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Court of Session Forms

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

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Form 5.2
Form of caveat
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Form of certificate of likely duration of diet

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Form 6.2
Form of certificate of likely duration of diet
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Extracts

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Form 7.1
Form of application to extractor for extract of a decree
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Form 7.6
Form of statement of accumulated sum to be lodged with application for extract of decree of adjudication
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Application by party litigant for lay support

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Form 12.A-A
Application by party litigant for lay support
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Form 12B.2
Application by party litigant for lay representation
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Summonses, Notice, Warrants and Calling

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Form 13.2-AA
Form of summons and backing
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Form 13.2-A
Form of summons and backing
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Form 13.2-B
Principal forms of conclusion
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Form 13.7
Form of citation of defender
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Form 13.12
Form of notice of intimation to person holding a heritable security in an action relating to heritable property
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Petitions

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Form 14A.2
Statement to accompany application for interim deligence
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Form 14.4
Form of petition
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Form 14.7
Form of citation in petition
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Applications by minute or note

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Form 15.1
Form of notice of minute
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Form 15.2
Form of notice of Note
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Service, intimation and diligence

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Form 16.2
Form of certificate of personal service or intimation on a warrant on person furth of United Kingdom
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Form 16.3
Form of certificate of service or intimation on a warrant by messenger-at-arms
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Form 16.4
Form of certificate of service, or intimation on a warrant, by post
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Form 16.5
Form of citation by advertisement
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Form 16.7
Form of certificate of intimation of a document
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Form 16.15-A
Form of schedule of arrestment to found jurisdiction
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Form 16.15-B
Form of schedule of arrestment on the dependence
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Form 16.15-BB
Form of schedule of arrestment of ship on the dependence
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Form 16.15-C
Form of schedule of arrestment in rem of ship, cargo or other maritime res to enforce maritime hypothec or lien
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Form 16.15-D
Form of schedule of arrestment in rem of ship to enforce non-pecuniary claim
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Form 16.15-G
Form of charge for payment of money
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Form 16.15-H
Form of certificate of execution of arrestment
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Form 16.15-HH
Form of certificate of arrestment of ship to found jurisdiction
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Form 16.15-J
Form of certificate of execution of arrestment of ship or cargo on the dependence
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Form 16.15-K
Form of certificate of execution of charge for payment
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Form 16.16
Form of Service of copy final decree under section 73C of the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987
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Form 16-15-I
Form of certificate of execution of arrestment of ship or cargo in rem
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Form 16.15-AA
Form of schedule of arrestment of ship to found jurisdiction
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Motions

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Form 23.1C
Form of motion by email
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Form 23.1D
Form of opposition to motion by email
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Form 23.2
Form of motion
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Form 23.4
Form of opposition to motion
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Form 23.5
Form of consent to motion
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Amendment of pleadings

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Form 24.3
Form of notice to additional or substitute party
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Devolution

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Form 25A.5
Form of intimation to a relevant authority of a devolution issue raised in civil proceedings
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Form 25A.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 153 of the Government of Wales Act 2006]
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Third party procedure

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Form 26.1-A
Form of third party notice
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Form 26.1-B
Form of third party notice by pursuer
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Form 26.1-C
Form of third party notice by third party
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Group procedure

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Form 26A.9
Form of application under section 20(5) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 for permission for group proceedings to be brought
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Form 26A.14-A
Group proceedings under section 20(7)(a) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 – Opt-in proceedings – Form of notice of consent for a person’s claim to be brought in group proceedings
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Form 26A.14-B
Group proceedings under section 20(7)(a) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 – Opt-in proceedings – Notice withdrawing consent for a person’s claim to be brought in group proceedings
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Form 26A.15
Group proceedings under section 20(7)(a) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 – Opt-in proceedings – the Group Register
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Form 26A.16
Group proceedings under section 20(7)(a) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 – Opt-in proceedings – Late application
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Form 26A.17
Group proceedings under section 20(7)(a) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 – Opt-in proceedings – Withdrawal of consent for a claim to be brought in group proceedings
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Form 26A.8
Forms of application under section 20(3)(b) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 seeking the replacement of a representative party
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Form 26A.5
Form of application under section 20(3)(b) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 seeking authorisation to be a representative party
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Withdrawal of agents

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Form 30.2
Form of notice of intimation to party whose agent has withdrawn
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Caution and security

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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
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Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004

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Form 35A.2
Form of child witness notice
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Form 35A.3
Form of vulnerable witness application
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Form 35A.4
Form of certificate of intimation
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Form 35A.6
Form of application for review
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Form 35A.7
Form of child witness notice
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Recovery of evidence

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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).
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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)
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Form 35.3-B
Form of intimation to Deputy Principal Clerk of Session and other parties of documents recovered under optional procedure
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Form 35.3-C
Form of receipt to haver for documents recovered under optional procedure
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Form 35.3-D
Form of receipt from party other than party who originally recovered documents under optional procedure
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Form 35.4-A
Form of citation of haver to commission for recovery of documents
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Form 35.4-B
Form of certificate of citation of haver to appear at commission
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Form 35.4-C
Form of citation of haver to commission for recovery of documents
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Form 35.4-D
Form of oath for haver or witness at commission
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Form 35.4-E
Form of affirmation for haver or witness at commission
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Form 35.11-A
Form of citation of witness to commission to take his evidence
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Form 35.11-B
Form of certificate of citation of witness to appear at commission
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Form 35.11-C
Form of certificate of citation of witness personally at commission to give evidence
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Form 35.15-A
Form of minute for letter of request
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Form 35.15-B
Form of letter of request
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Form 35.16-A
Form of minute for request to take evidence
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Form 35.16-B
Form of notice to person in another Member State of intention to seek to take direct evidence
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Form 35.16-C
Form of response form to be completed and returned to requesting court by witness
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Proofs

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Form 36.10-A
Form of oath for witness
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Form 36.10-B
Form of affirmation for witness
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Jury Trials

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Form 36.2-A
Form of citation of witness to proof or jury trial
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Form 36.2-B
Form of certificate of citation of witness to appear at proof or jury trial
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Form 36.2-C
Form of certificate of citation of witness personally at proof or jury trial
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Form 37.2-A
Form of jury precept
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Form 37.2-B
Form of citation of juror
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Form 37.6-A