) 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/353), paras. 1(2), 7(5)"
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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