{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/paragraph-33.36L",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/paragraph-33.36L.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/33.36L",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "33.36L",
  "heading": "Pre-Hearing Meeting",
  "text": "(1) In advance of the Full Case Management Hearing the parties must hold a pre-hearing meeting, at which parties must—\n(a) discuss settlement of the action;\n(b) agree, so far as is possible, the matters which are not in dispute between them;\n(c) discuss the information referred to in rule 33.36P(3) (Full Case Management Hearing).\n(2) Not later than 2 days before the Full Case Management Hearing the pursuer must lodge with the court a joint minute of the pre-hearing meeting, signed by both parties, addressing the points in rule 33.36P(3) or explain to the sheriff why such a minute has not been lodged.\n(3) If a party is not present during the pre-hearing meeting, that party’s representative must be able to contact the party during the meeting and be in full possession of all relevant facts.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rules 33.36A-33.36Q inserted (25.9.2023) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Case Management of Defended Family and Civil Partnership Actions) 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/289), paras. 1(2), 2(17) (with para. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2014/18",
      "affecting_title": "Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/1/paragraph/33.36L",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:34:13.908359+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."
}