Home About SCS SCS News Reports & Data Recruitment Help Contact Us
Scottish Courts
  • The Courts
    • Courts, tribunals and Justice organisations in Scotland
      • High Court
        • About the High Court
        • High Court locations
        • Justiciary Office
        • High Court Practice Notes
        • High Court Rolls
        • Contact the High Court
        • Judgments
      • Court of Session
        • About the Court of Session
        • Court Rolls
        • Judgments
        • Practice Notes
      • Supreme Courts
        • About the Supreme Courts
      • Sheriff Court
        • About Sheriff Courts
        • Find a court
        • Court Rolls
        • Rules
        • Judgments
        • FAQs
      • JP Court
        • About JP Courts
        • Court Rolls
        • Fees
        • FAQs
        • Signing documents
      • More
        • Office of the Public Guardian
        • Justice Organisations
        • Other courts and tribunals
        • The Accountant of Court
        • Scottish Court Service Headquarters
  • Coming to Court
    • Information for those due to attend or visit court
      • Attending a Court
      • Jurors
      • Witnesses
      • Victims of Crime
  • Taking Action
    • Information on how some court processes work and action you may want to take
      • Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnership
      • Small Claims
      • Summary Cause
      • Pay a Fine
      • Summary Applications
      • European Applications
      • Criminal
      • Dealing With a Deceased’s Estate in Scotland
      • Court Fees
      • Bankruptcy
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Glossary of terms
      • Ordinary Cause
  • Current Business
    • List of daily court business
      • Court Rolls
        • Justice of the Peace
        • Sheriff Court
        • High Court of Justiciary
        • Criminal Appeal Rolls
        • Court of Session Rolls
      • Court Notices
        • Contempt of Court Orders
  • Search Judgments
    • Only judgments of significant points of law or public interest
      • About Judgments
      • Court of Session & High Court
      • Sheriff Court
      • Fatal Accident Inquiries
      • Lockerbie Trial
  • Rules and Practice
    • Procedures and practices which apply to courts
      • Practice Notes
        • Court of Session Practice Notes
        • Criminal Courts Practice Notes
        • Sheriff Court Practice Notes (Civil)
        • Court of Session - Directions
      • Fees
        • High Court Fees
        • Court of Session Fees
        • J P Court Fees
        • Sheriff Court Fees
      • Rules of Court
        • Court of Session Rules
        • Criminal Procedure Rules
        • Sheriff Court - Civil Procedure Rules
        • New Rules
      • Forms
        • Sheriff Court Forms
        • Criminal Procedure Forms
        • Fee Exemption Forms
        • Court of Session Forms
      • Rules Councils
        • Rules Councils
        • Sheriff Court Rules Council
        • Court of Session Rules Council
        • Criminal Court Rules Council
        • Lord President's AC on Solicitors Fees
        • AC Messenger-at Arms & Sheriff Officers
      • Guidance Notes
        • Small Claim Guidance Notes
        • Summary Cause Guidance Notes
        • Simplified Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnership Guidance Notes
        • Dealing With a Deceased's Estate Guidance Notes
Home > Rules and Practice > Rules of Court > Court of Session Rules

Court of Session Rules

Chapter 1       Citation, Application etc. 
Chapter 2       Relief from Compliance with Rules
Chapter 3       Offices of the Court
Chapter 4       The Process
Chapter 5       Caveats 
Chapter 6       The Rolls
Chapter 7       Extracts and Official Certified Copy Interlocutors 
Chapter 8       Taxes on Money under Control of the Court
Chapter 9       Court Records
Chapter 10     Sittings of the Court 
Chapter 11     Vacation Judge
Chapter 12     Assessors
Chapter 12a   Lay Support for Party Litigants
Chapter 12b   Lay Representation
Chapter 13     Summonses, Notice, Warrants and Calling
Chapter 14     Petitions
Chapter 14a    Interim Diligence
Chapter 15     Applications by Minute or Note
Chapter 16     Service, Intimation and Diligence
Chapter 17     Appearance in Actions
Chapter 18     Defences and Answers
Chapter 19     Decrees in Absence
Chapter 20     Decrees by Default
Chapter 21     Summary Decrees
Chapter 21a.1 Dismissal of a claim due to delay
Chapter 22     Making Up and Closing Records
Chapter 23     Motions
Chapter 24     Amendment of Pleadings
Chapter 25     Counterclaims
Chapter 25a   Devolution Issues
Chapter 26     Third Party Procedure
Chapter 27     Documents founded on or adopted in Pleadings
Chapter 28     Procedure Roll
Chapter 28a   Notices to Admit and Notices of Non-Admission
Chapter 29     Abandonment
Chapter 30     Withdrawal of Agents
Chapter 31     Minutes of Sist and Transference
Chapter 32     Transmission and Remit of Causes
Chapter 32a   Transfer of Causes to and from the Competition Appeal Tribunal
Chapter 33     Caution and Security
Chapter 34     Reports to Inner House
Chapter 35     Recovery of Evidence 
Chapter 35a   Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
Chapter 36     Proofs
Chapter 37     Jury Trials
Chapter 37a   Procedural Business in the Inner House
Chapter 38     Reclaiming 
Chapter 39     Applications for New Trial or to Enter Jury Verdicts
Chapter 40     Appeals from Inferior Courts 
Chapter 40 (Old) Appeals from Inferior Courts
Chapter 41     Appeals under Statute
Chapter 42     Taxation of Accounts and Fees of Solicitors
Chapter 43     Actions of Damages for, or arising from Personal Injuries
Chapter 43a   Actions of Harassment
Chapter 44     Time to Pay Directions
Chapter 45     Actions of Division and Sale 
Chapter 45a   Actions of Removing
Chapter 46     Admiralty Actions 
Chapter 47     Commercial Actions 
Chapter 48     Exchequer Causes
Chapter 49     Family Actions
Chapter 50     Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
Chapter 51     Actions of Multiplepoinding 
Chapter 52     Actions of Proving the Tenor
Chapter 53     Actions of Reduction
Chapter 54     Applications and References under the Defamation Act 1996 
CHAP55         Causes relating to Intellectual property
Chapter 56     Judgments of the House of Lords 
Chapter 56a   Judgements of the Supreme Court 
Chapter 57     Admission of Advocates 
Chapter 58     Applications for Judicial Review
Chapter 58A    Protective Expenses Orders in Environment Appeals and Judicial Reviews
Chapter 59     Applications for Letters
Chapter 60     Applications for Suspension, Suspension and Interdict, and Suspension and Liberation
Chapter 61     Judicial Factors 
Chapter 62     Recognition, Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, etc.
Chapter 63     Applications relating to Trusts
Chapter 64     Applications under Section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 
Chapter 65     References to the European Court of Justice 
Chapter 66     Applications under the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975 
Chapter 67     Applications under the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
Chapter 68     Applications under the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980
Chapter 69     Election Petitions
Chapter 70     Applications under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 
Chapter 71     Registration and Enforcement of Part I Orders under the Family Law Act 1986 
Chapter 72     Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
Chapter 73     Rectification of Documents
Chapter 74     Companies
Chapter 75     Applications relating to Financial Services
Chapter 76     Causes in relation to Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime
Chapter 77     Summary Trials 
Chapter 78     Special cases under Section 27 of the Court of Session Act 1988 
Chapter 79     Applications under the Access to Health Records Act 1990
Chapter 80     Applications in respect of Qualified Conveyancers and Executry Practitioners
Chapter 82     The Human Rights Act 1998
Chapter 83     Applications for Purposes of Investigations Ordered Pursuant to Article 14
                     Regulation 17 of the Council of the European Communities

Chapter 84     Applications under the Terrorism Act 2000
Chapter 85     Applications under the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
Chapter 85a   Domestic Abuse Interdicts
Chapter 86     Applications under Section 28, 28A, 62, 62A, 63, 65G or 65H of the Competition Act 1998
Chapter 87     Causes relating to Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty establishing the European Community 
Chapter 88     Civil Matters involving Parental Responsibilities under the Council Regulation
Chapter 89     Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures 
Chapter 90     Freedom of Information
Chapter 91     Gender Recognition Act 2004
Chapter 92     Inquiries Act 2005
Chapter 93     Live Links
Chapter 94     Interventions by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights
Chapter 95     Scottish Commission for Human Rights
Chapter 96     Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 - Financial Restrictions Proceedings
Chapter 97     Applications for Parental Orders under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
Chapter 99     Energy Act 2008 - Interdicts 
Chapter 100   Arbitration
Chapter 101   Terrorist Asset Freezing
Chapter 102   Reporting Restrictions under the Contempt of Court Act 1981
Chapter 103   Forced Marriage Appendix

More

About the Court of Session
Court of Session Rules Council
Court of Session Directions
Court of Session Forms
Court of Session Fees
Popular

  • Small Claims
  • Divorce/dissolution
  • Deceased's estate
  • Sequestration
  • Glossary of legal terms
Organisations

  • Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal
  • Scottish Legal Aid Board
  • Scottish Government
  • Other courts and tribunals
  • More organisations
SCS links

  • Procurement
  • Complaints
  • Media Enquiries
  • FOI
  • Judicial Office
  • Office of the Public Guardian
  • Accountant of Court
Useful links

  • Opinions
  • Judicial FAQs
  • Equality
  • Other languages
Complaints & Feedback Sitemap Accessibility Statement Crown Copyright