Court of Session rules

You'll find all of the rules for the Court of Session here.

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

Court Sittings
Chapter 11

Vacation Judge
Chapter 12

Assessors
Chapter 12a

Lay Support for Party Litigants
Chapter 12b

Lay Representation
Chapter 12C

Mode of Attendance at Hearings
Chapter 13

Summonses, Notice, Warrants and Calling
Chapter 14

Petitions
Chapter 14a

Interim Diligence
Chapter 14B

Determination of the Value of an Order
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 26A

Group 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 34A

Pursuers' Offers
Chapter 35

Recovery of Evidence
Chapter 35a

Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
Chapter 35b

Lodging Audio or Audio-Visual Recordings of Children
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 41

Appeals under Statute
Chapter 41A

Appeals to the Supreme Court
Chapter 41b

Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting
Chapter 42

Taxation of Accounts and Fees of Solicitors
Chapter 42A

From 1 March 2020 - Case management of certain personal injuries actions
Chapter 42A

before 1 March 2020 - Case management of certain personal injury actions
Chapter 43

Action of damages 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
Chapter 55

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

Judicial Review
Chapter 58A

Protective Expenses Orders in Environment Appeals and Judicial Reviews
Chapter 58A

From 10 December 2018 - Protective Expenses Orders in Environmental 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 74A

Orders against Insolvency Practitioners and Recognised Professional Bodies
Chapter 75

Applications relating to Financial Services
Chapter 76

Causes in relation to Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime
Chapter 76A

Serious Crime Prevention Orders
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 81

Applications for Parental Orders Under Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Chapter 82

The Human Rights Act 1998
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 86A

Applications in Competition Proceedings
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

Statutory Interveners
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 102

Reporting Restrictions
Chapter 103

Forced Marriage Appendix
Chapter 104

Justice and Security Act 2013
Chapter 105

Land Registration
Chapter 106

Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters
Chapter 107

Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 - Temporary Exclusion Orders Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 - Temporary Exclusion Orders
Chapter 108

Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit)
Chapter 109

Care Homes Emergency Intervention Orders

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