PART 7SPECIAL APPEAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER 28APPLICATION FOR NEW JURY TRIAL OR TO ENTER JURY VERDICT

Form of application for new trial28.2.

(1)

An application for a new trial is to be made in Form 28.2.

(2)

Such an application must be made within 7 days after the date on which the jury have returned their verdict.

(3)

The motion must specify the grounds on which the application is made.

(4)

When an application for a new trial is lodged, the party lodging it must also lodge—

(a)

a print containing—

(i)

the pleadings in the sheriff court process;

(ii)

the interlocutors in the sheriff court process;

(iii)

the issues and counter-issues;

(b)

the verdict of the jury;

(c)

any exception and the determination on it of the sheriff presiding at the trial;

(d)

a process made up in accordance with paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (form of process).