PART VIDEBT AND EJECTMENT PROCEEDINGS

Procedure in debt and ejectment proceedings

Issue of process72

1

A process issued in debt proceeding shall require the defendant to appear before a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district in which the defendant resides or in which any business premises used or occupied by him are situated.

2

A process issued in ejectment proceedings shall require the defendant to appear before a court of summary jurisdiction acting for the petty sessions district in which the premises, the subject of the proceedings, or any part of those premises are situated.

3

A claim for the recovery of arrears of rent or sums due under Article 69 not exceeding £100 due in respect of lands or premises may be joined together with a claim in ejectment proceedings and commenced by the issue of the same process.