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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-First/paragraph-36A.8",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907",
  "path": "schedule/First/paragraph/36A.8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "36A.8",
  "heading": "Lodging of written statements",
  "text": "Each party must, no later than 7 days before the Procedural Hearing fixed under rule 36A.7(2) lodge in process and send to every other party a written statement containing proposals for further procedure which must state—\n(a) whether the party is seeking to have the action appointed to debate or to have the action sent to proof;\n(b) where it is sought to have the action appointed to debate—\n(i) the legal argument on which any preliminary plea should be sustained or repelled; and\n(ii) the principal authorities (including statutory provisions) on which the argument is founded;\n(c) where it is sought to have the action appointed to proof—\n(i) the issues for proof;\n(ii) the names, occupations (where known) and addresses of the witnesses who are intended to be called to give evidence, including the matters to which each witness is expected to speak and the time estimated for each witness;\n(iii) whether any such witness is considered to be a vulnerable witness within the meaning of section 11(1) of the Act of 2004 and whether any child witness notice under section 12(2) of that Act or vulnerable witness application under section 12(6) of that Act has been, or is to be, lodged in respect of that witness;\n(iv) the progress made in preparing and exchanging the reports of any skilled persons;\n(v) the progress made in obtaining and exchanging records, particularly medical records;\n(vi) the progress made in taking and exchanging witness statements;\n(vii) the time estimated for proof and how that estimate was arrived at;\n(viii) any other progress that has been made, is to be made, or could be made in advance of the proof;\n(ix) whether an application has been or is to be made under rule 36B.2 (applications for jury trial).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Ch. 36A inserted (22.9.2015) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (No. 2) (Personal Injury and Remits) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/227), paras. 1(2), 8(14) (with para. 11(2)(3)) (as amended by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Sheriff Court Rules Amendment) (No. 2) (Personal Injury and Remits) 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/296), paras. 1(2), 4(2))"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/First/paragraph/36A.8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:51.257811+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."
}