Form 61.18 
 
Form of notice in the Edinburgh Gazette of application for appointment of judicial factor on estate of deceased person 

 
(Cause reference number) 
 
PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL FACTOR ON THE ESTATE OF [C.D.] 
 
To the creditors of any persons interested in the estate of the deceased (name and last known address). 
 
NOTICE is hereby given that:- 
 
1. An application under section 11A of the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889 has been presented to the Court of Session by [A.B.] (address), a creditor [or creditors] of the deceased [or having an interest in the succession of the deceased], the deceased having left no settlement appointing trustees or other parties having power to manage his estate [or the trustees under the deceased’s settlement having refused to act], for the appointment of a judicial factor to the estate of the deceased (name). 
 
2. Any person having an interest in the estate of the deceased may lodge answers to the petition.  Answers must be lodged at the Office of Court, Court of Session, 2 Parliament Square, Edinburgh EH1 1RQ within [21] days after the date of this notice [or otherwise in terms of the first order]. 
 
 (Name) 
 
 Petitioner 
 [or Solicitor [or Agent] for petitioner] 
 (Address)