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					<dc:description>This Order prescribes categories of simple procedure cases in which the award of legal expenses is limited. Simple procedure is a new form of sheriff court procedure established by Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.</dc:description>
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<Text>This Order does not apply to the following types of simple procedure case—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>actions in respect of aliment and interim aliment;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>actions of defamation; or</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>actions for personal injury to which section 17 or 18 of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 apply.</Text>
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