{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988/schedule/paragraph-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988/schedule/paragraph-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1976",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Small Claim Rules) 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-small-claim-rules-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/22",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Abandonment of small claim",
  "text": "(1) At any time prior to decree being pronounced, the pursuer may offer to abandon the small claim.\n(2) Where the pursuer offers to abandon, the sheriff clerk shall assess the sum of expenses payable by the pursuer to the defender calculated on such basis as the sheriff may direct (subject to section 36B of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 and rule 26 below).\n(3) The pursuer shall make payment to the defender of the assessed sum of expenses within 14 days of the date of assessment; and the court may thereafter dismiss the claim.\n(4) Where the pursuer fails to make payment of the sum of assessed expenses within 14 days of the date of assessment, the court shall absolve the defender with expenses in favour of the defender.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 36B of the Sheriff Court (Scotland) Act 1971 was substituted by section 18(2) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1976/schedule/paragraph/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:02.205881+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."
}