When is the deadline for sheriff appeal court: permission to appeal onward to the court of session?

Within 14 days after final judgment. Current 2021 Rule 12.2 governs this application to the Court. Actual permission competency and any later application to the Court of Session require separate review. The calculator requires the actual event and each condition of the selected branch.

Responsible actor. Party seeking a Court of Session appeal.

Identify the actual court and source branch.

Establish the actual final judgment on the appeal from the actual court process.

Current 2021 Rule 12.2 governs this application to the Court. Actual permission competency and any later application to the Court of Session require separate review.

Confirm the actual source event, specified court, applicable branch and each source condition. Only an unaltered ordinary period within the 2024 through 2028 court calendar is supported.

1. 14 calendar days after the event. Exclude the event day.
2. The express current2021 rule1.4 extension moves a closed-day endpoint to the next day the actual clerk’s office is open for civil business. Check local court holidays and additional closures.
3. Lodge Form 12.2 with the Sheriff Appeal Court. Use the required court route and complete every necessary supporting step.

14 calendar days after the event. Exclude the event day.

The express next-open-day provision applies to weekends and qualifying public or court holidays. Confirm the actual court holidays and next open day. An unplanned non-holiday closure needs separate review. National bank holidays alone do not establish court holidays.

Fictitious example

The actual source event is Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The confirmed branch is sac-first-permission. The court period is unaltered.

Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.

Source condition 1

The 2021 Rules apply to the final civil judgment under Chapter 12 and section 113 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.

Source condition 2

This is the rule 12.2 permission route. Rule 12.3 leave and a later Court of Session application are separate.

Source condition 3

No different statutory period, extension, sist or court order changes this period.

• Confirm the actual source event, specified court, applicable branch and each source condition. Only an unaltered ordinary period within the 2024 through 2028 court calendar is supported.
• Scotland Sheriff Appeal Court optional answers concerns lodge answers in Form 6.5 if advised from actual intimation of the appeal under the Clerk's order. Scotland ordinary cause notice after citation concerns observe the applicable period of notice from actual execution of service and the defender's residence or place of business. Scotland permission appeal after an oral review hearing concerns appeal to the Inner House under section 27D from actual decision following an oral hearing on permission. Those steps do not establish actual final judgment on the appeal for this procedure.

• Confirm the actual source event, specified court, applicable branch and each source condition. Only an unaltered ordinary period within the2024 through2028 court calendar is supported.
• The 2021 Rules apply to the final civil judgment under Chapter 12 and section 113 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
• This is the rule 12.2 permission route. Rule 12.3 leave and a later Court of Session application are separate.
• No different statutory period, extension, sist or court order changes this period.
• Preparation alone does not complete lodging, intimation or an application.
• The express current2021 rule1.4 extension moves a closed-day endpoint to the next day the actual clerk’s office is open for civil business. Check local court holidays and additional closures.
• List every actual court holiday or full-day closure affecting the endpoint or any express extension.
• For an automatic extension, the listed dates must be qualifying public or court holidays. Other unplanned closures require separate review.
• Current 2021 Rule 12.2 governs this application to the Court. Actual permission competency and any later application to the Court of Session require separate review. The2021 Rules apply and the selected decision is the Court’s final judgment on the appeal. I checked that this is the permission application to the Sheriff Appeal Court. A later Court of Session application is separate. No different statutory period, extension, sist or court order changes this period.