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Ordinary Cause rules

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Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules) 1993

Schedule 1

Arrangement of Ordinary Cause Rules

Initiation and progress of causes

Initiation and progress of causes

Chapter 1

Citation, Interpretation, Representation and Forms (1)
Chapter 1

Citation, Interpretation, Representation and Forms (2)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 1A

Lay representation
Chapter 2

Relief from compliance with rules
Chapter 3

Commencement of causes (1)
For arrestments on the dependence made prior to 1 April 2008
Chapter 3

Commencement of causes (2)
Actions lodged before 30 September 2010
Chapter 3

Commencement of causes (3)
Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010 and before 22 September 2015
Chapter 3

Commencement of causes (4)
Actions lodged on or after 22 September 2015
Chapter 3A

Personal Injury Pre-Action Protocol
This chapter does not apply to an action where the accident, or other circumstance giving rise to the liability to which the action relates, occurred before 28th November 2016.
Chapter 4A

Mode of attendance at hearing
Applies to procedural hearings fixed on or after 3 July 2023
Chapter 5

Citation, service and intimation (1)
Actions lodged before 30 September 2010
Chapter 5

Citation, service and intimation (2)
Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010 and before 4 April 2011
Chapter 5

Citation, service and intimation (3)
Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011
Chapter 6

Arrestment (1)
For arrestments on the dependence made prior to 1 April 2008
Chapter 6

Interim Diligence (2)
Chapter 7

Undefended Causes
Chapter 8

Reponing
Chapter 9

Standard Procedure in Defended Causes (1)
Actions lodged before 3 June 2013
Chapter 9

Standard Procedure in Defended Causes (2)
Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013
Chapter 9

Standard Procedure in Defended Causes (3)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 9A

Documents and Witnesses
Chapter 10

Additional Procedure (1)
Actions lodged before 3 June 2013
Chapter 10

Additional Procedure (2)
Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013
Chapter 10

Additional Procedure (3)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 11

The Process
Chapter 12

Interlocutors (1)
Actions lodged before 1 August 2012
Chapter 12

Interlocutors (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012
Chapter 13

Party Minuter Procedure
Chapter 13A

Statutory Interveners
Chapter 14

Applications by Minute (1)
Actions lodged before 3 June 2013
Chapter 14

Applications by Minute (2)
Actions lodged before 3 June 2013
Chapter 14

Applications by Minute (3)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 15

Motions
Chapter 15A

Motions intimated and lodged by email
Chapter 16

Decrees by Default
Chapter 17

Summary decrees (1)
Actions lodged before 1 August 2012
Chapter 17

Summary decrees (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012
Chapter 18

Amendment of pleadings
Chapter 19

Counterclaims
Chapter 20

Third party procedure
Chapter 21

Documents founded on or adopted in pleadings
Chapter 22

Preliminary Pleas (1)
Chapter 22

Preliminary Pleas (2)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 23

Abandonment
Chapter 24

Withdrawal of solicitors
Chapter 25

Minutes of sist and transference
Chapter 26

Transfer and Remit of causes (1)
Actions lodged before 22 September 2015
Chapter 26

Transfer and Remit of causes (2)
Actions lodged on or after 22 September 2015
Chapter 27

Caution and Security
Chapter 27A

Pursuer's offers
Chapter 28

Recovery of evidence (1)
Actions lodged before 4 April 2011
Chapter 28

Recovery of evidence (2)
Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011
Chapter 28A

Pre-Proof Hearing (1)
Actions lodged before 3 June 2013
Chapter 28A

Pre-Proof Hearing (2)
Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013
Chapter 28A

Pre-Proof Hearing (3)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 29

Proof
Chapter 30

Decrees, Extracts and Execution
Chapter 31

Appeals
Chapter 31A

Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting
Actions lodged on or after 30 June 2021
Chapter 32

Taxation of expenses
Chapter 32A

Live links
Revoked wef 3 July 2023 subject to the saving provisions of Rule 4(2) of SSI 2023/168

Special provisions in relation to particular causes

Chapter 33

Family actions (1)
Actions lodged before 1 January 2011
Chapter 33

Family actions (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 January 2011 and before 4 April 2011
Chapter 33

Family actions (3)
Actions lodged on or after 4 April 2011 and before 28 November 2011
Chapter 33

Family actions (4)
Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 1 August 2012
Chapter 33

Family actions (5)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012 and before 24 June 2013
Chapter 33

Family actions (6)
Actions lodged on or after 24 June 2013 and before 24 June 2019
Chapter 33

Family actions (7)
Actions and minutes to vary lodged on or after 24 June 2019
Chapter 33

Family actions (8)
Actions commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (1)
Actions lodged before 1 January 2011
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 January 2011 and before 6 April 2011
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (3)
Actions lodged on or after 6 April 2011 and before 28 November 2011
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (4)
Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 1 August 2012
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership Actions (5)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012 and before 24 June 2013
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (6)
Actions lodged on or after 24 June 2013 and before 24 June 2019
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (7)
Actions and minutes to vary lodged on or after 24 June 2019
Chapter 33A

Civil Partnership actions (8)
Actions and minutes to vary commenced on or after 25 September 2023
Chapter 33AA

Expeditious resolution of certain causes (1)
Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013
Chapter 33AA

Expeditious resolution of certain causes (2)
Actions lodged on or after 3 June 2013 and before 25 September 2023
Chapter 33B

Financial provision for former cohabitants
Actions lodged before 1 August 2012
Chapter 33C

Referrals to Principal Reporter
Actions lodged on or after 24 June 2013
Chapter 34

Actions relating to heritable property (1)
Actions relating for causes commenced prior to 1 April 2008
Chapter 34

Actions relating to heritable property (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 April 2008 and before 30 September 2010
Chapter 34

Actions relating to heritable property (3)
Actions lodged on or after 30 September 2010
Chapter 35

Actions of multiplepoinding
Chapter 36

Actions of damages (1)
Including personal injury actions lodged on or after 02 November 2009 and before 29 July 2010
Chapter 36

Actions of damages (2)
Actions lodged on or after 29 July 2010 and before 28 November 2011
Chapter 36

Actions of damages (3)
Actions lodged on or after 28 November 2011 and before 22 September 2015
Chapter 36

Actions of damages (4)
Actions lodged on or after 22 September 2015
Chapter 36A

Case management of certain personal injury actions
Chapter 36B

Jury trials
Chapter 37

Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
Chapter 38

European Court
Chapter 39

Provisions in relation to curators ad litem
Chapter 40

Commercial actions (1)
Actions lodged before 1 August 2012
Chapter 40

Commercial actions (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 August 2012
Chapter 41

Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
Chapter 41A

Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2011
Chapter 42

Competition appeal tribunal
Chapter 42A

Applications in Competition Proceedings
Actions lodged on or after 26 May 2017
Chapter 43

Causes relating to Articles 101 and 102 of the treaty on the functioning of the European union
Chapter 44

Equality Enactments (1)
Actions lodged before 1 October 2010
Chapter 44

The Equality Act 2010 (2)
Actions lodged on or after 1 October 2010
Chapter 45

Vulnerable Witness (Scotland) Act 2004
Chapter 46

Companies Act 2006
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)
Chapter 48

Reporting restrictions
From 1st April 2015
Chapter 49

Admiralty actions
Chapter 50

Lodging audio or audio-visual recordings of children
Chapter 51

Land Registration etc.
Chapter 52

Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in civil matters
Repealed by SSI 2022/329 with effect from 1 December 2022
Chapter 53

Proving the Tenor
Chapter 54

Reduction

Appendixes

Statutory instruments and their amendments

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