Covers all aspects of litigation: the summons (instances, warrants, conclusions and craves, articles of condescendence with pleas-in-law); summary applications; petitions; defences and answers; incidental elements (motions, minutes, specifications of documents etc); and appeals.

The purpose of this volume is to give practical help to those who have the responsibility of drafting pleadings in the Scottish courts.
* Styles for litigation in the sheriff court and Court of Session are included
* Regularly updated - new styles will be added and existing styles revised to take account of new legislation and other developments
* The companion computer disks allows the busy practitioner to assemble styles at speed

* The summons * Sheriff court actions * Petitions * Defences, counter claims and answers * Incidental elements * Appeals * Admiralty actions * Bankruptcy and insolvency * Family actions * Multiplepoinding * Adoption