Scotland · Rules
Scottish rules of court
225 chapters. Scotland has its own rulebooks — there is no CPR, FPR or CrimPR here.
Court of Session Rules 130 chapters
Chapter titles and links only. The rules are amended regularly — the linked source is authoritative.
- CoS Chapter 1Citation, Application etc.
- CoS Chapter 2Relief from Compliance with Rules
- CoS Chapter 3Offices of the Court
- CoS Chapter 4The Process
- CoS Chapter 5Caveats
- CoS Chapter 6The Rolls
- CoS Chapter 7Extracts and Official Certified Copy Interlocutors
- CoS Chapter 8Taxes on Money under Control of the Court
- CoS Chapter 9Court Records
- CoS Chapter 10Court Sittings
- CoS Chapter 11Vacation Judge
- CoS Chapter 12Assessors
- CoS Chapter 12aLay Support for Party Litigants
- CoS Chapter 12bLay Representation
- CoS Chapter 12CMode of Attendance at Hearings
- CoS Chapter 13Summonses, Notice, Warrants and Calling
- CoS Chapter 14Petitions
- CoS Chapter 14aInterim Diligence
- CoS Chapter 14BDetermination of the Value of an Order
- CoS Chapter 15Applications by Minute or Note
- CoS Chapter 16Service, Intimation and Diligence
- CoS Chapter 17Appearance in Actions
- CoS Chapter 18Defences and Answers
- CoS Chapter 19Decrees in Absence
- CoS Chapter 20Decrees by Default
- CoS Chapter 21Summary Decrees
- CoS Chapter 22Making Up and Closing Records
- CoS Chapter 23Motions
- CoS Chapter 24Amendment of Pleadings
- CoS Chapter 25Counterclaims
- CoS Chapter 25aDevolution Issues
- CoS Chapter 26Third Party Procedure
- CoS Chapter 26AGroup Procedure
- CoS Chapter 27Documents founded on or adopted in Pleadings
- CoS Chapter 28Procedure Roll
- CoS Chapter 28aNotices to Admit and Notices of Non-Admission
- CoS Chapter 29Abandonment
- CoS Chapter 30Withdrawal of Agents
- CoS Chapter 31Minutes of Sist and Transference
- CoS Chapter 32Transmission and Remit of Causes
- CoS Chapter 32aTransfer of Causes to and from the Competition Appeal Tribunal
- CoS Chapter 33Caution and Security
- CoS Chapter 34Reports to Inner House
- CoS Chapter 34APursuers' Offers
- CoS Chapter 35Recovery of Evidence
- CoS Chapter 35aVulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
- CoS Chapter 35bLodging Audio or Audio-Visual Recordings of Children
- CoS Chapter 36Proofs
- CoS Chapter 37Jury Trials
- CoS Chapter 37aProcedural Business in the Inner House
- CoS Chapter 38Reclaiming
- CoS Chapter 39Applications for New Trial or to Enter Jury Verdicts
- CoS Chapter 40Appeals from Inferior Courts
- CoS Chapter 41Appeals under Statute
- CoS Chapter 41AAppeals to the Supreme Court
- CoS Chapter 41bQualified One-Way Costs Shifting
- CoS Chapter 42Taxation of Accounts and Fees of Solicitors
- CoS Chapter 42Abefore 1 March 2020 - Case management of certain personal injury actions
- CoS Chapter 43Action of damages arising from personal injuries
- CoS Chapter 43aActions of Harassment
- CoS Chapter 44Time to Pay Directions
- CoS Chapter 45Actions of Division and Sale
- CoS Chapter 45aActions of Removing
- CoS Chapter 46Admiralty Actions
- CoS Chapter 47Commercial Actions
- CoS Chapter 48Exchequer Causes
- CoS Chapter 49Family Actions
- CoS Chapter 50Causes under the Presumption of Death (Scotland) Act 1977
- CoS Chapter 51Actions of Multiplepoinding
- CoS Chapter 52Actions of Proving the Tenor
- CoS Chapter 53Actions of Reduction
- CoS Chapter 54Applications and References under the Defamation Act 1996
- CoS Chapter 55Causes relating to Intellectual property
- CoS Chapter 56Judgments of the House of Lords
- CoS Chapter 56aJudgements of the Supreme Court
- CoS Chapter 57Admission of Advocates
- CoS Chapter 58Judicial Review
- CoS Chapter 58AFrom 10 December 2018 - Protective Expenses Orders in Environmental Appeals and Judicial Reviews
- CoS Chapter 59Applications for Letters
- CoS Chapter 60Applications for Suspension, Suspension and Interdict, and Suspension and Liberation
- CoS Chapter 61Judicial Factors
- CoS Chapter 62Recognition, Registration and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, Etc.
- CoS Chapter 63Applications relating to Trusts
- CoS Chapter 64Applications under Section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972
- CoS Chapter 65References to the European Court of Justice
- CoS Chapter 66Applications under the Evidence (Proceedings in other Jurisdictions) Act 1975
- CoS Chapter 67Applications under the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
- CoS Chapter 68Applications under the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980
- CoS Chapter 69Election Petitions
- CoS Chapter 70Applications under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985
- CoS Chapter 71Registration and Enforcement of Part I Orders under the Family Law Act 1986
- CoS Chapter 72Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
- CoS Chapter 73Rectification of Documents
- CoS Chapter 74Companies
- CoS Chapter 74AOrders against Insolvency Practitioners and Recognised Professional Bodies
- CoS Chapter 75Applications relating to Financial Services
- CoS Chapter 76Causes in relation to Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime
- CoS Chapter 76ASerious Crime Prevention Orders
- CoS Chapter 77Summary Trials
- CoS Chapter 78Special cases under Section 27 of the Court of Session Act 1988
- CoS Chapter 79Applications under the Access to Health Records Act 1990
- CoS Chapter 80Applications in respect of Qualified Conveyancers and Executry Practitioners
- CoS Chapter 81Applications for Parental Orders Under Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
- CoS Chapter 82Incompatibility Declarations and Incompatibility and Strike Down Declarators
- CoS Chapter 84Applications under the Terrorism Act 2000
- CoS Chapter 85Applications under the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001
- CoS Chapter 85aDomestic Abuse Interdicts
- CoS Chapter 86Applications under Section 28, 28A, 62, 62A, 63, 65G or 65H of the Competition Act 1998
- CoS Chapter 86AApplications in Competition Proceedings
- CoS Chapter 87Causes relating to Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty establishing the European Community
- CoS Chapter 88Civil Matters involving Parental Responsibilities under the Council Regulation
- CoS Chapter 89Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
- CoS Chapter 90Freedom of Information
- CoS Chapter 91Gender Recognition Act 2004
- CoS Chapter 92Inquiries Act 2005
- CoS Chapter 93Live Links
- CoS Chapter 94Statutory Interveners
- CoS Chapter 96Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 - Financial Restrictions Proceedings
- CoS Chapter 97Applications for Parental Orders under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
- CoS Chapter 99Energy Act 2008 - Interdicts
- CoS Chapter 100Arbitration
- CoS Chapter 102Reporting Restrictions
- CoS Chapter 103Forced Marriage Appendix
- CoS Chapter 104Justice and Security Act 2013
- CoS Chapter 105Land Registration
- CoS Chapter 106Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil Matters
- CoS Chapter 107Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 - Temporary Exclusion Orders Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 - Temporary Exclusion Orders
- CoS Chapter 108Challenges to Validity of EU Instruments (EU Exit)
- CoS Chapter 109Care Homes Emergency Intervention Orders
- CoS Chapter 21a.1Dismissal of a claim due to delay
Criminal Procedure Rules (Scotland) 95 chapters
Chapter titles and links only. The rules are amended regularly — the linked source is authoritative.
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 1Citation, Interpretation and Forms etc
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 2Service of Documents
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 3Court Records
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 4Bail
- ScotCrimPR Chapter A4Excusal of Procedural Irregularities (Version applying from 1st September 2015)
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 5Judicial Examination
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 6Proceedings Involving Children
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 7Mental Disorder
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 7ADisclosure
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 8The Indictment
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 8AEngagement, Dismissal and Withdrawal of Solicitors in Solemn Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 8BFailure of Accused to Appear
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 8CTransfer of Proceedings (Sheriff Court)
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 9First Diets (Sheriff Court)
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 9APreliminary Hearings (High Court of Justiciary)
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 9BObjections to the admissibility of evidence raised after First Diet or Preliminary Hearing
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 10Plea of Guilty
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 11Notices by accused in relation to defence
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 12Adjournment and Alteration of Diets in Solemn Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 13Summoning of Jurors
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 13AWitnesses
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 14Procedure at Trial in Solemn Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 15Appeals from Solemn Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 16Complaints
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 16AEngagement, Dismissal and Withdrawal of Solicitors in Summary Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 17Summary Pre-trial Procedure
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 17ATransfer of Summary Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 18Procedure at Trial in Summary Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 19Appeals from Summary Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 19AAlteration by Clerk of Justiciary of place where case to be heard
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 19BThe Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 19CRisk Assessment
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 19DReferral of point of law for opinion of the High Court of Justiciary
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 19EAppeals to the High Court of Justiciary
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 20Sentencing
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 21Uncontroversial Evidence, Hearsay and Prior Statements
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 22Evidence of Vulnerable Witnesses
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 22AWitness Anonymity Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 23Letters of Request
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 23ATelevision Link Evidence
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 24Evidence on Commission
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 25Record of Judicial Examination as Evidence in Solemn Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 26Documentary Evidence
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 27Routine Evidence, Sufficient Evidence and Proof of Previous Convictions
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 27ARecovery of documents
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 28Identification Parades
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 29Precognition on Oath of Defence Witnesses
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 29AService of Bills of Advocation and Suspension and Petitions to the Nobile Officium
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 29BContempt of Court
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 31References to the European Court of Justice
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 32Annoying Creatures
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 33Legal Aid
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 34Extradition
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 34AInterpretation and Translation in Part 1 Proceedings
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 35Computer Misuse Act 1990
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 36Crime (International Co-Operation Act 2003)
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 37AProceedings Under Section 7 of the Knives Act 1997
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 37AAProceedings Under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 38Transfer of Rights of Appeal of Deceased Persons
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 39Proceedings Under Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 40Compatibility Issues, Devolution Issues and Interventions
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 41Declarations and Declarators
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 42Convention Rights (Compliance) (Scotland) Act 2001
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 43TERRORISM AND NATIONAL SECURITY
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 44International Criminal Court Act 2001
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 45Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 46Parental Directions Under The Sexual Offences Act 2003
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 47Protection Of Children (Scotland) Act 2003
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 47AProtection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 48Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 49Financial Reporting Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 50Football Banning Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 51Animal Health and Welfare
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 52Investigation of Revenue and Customs Offences
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 53Review of Fixed Penalty or Compensation Conditional Offers by Procurator Fiscal
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 54Mutual Recognition of Criminal Financial Penalties
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 55Recovery Orders under section 27K (3) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 56Reporting Restrictions
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 57Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 58Control of Dogs
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 59Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 60Publicity, Remedial and Remediation Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 61European Protection Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 62Request for final decision and reasons
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 63Serious Crime Prevention Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 64Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 65Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 66Review of liberation conditions and authorisation for questioning
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 67European Investigation Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 68Approval of Sentencing Guidelines
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 69Labour Market Enforcement Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 70Challenges to validity of EU instruments (EU exit)
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 71Electronic Monitoring Requirement under the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 72Overseas Production Orders
- ScotCrimPR Chapter 73Sexual Harm Prevention Orders under the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016