# The Rules of the Scottish Land Court Order 2014, Paragraph 15: Adjustment of pleadings


(1) On receipt of answers to an application the Principal Clerk is to consider whether to delay fixing a hearing—
(a) in order to allow changes to be made to written pleadings by way of adjustment; or
(b) in order to allow parties time to attempt to resolve the dispute by negotiation or other means; or
(c) for any other purpose (as for example to afford parties an opportunity to agree to have the application disposed of on written submissions).
(2) If the Principal Clerk does not consider there is reason for such delay, she—
(a) is to proceed in accordance with rule 19 to fix a hearing;
(b) may specify a timetable within which the applicant may respond to the answers and parties may adjust, clarify or supplement the statements of fact or any pleas in law in their written pleadings; (b)and
(c) may ask the court to make such further order as to procedure as it thinks fit.
(3) Within 2 weeks after the last period allowed under paragraph (2)(b) or (c) has expired, each party must, unless otherwise instructed by the Principal Clerk, lodge a copy of that party’s written pleadings in their revised form.
(4) Parties may, at any time up to 4 weeks before the date fixed for a hearing, adjust any statements of fact or pleas in law in their written pleadings—
(a) to clarify or supplement them;
(b) to admit or deny any matter; or
(c) in so far as is requisite to give fair notice of matters to be raised, or relied on, at the hearing.
(5) A party making adjustments by virtue of paragraph (4) must lodge a copy of their pleadings as adjusted and at the same time send a copy to the other party or parties.
(6) The provisions of paragraph (4) are without prejudice to the rights of other parties to object to all or any part of the adjustment either—
(a) because it is alleged to be out of time as a matter of substantive law; or
(b) because that party would be prejudiced by allowance of the change at the time when it is proposed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/229/schedule/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-scottish-land-court-order-2014/schedule/paragraph-15
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