Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Appeal Court Rules) 2015

Timetable in application for new trial

28.5.—(1) The Clerk must issue a timetable in Form 28.5 when an application is lodged under rule 28.2(1).

(2) When the Clerk issues a timetable, the Clerk must also fix a procedural hearing to take place after completion of the procedural steps specified in paragraph (4).

(3) The timetable specifies—

(a)the dates by which parties must comply with those procedural steps;

(b)the date and time of the procedural hearing.

(4) The procedural steps are the steps mentioned in the first column of the following table, provision in respect of which is found in the rule mentioned in the second column—

Procedural stepRule
Referral of question about competency of application28.7(3)
Lodging of appendices to print28.9(1)
Giving notice that the applicant considers appendix unnecessary28.10(1)
Lodging of notes of argument28.11(1)
Lodging of estimates of duration of hearing of application for new trial28.12