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Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018

Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018

2018 asp 10

Commentary on Sections

Part 2: Expenses in Civil Litigation

Section 11 – Awards of expenses against legal representatives

27.This section gives power to the civil courts to make an award of expenses against a legal representative in the proceedings who has committed a serious breach of their duties to the court(14). Subsection (3) provides that limitations of this rule may be made in rules of court by means of an act of sederunt.

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See Paterson, Alan (2007) Duties to the court. In: Law, practice and conduct for solicitors. University of Strathclyde at http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/4793/.

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