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Caveats
- Form 5.2 - Form of caveat
Form of certificate of likely duration of diet
Form of certificate of likely duration of summar roll hearing
Extracts and official certified copy interlocutors
- Form 7.1 - Form of application to extractor for extract of a decree
- Form 7.6 - Form of statement of accumulated sum to be lodged with application for extract of decree of adjudication
Summonses, Notice, Warrants and Calling
- Form 13.12 - Form of notice of intimation to person holding a heritable security in an action relating to heritable property
- 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
Petitions
Applications by minute or note
Service, intimation and diligence
- Form 16.15-A - Form of schedule of arrestment to found jurisdiction
- Form 16.15-AA - Form of schedule of arrestment of ship 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-E - Form of schedule of arrestment in execution
- Form 16.15-F - Form of schedule of inhibition
- Form 16.15-G - Form of charge for payment of money
- Form 16.15-H - Form of certificate of execution of arrestment or inhibition
- Form 16.15-HH - Form of certificate of arrestment of ship to found jurisdiction
- Form 16.15-I - Form of certificate of execution of arrestment of ship or cargo in rem
- 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 16.2 - 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
Motions
- Form 23.2 - Form of certificate of intimation of a document
- 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
Counter claims
- Form 25-A.12 - Form of intimation to a relevant authority that the court is considering making an order under [section 102 of the Scotland Act 1998/section 81 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998/section 110 of the Government of Wales Act 1998]
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
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
Recovery of evidence
- 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
- Form35.16.C - Form of response form to be completed and returned to requesting court by witness
- Form 35.3 - Form of order of court and certificate in optional procedure for recovery of documents
- Form 35.3A-A - Form of order of court and certificate in optional procedure for recovery of documents - party litigant cases
- 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
Proofs
- Form 36.10-A - Form of oath for witness
- Form 36.10-B - Form of affirmation for witness
- 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
Jury trials
- 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 38.6 - Form of reclaiming motion to be written on Form 23.2
Reclaiming
- Form 40.2 - Form of application for leave to appeal
- Form 40.4 - Form of marking appeal from inferior court
- Form 40.9 - Form of certification by Deputy Principal Clerk on retransmitting abandoned appeal
Appeals under statute
- Form 41.14 - Form of certification by Deputy Principal Clerk on retransmitting abandoned appeal
- Form 41.19 - Form of appeal in appeal under statute to the Court of Session
- Form 41.9 - Form of case in appeal under statute to the Court of Session
- Form 41.48 - Form of petition in application under section 103A(1) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 for an order requiring the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to reconsider a decision
- Form 41.52 - Form of citation in petition under section 103A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
- Form 41.52C - Form of notice of intention to pursue application or appeal under the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002
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 43.10 - 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
- Form 43.2-A - Form of summons and backing
- Form 43.2-B - Form of order of court in personal injury action for recovery of documents
- 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 - Minute of Pre-Trial Meeting
Time to pay directions
- Form 44.2-A - Form of notice to debtor under the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 about time to pay directions
- Form 44.2-B - Form of application for a time to pay direction
- Form 44.3 - Form of notice of application for decree and objection to application for time to pay direction made by defender
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
- Form 49.13-B - Form of certificate by medical officer or hospital or similar institution
- Form 49.14-A - Form of notice to defender where it is stated that he consents to decree of divorce
- Form 49.14 - B - Form of notice of consent in action of divorce under section 1(2)(d) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976
- Form 49.14-C - Form of notice to defender where it is stated that he consents to decree of separation
- Form 49.14-D - Form of notice of consent in action of separation under section 1(2)(d) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976
- Form 49.14-E - Form of notice to defender in an action of divorce where it is stated that there has been five years non-cohabitation
- Form 49.14-F - Form of notice to defender in an action of separation where it is stated that there has been five years non-cohabitation
- Form 49.14-G - Form of notice to defender in action of divorce where an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued
- Form 49.29-A - Form of minute for decree in undefended family action
- Form 49.29-B - Form of official card to be completed when decree sought in undefended family action
- Form 49.70 - Form of certificate of delivery of documents to chief constable
- Form 49.73-A - Under the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976, Section 1(2)(d) Simplified Procedure
- Form 49.73-B - Under the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976, Section 1(2)(e) Simplified Procedure
- Form 49.73-C - Under the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976, Section 1(1)(b) Simplified Procedure
- Form 49.76-A - Form of citation in simplified divorce application under section 1(2)(d) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976
- Form 49.76-B - Form of citation in simplified divorce application under section 1(2)(e) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976
- Form 49.76-C - Form of intimation to child or next of kin in simplified divorce application under section 1(2)(e) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976
- Form 49.76-D - Form of certificate of service of simplified divorce application
- Form 49.76-E - Form of certificate of service of simplified divorce application by messenger-at-arms
- Form 49.80B-A - Under the” Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 117(3)(c) Simplified Procedure
- Form 49.80B-B - Under the” Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 117(3)(d) Simplified Procedure
- Form 49.80B-C - Under the” Civil Partnership Act 2004 section 117(3)(b) Simplified Procedure
- Form 49.80E-A -Form of citation in simplified dissolution of civil partnership application under section 117(3)(c) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Form49.80E-B-Form of citation in simplified dissolution of civil partnership application under section 117(3)(d) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Form49.80E-C-Form of citation in simplified dissolution of civil partnership application under section 117(2)(b) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Form49.80E-D-Form of intimation to child or next-of-kin in simplified dissolution of civil partnership application under section 117(3)(d) or 117(2) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Form49.80E-E-Form of certificate of service of simplified dissolution application
- Form49.80E-F- Form of certificate of service of simplified dissolution application by messenger-at-arms
- Form 49.83-A - Form of certificate relating to the making of a maintenance assessment under the Child Support Act 1991
- Form 49.83-B - Form of certificate relating to the cancellation or ceasing to have effect of a maintenance assessment under the Child Support Act 1991
- Form 49.84-A - Form of certificate endorsed on extract order for aliment affected by maintenance assessment
- Form 49.84-B - Form of certificate endorsed on extract order for aliment on maintenance assessment being cancelled or ceasing to have effect
- Form 49.8-A - Form of notice of intimation to children and next of kin in family action where address of defender is not known
- Form 49.8-B - Form of notice of intimation to person with whom defender is alleged to have committed adultery
- Form 49.8-C - Form of notice of intimation to relatives and curator bonis in family action where defender suffers from mental disorder
- Form 49.8-D - Form of notice of intimation to additional spouse of either party in proceedings relating to polygamous marriage
- Form 49.8-E - Form of notice to local authority or other person who may be liable to maintain a child
- Form 49.8-F - Form of notice of intimation to person who in fact exercises care or control
- Form 49.8-G - Form of notice of intimation to parent or guardian in family action for a section 11 order
- Form 49.8-H - Form of notice of intimation to local authority in family action by non-parent for a residence order in respect of a child
- Form 49.8-J - Form of notice of intimation to person whose consent is necessary or has an interest as heritable creditor in the transfer of property
- Form 49.8-K - Form of notice of intimation to third party transferee or other person having an interest in the transfer of property
- Form 49.8-L - Form of notice of intimation to third party or other person having an interest in an application under the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981
- Form 49.8-M - Form of notice of intimation to person responsible for pension arrangement in relation to order for payment in respect of pension lump sum under section 12A of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985
- Form 49.8-MA - Form of notice of intimation to person responsible for pension arrangement in relation to application for pension sharing order under section 8(1)(baa) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985
- Form 49.8-N - Form of notice of intimation to a child of a family action in which an order under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 is sought
Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
- Form 50.2-A - Form of citation by advertisement on action of declarator of death under section 1(1) of the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
- Form 50.2-B - Form of notice of intimation in an action of declarator of death under section 1(1) of the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1997
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
Applications for judicial review
- Form 58.6 - Form of petition in application for judicial review
- Form 58.8 - Form of Minute of Intervention
Applications for letters
- Form 59.1-A - Form of letters of arrestment
- Form 59.1-B - Form of letters of inhibition where decree granted or foreign judgment registered for execution
- Form 59.1-C - Form of letters of inhibition on deed registered for execution
- Form 59.1-D - Form of letters of inhibition on dependence of action in sheriff court
- Form 59.1-E - Form of letters of inhibition in respect of future or contingent debt
- Form 59.1-F - Form of letters of inhibition on contract for transfer of heritable property
Judicial factors
- Form 61.18 - Form of notice in the Edinburgh Gazette of application for appointment of judicial factor on estate of deceased person
- Form 61.2 - Form of petition under section 9(5)(a) of the Act of 1995 for appointment of a judicial factor
- Form 61.20 - Form of notice in the Edinburgh Gazette and appropriate newspaper calling for claims
- Form 61.25 - Form of notice in the Edinburgh Gazette on lodging statement of funds and schemes of division
- Form 61.31 - Form of notice where application for discharge is made to Accountant of Court
- Form 61.33 - Form of notice in the Edinburgh Gazette of application for appointment of judicial factor on estate of deceased person
- Form 61.5-A - Form of advertisement of petition for appointment of judicial factor
- Form 61.5-B - Form of advertisement of petition for discharge of judicial factor
Recognition, registration and enforcement of foreign judgments, etc.
- Form 62.11 - Form of certificate to be appended to copy of judgment certified under section 10 of the Administration of Justice Act 1920 or the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933
- Form 62.16 - Form of notice of registration of award under the Arbitration (International Investments Disputes) Act 1966
- Form 62.2 - Form of certificate of currency conversion
- Form 62.28 - Form of petition for registration of a judgment under section 4 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.33 - Form of notice of decree and warrant for registration of a judgment under section 4 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.38 - Form of petition for registration of a judgment under paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.40-A - Form of certificate under section 12 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 of a judgment given by the court or a court settlement
- Form 62.40-B - Form of certificate by Keeper of the Registers of writ registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session for registration under Article 50 of Schedule 1 or 3C to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.41-A - Form of certificate of money provisions in an interlocutor for registration under Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.41-B - Form of certificate by the Keeper of the Registers of money provisions in a writ registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session for registration under Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.42-A - Form of certificate of non-money provisions in an interlocutor for registration under Schedule 7 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.42-B - Form of certificate by Keeper of the Registers of non-money provisions in a writ registered for execution in the Books of Council and Session for registration under Schedule 7 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
- Form 62.51 - Form of notice of decree and warrant for registration of an order under the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987, the Criminal Justice Act 1988 or the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989
- Form 62.65 - Form of notice of registration of decision under a relevant instrument
- Form 62.69 - Form of petition for enforcement of a judgment under Article 28 of the Council Regulation
- Form 62.73 - Form of notice of decree and warrant for registration of a judgment under Article 28 of the Council Regulation
- Form 62.9 - Form of notice to judgment debtor of registration of judgment under the Administration of Justice Act 1920 or the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933
Applications under Section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972
- Form 64-A - Form of order of court in procedure for recovery of documents under Chapter 64
- Form 64-B - Notice to accompany order of the court when served by Commissioner
References to the European Court of Justice
- Form 65.3 - Form of reference to the European Court
Applications under the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.12-A - Form of declaration by parent or guardian under section 18(6) or 19(4) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.12-B - Form of withdrawal of declaration under section 86(6) or 19(4) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 of preference not to be involved
- Form 67.13 - Form of withdrawal of declaration under section 86(6) or 19(4) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 of preference not to be involved
- Form 67.15 - Form of notice of hearing of an application for the revocation of an order freeing a child for adoption
- Form 67.22 - Form of petition for adoption order or an order under section 49(1) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.23 - Form of notice to adoption agency or local authority of presenting a petition for an adoption order or for an order under section 49 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.25 - Form of notice of hearing of application for an adoption order or an order under section 49 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.5-A - Form of agreement of a parent or guardian to an adoption order or an order under section 49 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (to be used except where Form 67.5-F is appropriate)
- Form 67.5-B - Form of agreement of a parent or guardian to an adoption order in a petition for an order freeing a child for adoption under section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.5-C - Form of consent of a child to an order for his adoption or to an order under section 49 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.5-D - Form of consent of a parent or guardian to petition for an order freeing a child for adoption under section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.5-E - Form of consent of a child to petition for an order freeing him for adoption under section 18 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978
- Form 67.5-F - Form of agreement of a natural parent to an adoption order made, by virtue of section 15(1)(aa) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, on the application of their spouse
Election petitions
- 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 69.2 - Form of Parliamentary, European Parliamentary or Scottish Parliamentary election petition
- Form 69.23 - Form of notice of abatement of petition by death of petitioner
- 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
Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
- Form 72.6-A - Information to be contained in the Register of Insolvencies
- Form 72.6-B - Form of undertaking required by section 2(3)(c) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
- Form 72.6-C - Form of memorandum by permanent trustee to be recorded in the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications under section 14(4)) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
- Form 72.6-D - Form of notice of inhibition by trustee under trust deed to be recorded in the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 5 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
- Form 72.6-E - Form of notice of recall of inhibition to be recorded in the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications under paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 5 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
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
- Form 77.10 - Form of joint minute to adopt summary trial procedure in action in dependence
- Form 77.11 - Form of joint minute to adopt summary trial procedure in action in dependence
Applications for Parental Orders under Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- Form 81.12 - Form of intimation of hearing of application for a parental order under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- Form 81.5 - Form of agreement under section 30(5) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- Form 81.9 - Form of petition for parental order under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
The Human Rights Act 1998
- Form 82.3-A - Form of notice to Crown under section 5(1) of the 1998 Act
- Form 82.3-B - Form of notice to court under section 5(2) of the 1998 Act
- Form 82.4 - Form of minute under Rule 82.4
The Office of Fair Trading
- Form 86.3 - Form of notice to Crown under section 5(1) of the 1998 Act
- Form 87.1 - Form of notice to court under section 5(2) of the 1998 Act
- Form 88.5 - Form of notice of intimation of a hearing to determine jurisdiction under Article 15 of Council Regulation (E.C.) No. 2201/2003 of 27th November 2003