[SCHEDULE 8 Rules as to Jurisdiction in Scotland]
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (1982 c 27) | Legislation

[SCHEDULE 8 Rules as to Jurisdiction in Scotland]

Section 20

[General

1

Subject to the following rules, persons shall be sued in the courts for the place where they are domiciled.

Special jurisdiction

2

Subject to rules 3 (jurisdiction over consumer contracts), 4 (jurisdiction over individual contracts of employment), 5 (exclusive jurisdiction) and 6 (prorogation), a person may also be sued—

(a)     where he has no fixed residence, in a court within whose jurisdiction he is personally cited;

(b)     in matters relating to a contract, in the courts for the place of performance of the obligation in question;

(c)     in matters relating to delict or quasi-delict, in the courts for the place where the harmful event occurred or may occur;

(d)     as regards a civil claim for damages or restitution which is based on an act giving rise to criminal proceedings, in the court seised of those proceedings to the extent that the court has jurisdiction to entertain civil proceedings;

[(e)     in matters relating to maintenance, in the courts for the place where the maintenance creditor is domiciled or habitually resident or, if the matter is ancillary to proceedings concerning the status of a person, in the

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