This Act of Sederunt amends chapter 30 (withdrawal of agents) of the Rules of the Court of Session (“Rules”) to place additional requirements on agents who withdraw from acting and to allow the Court, on its own initiative, to ordain the party whose agent has withdrawn from acting to intimate whether they intend to proceed.

It also amends chapter 58 (judicial review) of the Rules to make various adjustments to the judicial review procedure following an assessment by the Scottish Civil Justice Council of the operation of the new rules for judicial review petitions.