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Ordinary Cause Rules

ACT OF SEDERUNT (SHERIFF COURT ORDINARY CAUSE RULES) 1993 No.1956 (S.223)

Schedule 1

Arrangement of Ordinary Cause Rules.

Initiation and progress of causes

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Chapter 1 - Citation, Interpretation, Representation and Forms (1) (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 1 - Citation, Interpretation, Representation and Forms (2) (?) (?) (Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 1A - Lay representation (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 2 - Relief from compliance with rules (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (1) (?) (?) (for arrestments on the dependence made prior to 1 April 2008) (?)	Download
Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 30 September 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (3) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010 and before 22 September 2015) (?)	Download
Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (4) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 22 September 2015) (?)	Download
Chapter 03A - Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol (?) (?) This chapter does not apply to an action where the accident, or other circumstance giving rise to the liability to which the action relates, occurred before 28th November 2016. (?)	Download
Chapter 4A - Mode of attendance at hearing (?) (?) (Applies to procedural hearings fixed on or after 3 July 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 5 - Citation, service and intimation (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 30 September 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 5 - Citation, service and intimation (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010 and before 4 April 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 5 - Citation, service and intimation (3) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 6 - Arrestment (1) (?) (?) (for arrestments on the dependence made prior to 1 April 2008) (?)	Download
Chapter 6 - Interim Diligence (2) (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 7 - Undefended Causes (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 8 - Reponing (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 9 - Standard Procedure in Defended Causes (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 9 - Standard Procedure in Defended Causes (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 9 - Standard Procedure in Defended Causes (3) (?) (?) (Actions commenced on or after 25 Sept 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 9A - Documents and Witnesses (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 10 - Additional Procedure (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 10 - Additional Procedure (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 10 - Additional Procedure (3) (?) (?) (Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 11 - The Process (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 12 - Interlocutors (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 12 - Interlocutors (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 13 - Party MInuter Procedure (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 13A - Interventions by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 13B - Interventions by the Scottish Commission for Human Rights (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 14 - Applications by Minute (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 14 - Applications by Minute (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 14 - Applications by Minute (3) (?) (?) (Actions commenced on or after 25 Sept 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 15 - Motions (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 15A - Motions intimated and lodged by email (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 16 - Decrees by Default (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 17 - Summary decrees (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 17 - Summary decrees (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 18 - Amendment of pleadings (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 19 - Counterclaims (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 20 - Third party procedure (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 21 - Documents founded on or adopted in pleadings (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 22 - Preliminary Pleas (1) (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 22 - Preliminary Pleas (2) (?) (?) (Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 23 - Abandonment (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 24 - Withdrawal of solicitors (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 25 - Minutes of sist and transference (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 26 - Transfer and Remit of causes (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 22 September 2015) (?)	Download
Chapter 26 - Transfer and Remit of causes (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 22 September 2015) (?)	Download
Chapter 27 - Caution and Security (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 27A - Pursuer's offers (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 28 - Recovery of evidence (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 4 April 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 28 - Recovery of evidence (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 28A - Pre-Proof Hearing (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 28A - Pre-Proof Hearing (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013) (?)	Download

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Special provisions in relation to particular causes

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Chapter 33 - Family actions (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 1 January 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 January 2011 and before 4 April 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (3) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011 and before 28 November 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (4) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (5) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012 and before 24 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (6) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 24 June 2013 and before 24 June 2019) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (7) (?) (?) (Actions and minutes to vary lodged on or after 24 June 2019) (?)	Download
Chapter 33 - Family actions (8) (?) (?) (Actions commenced on or after 25 Sept 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 1 January 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 January 2011 and before 6 April 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (3) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 6 April 2011 and before 28 November 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (4) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership Actions (5) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012 and before 24 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (6) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 24 June 2013 and before 24 June 2019) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (7) (?) (?) (Actions and minutes to vary lodged on or after 24 June 2019) (?)	Download
Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (8) (?) (?) (Actions and minutes to vary commenced on or after 25 September 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 33AA - Expeditious resolution of certain causes (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 33AA - Expeditious resolution of certain causes (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013 and before 25 September 2023) (?)	Download
Chapter 33B - Financial provision for former cohabitants (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 33C - Referrals to Principal Reporter (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 24 June 2013) (?)	Download
Chapter 34 - Actions relating to heritable property (1) (?) (?) (Actions relating for causes commenced prior to 1 April 2008) (?)	Download
Chapter 34 - Actions relating to heritable property (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 April 2008 and before 30 September 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 34 - Actions relating to heritable property (3) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 35 - Actions of multiplepoinding (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (1) (?) (?) ( Including personal injury actions lodged on or after 02 November 2009 and before 29 July 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 29 July 2010 and before 28 November 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (3) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 22 September 2015) (?)	Download
Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (4) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 22 September 2015) (?)	Download
Chapter 36A - Case management of certain personal injury actions (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 36B - Jury trials (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 37 - Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) act 1977 (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 38 - European Court (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 39 - Provisions in relation to curators ad litem (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 40 - Commercial actions (1) (?) (?) (Actions lodged before 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 40 - Commercial actions (2) (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012) (?)	Download
Chapter 41 - Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001 (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 41A - Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011 (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 42 - Competition appeal tribunal (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 42A - Applications in Competition Proceedings (?) (?) (Actions lodged on or after 26 May 2017) (?)	Download
Chapter 43 - Causes relating to Articles 101 and 102 of the treaty on the functioning of the European union (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 44 - Equality Enactments (1) (?) (?) (actions lodged before 1 October 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 44 - The Equality Act 2010 (2) (?) (?) (actions lodged on or after 1 October 2010) (?)	Download
Chapter 45- Vulnerable Witness (Scotland) Act 2004 (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 46 - Companies Act 2006 (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 47 - Actions of division and sale and orders for division and/or sale of property (?) (?) (for actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011) (?)	Download
Chapter 48 - Reporting restrictions (?) (?) From 1st April 2015 (?)	Download
Chapter 49 - Admiralty actions (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 50 - Lodging audio or audio-visual recordings of children (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 51 - Land Registration etc. (?) (?) (?)	Download
Chapter 52 - Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in civil matters (?) (?) Repealed by SSI 2022/329 with effect from 1 December 2022 (?)	Download