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
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Chapter 1A - Lay representation
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Chapter 2 - Relief from compliance with rules
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Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (1)
(for arrestments on the dependence made prior to 1 April 2008)
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Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (2)
(Actions lodged before 30 September 2010)
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Chapter 3 - Commencement of causes (3)
(Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010)
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Chapter 5 - Citation, service and intimation (1)
(Actions lodged before 30 September 2010)
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Chapter 5 - Citation, service and intimation (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010 and before 4 April 2011)
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Chapter 5 - Citation, service and intimation (3)
(Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011)
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Chapter 6 - Arrestment (1)
(for arrestments on the dependence made prior to 1 April 2008)
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Chapter 6 - Interim Diligence (2)
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Chapter 7 - Undefended Causes
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Chapter 8 - Reponing
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Chapter 9 - Standard Procedure in Defended Causes
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Chapter 9A - Documents and Witnesses
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Chapter 10 - Additional Procedure
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Chapter 11 - The Process
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Chapter 12 - Interlocutors (1)
(Actions lodged before 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 12 - Interlocutors (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 13 - Party MInuter Procedure
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Chapter 13A - Interventions by the Commission for Equality and Human Rights
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Chapter 13B - Interventions by the Scottish Commission for Human Rights
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Chapter 14 - Applications by Minute
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Chapter 15 - Motions
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Chapter 16 - Decrees by Default
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Chapter 17 - Summary decrees (1)
(Actions lodged before 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 17 - Summary decrees (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 18 - Amendment of pleadings
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Chapter 19 - Counterclaims
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Chapter 20 - Third party procedure
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Chapter 21 - Documents founded on or adopted in pleadings
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Chapter 22 - Preliminary Pleas
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Chapter 23 - Abandonment
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Chapter 24 - Withdrawal of solicitors
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Chapter 25 - Minutes of sist and transference
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Chapter 26 - Transfer and Remit of causes
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Chapter 27 - Caution and Security
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Chapter 28 - Recovery of evidence (1)
(Actions lodged before 4 April 2011)
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Chapter 28 - Recovery of evidence (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011)
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Chapter 28A - Pre-Proof Hearing
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Chapter 29 - Proof
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Chapter 30 - Decrees, Extracts and Execution
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Chapter 31 - Appeals
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Chapter 32 - Taxation of expenses
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Chapter 32A - Live links
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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)
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Chapter 33 - Family actions (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 1 January 2011 and before 4 April 2011)
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Chapter 33 - Family actions (3)
(Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011 and before 28 November 2011)
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Chapter 33 - Family actions (4)
(Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 33 - Family actions (5)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012
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Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (1)
(Actions lodged before 1 January 2011)
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Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 1 January 2011 and before 6 April 2011)
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Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (3)
(Actions lodged on or after 6 April 2011 and before 28 November 2011)
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Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership actions (4)
(Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 33a - Civil Partnership Actions (5)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012
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Chapter 33B - Financial provision for former cohabitants
(Actions lodged before 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 34 - Actions relating to heritable property
(Actions relating for causes commenced prior to 1 April 2008)
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Chapter 34 - Actions relating to heritable property
(Actions lodged on or after 1 April 2008 and before 30 September 2010)
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Chapter 34 - Actions relating to heritable property
(Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010)
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Chapter 35 - Actions of multiplepoinding
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Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (1)
( Including personal injury actions lodged on or after 02 November 2009 and before 29 July 2010)
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Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 29 July 2010 and before 28 November 2011)
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Chapter 36 - Actions of damages (3)
(Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011)
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Chapter 37 - Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) act 1977
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Chapter 38 - European Court
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Chapter 39 - Provisions in relation to curators ad litem
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Chapter 40 - Commercial actions (1)
(Actions lodged before 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 40 - Commercial actions (2)
(Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012)
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Chapter 41 - Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
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Chapter 41A - Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011
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Chapter 42 - Competition appeal tribunal
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Chapter 43 - Causes relating to Articles 101 and 102 of the treaty on the functioning of the European union
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Chapter 44 - Equality Enactments (1)
(actions lodged before 1 October 2010)
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Chapter 44 - The Equality Act 2010 (2)
(actions lodged on or after 1 October 2010)
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Chapter 45- Vulnerable Witness (Scotland) Act 2004
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Chapter 46 - Companies Act 2006
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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)
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Chapter 48 - Reporting restrictions under the Contempt of Court Act 1981
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Chapter 49 - Admiralty actions
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Chapter 50 - Lodging audio or audio-visual recordings of children
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