# The Small Claims (Scotland) Order 1988, Article 2: Proceedings to be small claims


The form of summary cause process, to be known as a “small claim”, shall be used for the purposes of summary cause proceedings of one or other of the following descriptions, namely—
(a) actions for payment of money not exceeding £750 in amount (exclusive of interest and expenses), other than actions in respect of aliment and interim aliment and actions of defamation;
(b) actions ad factum praestandum and actions for the recovery of possession of moveable property where in any such action ad factum praestandum or for recovery there is included, as an alternative to the claim, a claim for payment of a sum not exceeding £750 (exclusive of interest and expenses).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1999/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/small-claims-scotland-order-1988/article-2
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