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PRACTICE NOTES
Practice Note on pursuers’ offers in Scottish civil litigation
This Practice Note focuses on pursuers’ offers within Scottish civil proceedings, preserving the core guidance and context provided...
Further guidance
Judicial tenders: see Practice Notes—Tenders in Scottish civil litigation—nature, purpose and expenses implications; Making and responding to judicial tenders in Scottish civil litigation; and Tenders in multi-party Scottish civil litigation
Expenses and taxation: see Practice Note—Judicial expenses and taxation in Scottish civil litigation
ADR: see Practice Note—Alternative dispute resolution in Scotland
Other key areas of Scottish law and procedure: see our Scotland collection
Closest equivalent in England and Wales: see Part 36 offers—overview, which links to detailed guidance on various aspects, including Precedents, on Part 36
Key
RCS—Rules of the Court of Session 1994
OCR—Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause Rules 1993
Provisions highlighted in this Note are of particular
Dispute Resolution
PRECEDENTS
1 Introduction
1.1 This policy explains how [ enter name of organisation ] (the Company) will handle requests from employees for leave to receive fertility treatment, or to support a partner undergoing such treatment.
1.2 The term ‘fertility treatment’ covers a wide range of medical procedures and interventions designed to help individuals or couples experiencing difficulties in conceiving a child. Options span from taking medication that enhances fertility to more advanced procedures such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment. IVF usually includes stimulation of the ovaries to develop eggs, retrieval of those eggs under sedation (the ‘follicular puncture’), fertilising them, and subsequently the transfer of an embryo to the woman’s womb.
1.3 Currently, the law provides no general right to time off for fertility treatment (or to accompany a partner). Nor is there dedicated legal protection currently for those undergoing such treatment. However, a woman
Employment
FLOWCHARTS
In Scotland, minor offences are pursued via a summary complaint. The summary process is governed by Part IX of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995...
Dispute Resolution
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