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Court of Session forms

You'll find all of the forms for Court of Session here.

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The numbered Court of Session Forms relate to the Court of Session Rules of Court.

There may be other administrative forms in use which are not included in this section.

Caveats

5.2

Form of caveat

Form of certificate of likely duration of diet

6.2

Form of certificate of likely duration of diet

Extracts

Application by party litigant for lay support

Summonses, Notice, Warrants and Calling

13.2-AA

Form of summons and backing
Form 13.2-A

Form of summons and backing
Form 13.2-B

Principal forms of conclusion
Form 13.7

Form of citation of defender
Form 13.12

Form of notice of intimation to person holding a heritable security in an action relating to heritable property

Petitions

Form 14A.2

Statement to accompany application for interim deligence
Form 14.4

Form of petition
Form 14.7

Form of citation in petition

Applications by minute or note

Form 15.1

Form of notice of minute
Form 15.2

Form of notice of Note

Service, intimation and diligence

Form 16.2

Form of certificate of personal service or intimation on a warrant on person furth of United Kingdom
Form 16.3

Form of certificate of service or intimation on a warrant by messenger-at-arms
Form 16.4

Form of certificate of service, or intimation on a warrant, by post
Form 16.5

Form of citation by advertisement
Form 16.7

Form of certificate of intimation of a document
Form 16.15-A

Form of schedule of arrestment to found jurisdiction
Form 16.15-B

Form of schedule of arrestment on the dependence
Form 16.15-BB

Form of schedule of arrestment of ship on the dependence
Form 16.15-C

Form of schedule of arrestment in rem of ship, cargo or other maritime res to enforce maritime hypothec or lien
Form 16.15-D

Form of schedule of arrestment in rem of ship to enforce non-pecuniary claim
Form 16.15-G

Form of charge for payment of money
Form 16.15-H

Form of certificate of execution of arrestment
Form 16.15-HH

Form of certificate of arrestment of ship to found jurisdiction
Form 16.15-J

Form of certificate of execution of arrestment of ship or cargo on the dependence
Form 16.15-K

Form of certificate of execution of charge for payment
Form 16.16

Form of Service of copy final decree under section 73C of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987
Form 16-15-I

Form of certificate of execution of arrestment of ship or cargo in rem
Form 16.15-AA

Form of schedule of arrestment of ship to found jurisdiction

Motions

Form 23.1C

Form of motion by email
Form 23.1D

Form of opposition to motion by email
Form 23.2

Form of motion
Form 23.4

Form of opposition to motion
Form 23.5

Form of consent to motion

Amendment of pleadings

Form 24.3

Form of notice to additional or substitute party

Devolution

Third party procedure

Form 26.1-A

Form of third party notice
Form 26.1-B

Form of third party notice by pursuer
Form 26.1-C

Form of third party notice by third party

Group procedure

Withdrawal of agents

Form 30.2

Form of notice of intimation to party whose agent has withdrawn

Caution and security

Form 33.12

Form of book to be kept by the Accountant of Court under section 4 of the Court of Session Consignations (Scotland) Act 1895

Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004

Form 35A.2

Form of child witness notice
Form 35A.3

Form of vulnerable witness application
Form 35A.4

Form of certificate of intimation
Form 35A.6

Form of application for review
Form 35A.7

Form of child witness notice

Recovery of evidence

Form 35.3-A

Form of order of court and certificate in optional procedure for recovery of documents (varied under Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022).
Form 35.3A-A

Form of order of court and certificate in optional procedure for recovery of documents - party litigant cases (varied under Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022)
Form 35.3-B

Form of intimation to Deputy Principal Clerk of Session and other parties of documents recovered under optional procedure
Form 35.3-C

Form of receipt to haver for documents recovered under optional procedure
Form 35.3-D

Form of receipt from party other than party who originally recovered documents under optional procedure
Form 35.4-A

Form of citation of haver to commission for recovery of documents
Form 35.4-B

Form of certificate of citation of haver to appear at commission
Form 35.4-C

Form of citation of haver to commission for recovery of documents
Form 35.4-D

Form of oath for haver or witness at commission
Form 35.4-E

Form of affirmation for haver or witness at commission
Form 35.11-A

Form of citation of witness to commission to take his evidence
Form 35.11-B

Form of certificate of citation of witness to appear at commission
Form 35.11-C

Form of certificate of citation of witness personally at commission to give evidence
Form 35.15-A

Form of minute for letter of request
Form 35.15-B

Form of letter of request
Form 35.16-A

Form of minute for request to take evidence
Form 35.16-B

Form of notice to person in another Member State of intention to seek to take direct evidence
Form 35.16-C

Form of response form to be completed and returned to requesting court by witness

Proofs

Form 36.10-A

Form of oath for witness
Form 36.10-B

Form of affirmation for witness

Jury Trials

Form 36.2-A

Form of citation of witness to proof or jury trial
Form 36.2-B

Form of certificate of citation of witness to appear at proof or jury trial
Form 36.2-C

Form of certificate of citation of witness personally at proof or jury trial
Form 37.2-A

Form of jury precept
Form 37.2-B

Form of citation of juror
Form 37.6-A

Form of oath for jurors
Form 37.6-B

Form of affirmation for jurors

Reclaiming

Form 38.5

Form of reclaiming motion to be written on Form 23.2
Form 38.12

Form of note of objection to competency of reclaiming
Form 38.13

Form of timetable in reclaiming motion

New Trial

Form 39.3

Form of note of objection to competency of application for a new trial
Form 39.4

Form of timetable in application for a new trial

Leave to appeal

Form 40.2

Form of application for leave to appeal

Appeals from inferior court

Form 40.4

Form of marking appeal from inferior court
Form 40.10

Form of note of objection to competency of appeal from inferior court
Form 40.11

Form of timetable in appeal from inferior court
Form 40.15

Form of certification by Deputy Principal Clerk on retransmitting abandoned appeal

Appeals under statute

Form 41A.2

Form of application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court
Form 41.5

Form of note of objection to competency of appeal under statute
Form 41.9

Form of case in appeal under statute to the Court of Session
Form 41.12

Form of case in appeal under statute to the Court of Session
Form 41.17

Form of certification by Deputy Principal Clerk on retransmitting abandoned appeal
Form 41.25

Form of appeal in appeal under statute to the Court of Session
Form 41.29

Form of timetable in appeal under statute
Form 41.55

Form of reference on a preliminary point under an ACAS Scheme
Form 41.59

Form of application for Marine Licence Application etc.

Taxation of accounts and fees of solicitors

Form 42.7

Form of notice to client intimating diet of taxation of solicitor’s account

Actions of damages for, or arising from, personal injuries

Form 43.1A

Form of draft interlocutor granting authority to raise action based on clinical negligence as an ordinary action
Form 43.2-A

Form of summons and backing in personal injury actions
Form 43.2-B

Form of Order of Court for Recovery of Documents in Personal Injuries Action (varied under Rule of Court 1.4 during the currency of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020)
Form 43.3

Form of citation of defender
Form 43.6

Form of timetable order
Form 43.6A

Form of certificate of likely duration of diet
Form 43.9

Form of Statement of Value of Claim
Form 43.10

Form of minute of pre-trial meeting
Form 43.12

Form of conclusion for application for provisional damages
Form 43.13-A

Form of conclusion for application for an award of further damages
Form 43.13-B

Form of notice of application for further damages
Form 43.15

Form of notice of intimation to connected person in an action for damages

Time to pay directions

Actions of division and sale

Form 45A.2

Form of citation of unnamed occupiers

Admiralty actions

Form 46.6

Form of preliminary act in ship collision action
Form 46.9

Intimation to the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund

Family actions

Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977

Actions of multiplepoinding

Form 51.5

Form of advertisement for objections and claims in action of multiplepoinding

Actions of reduction

Form 53.2

Form of notice of intimation to clerk of inferior court or tribunal in action of reduction

Undefended action of proving the tenor

Form 52.3

Form of minute for decree in undefended action of proving the tenor

Applications for judicial review

Form 58.3

Form of petition for judicial review
Form 58.8

Form of request for review
Form 58.18

Form of minute of intervention

Applications for letters

Form 59.1-A

Form of letters of arrestment

Judicial factors

Recognition, registration and enforcement of foreign judgments, etc.

Applications under Section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972

References to the European Court of Justice

Form 65.3

Form of reference to the European Court

Applications under the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

Election petitions

Form 69.2

Form of election petition
Form 69.4

Form of bond of caution in election petition
Form 69.5

Form of notice of the presentation of an election petition and of the nature of the proposed security
Form 69.15

Form of warrant to cite witnesses in election petition
Form 69.19-A

Form of notice of intention to withdraw election petition
Form 69.19-B

Form of application for leave to withdraw election petition
Form 69.23

Form of notice of abatement of petition by death of petitioner

Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985

Form 72.4

Information to be contained in the Register of Insolvencies

Causes in relation to confiscation of proceeds of crime

Form 76.9

Form of notice to person with interest in property subject to an application for an order under paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995

Summary trials

The Human Rights Act 1998

Reporting Restrictions

Form 102.1A

Form of application for an order restricting the reporting of proceedings

Land Registration

Protection Measures

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