A Practical Guide to Conducting a Sheriff Court Proof - Second Edition

This is a practical guide to conducting a proof in the sheriff court, based on the author’s many years’ experience of presenting evidence at proofs and hearings in the sheriff court, the Court of Session and before tribunals. It highlights the importance of risk management in an area of law that is fraught with hazards concerning costs, timescales and adverse outcomes. It also identifies many useful steps that ought to be taken with a view to minimising such hazards and making the process of …