Section 43 Interest and expenses where appeal dismissed for want of prosecution.
Scotland
Where an appeal to the F1Supreme Court under section 40 of this Act is dismissed for want of prosecution, the Inner House may, on an application made to it by any respondent in the appeal, order the appellant to pay to that respondent such interest, simple or compound, as it thinks fit, together with the expenses which have been incurred in consequence of the appeal.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in s. 40(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 49(9); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)
Notes on Appeals to Supreme Court
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in cross-heading preceding s. 40 substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 40, 148, Sch. 9 para. 49(5); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)