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Part Initiation and progress of causes

Scotland

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  1. 1CITATION, INTERPRETATION, REPRESENTATION AND FORMS
  2. 1ALAY REPRESENTATION
  3. 2RELIEF FROM COMPLIANCE WITH RULES
  4. 3COMMENCEMENT OF CAUSES
  5. 3APERSONAL INJURY PRE-ACTION PROTOCOL
  6. 4Chapter 4
  7. 4AMODE OF ATTENDANCE AT HEARINGS
  8. 5CITATION, SERVICE AND INTIMATION
  9. 6INTERIM DILIGENCE
  10. 7UNDEFENDED CAUSES
  11. 8REPONING
  12. 9STANDARD PROCEDURE IN DEFENDED CAUSES
  13. 9ADOCUMENTS AND WITNESSES
  14. 10ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE
  15. 11THE PROCESS
  16. 12THE PROCESS
  17. 13PARTY MINUTER PROCEDURE
  18. 13ASTATUTORY INTERVENERS
  19. 13BINTERVENTIONS BY THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
  20. 14APPLICATIONS BY MINUTE
  21. 15MOTIONS
  22. 15AMOTIONS INTIMATED AND LODGED BY EMAIL
  23. 16DECREES BY DEFAULT
  24. 17SUMMARY DECREES
  25. 18AMENDMENT OF PLEADINGS
  26. 19COUNTERCLAIMS
  27. 20THIRD PARTY PROCEDURE
  28. 21DOCUMENTS FOUNDED ON OR ADOPTED IN PLEADINGS
  29. 22PRELIMINARY PLEAS
  30. 23ABANDONMENT
  31. 24WITHDRAWAL OF SOLICITORS
  32. 25WITHDRAWAL OF SOLICITORS
  33. 26TRANSFER AND REMIT OF CAUSES
  34. 27CAUTION AND SECURITY
  35. 27APURSUERS’ OFFERS
  36. 28RECOVERY OF EVIDENCE
  37. 28APRE-PROOF HEARING
  38. 29PROOF
  39. 30DECREES, EXTRACTS AND EXECUTION
  40. 31APPEALS
  41. 31AQUALIFIED ONE-WAY COSTS SHIFTING
  42. 32TAXATION OF EXPENSES
  43. 32ALIVE LINKS

Notes on Schedule First

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, para. 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 1 applied (30.11.2016) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21), ss. 121(5), 237(2) (with ss. 232, 234(3), 235, 236); S.S.I. 2016/294, reg. 2

C2

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Intimation and Service) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/301), paras. 1(2), (4), 2 (with para. 1(5))

C3

Sch. 1 modified (1.12.2025) by Act of Sederunt (Electronic Signature and Electronic Transmission of Documents) 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/302), paras. 1(2), 2(1), 3-5