This Practice Note provides guidance on diligence against earnings under Scots law and covers, among other things, earnings arrestment, current maintenance arrestment and conjoined arrestment orders under the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 (D(S)A 1987). It also briefly considers deduction from earnings orders under the Child Support Act 1991 (CSA 1991). In doing so it addresses, among other things: the circumstances in which these forms of diligence are appropriate; the need for a Debt Advice and Information Package (DAIP); obligations on the creditor, employer and debtor and the sanctions for failing to comply with those obligations; guidance on when an earnings arrestment ceases to have effect; and how and when the validity of an earnings arrestment or current maintenance arrestment can be challenged.