Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2015

Form of appeal

6.2.—(1) An appeal is made by lodging a note of appeal in Form 6.2.

(2) The note of appeal must—

(a) specify—

(i) the decision complained of;

(ii) the date on which the decision was made;

(iii) the date on which it was intimated to the appellant;

(iv) any other relevant information;

(b) state the grounds of appeal in brief specific numbered paragraphs setting out concisely the grounds on which it is proposed that the appeal should be allowed;

(c) where the sheriff’s note is available, have appended to it a copy of the note;

(d) where the sheriff’s note is not available, indicate whether the appellant—

(i) has requested that the sheriff writes a note and is awaiting its production;

(ii) requests that the sheriff write a note; or

(iii) considers that the appeal is sufficiently urgent that the Court should hear and determine the appeal without the sheriff’s note;

(e) state whether, taking into account the matters in rule 6.6(3), the appellant considers that the appeal should be appointed to the standard appeal procedure or to the accelerated appeal procedure;

(f) be signed and dated;

(g) where the appellant is represented by a solicitor, specify the name and business address of the solicitor.

(3) When a note of appeal is lodged, the appellant must lodge a process made up in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (form of process).