PART 7SPECIAL APPEAL PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER 28APPLICATION FOR NEW JURY TRIAL OR TO ENTER JURY VERDICT

Sist of application for new trial and variation of timetable28.6

1

Any party may apply by motion to—

a

sist the application for a new trial for a specified period;

b

recall a sist;

c

vary the timetable.

2

An application is to be determined by the procedural Appeal Sheriff.

3

An application to sist the application for a new trial or to vary the timetable may only be granted on special cause shown.

4

The procedural Appeal Sheriff may—

a

grant the application;

b

refuse the application; or

c

make an order not sought in the application, where the procedural Appeal Sheriff considers that doing so would secure the expeditious disposal of the appeal.

5

Where the procedural Appeal Sheriff makes an order sisting the application for a new trial, the Clerk is to discharge the procedural hearing fixed under rule 28.5(2) (timetable: fixing procedural hearing).

6

When a sist is recalled or expires, the Clerk is to—

a

issue a revised timetable in Form 28.5;

b

fix a procedural hearing.

7

Where the procedural Appeal Sheriff makes an order varying the timetable, the Clerk is to—

a

discharge the procedural hearing fixed under rule 28.5(2) (timetable: fixing procedural hearing);

b

issue a revised timetable in Form 28.5;

c

fix a procedural hearing.