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Party cannot choose to vary motion timetable: sheriff
Closing for Christmas break no excuse for lateness
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Tayside extends child welfare hearing webex pilot
All courts to attempt remote hearings during spring
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Hearing could place 17 year old in secure accommodation
Court holds judicial review proceedings incompetent, and unfounded in law
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Courts open, but COVID rules must be observed: Carloway
Lord President issues video reminder not to let observance slip
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Amended court rules cover post-Brexit transition issues
New rules concern choice of court, insolvency proceedings and other matters
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Sheriff courts all using virtual platform from today
Civil case WebEx capability rolled out across Scotland following civil pilots
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"Year of two halves": Carloway's annual opening address
Courts and tribunals "will not return to the way things were"
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Online simple procedure mandatory from 1 December
Sheriff must grant permission if exemption claimed
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Annual report details SCJC projects and priorities
Litigation funding and group proceedings among the priorities in 2019-20
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Litigation Act prompts revised scheme for advocate fees
Speculative fee changes reflected in revisions to scheme
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Protective expenses refused in referendum power case
Action for declarator of Holyrood powers did not meet common law criteria
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Group proceedings rules come in from 31 July
"Opt in" actions under Civil Litigation Act given go-ahead
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Appeal not suspension the remedy for non-party to award
Court holds appeal by body not party to dismissal claim would be competent
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Lord President issues new warning on jury trials
Praise for progress on remote courts, but "major problem" ahead with trials