Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No.7) (Miscellaneous) 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 as follows—

(a) paragraph 2(2) amends rule 22.2(4) so as to require a party enrolling certain motions during the adjustment period to make available to the court, for the hearing of that motion, a copy of the open record;

(b) paragraph 2(3) requires the court (or the auditor) to take into account, for the purposes of an application under rule 42.14 for an additional fee, whether the solicitor has had to act with exceptional urgency;

(c) paragraph 2(4) makes provision as respects payment of the fees of curators ad litem appointed in cases involving children;

(d) paragraph 2(5) and (6) make provision for a new form (Form 59.1-F) to be used where a party to a contract for the transfer of heritable property applies for letters of inhibition to prevent the other party to that contract granting a disposition to a third party in breach of his contractual obligations.