“SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 7
DESCRIPTION OF WORK AND FEES FOR CALCULATING REMUNERATION OF SOLICITORS IN THE HIGH, SHERIFF AND DISTRICT COURTS
1. |
The fee for— |
(a) |
any time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor conducting a trial in court or conducting another hearing |
£26.10 |
(b) |
each quarter hour (or part thereof) subsequent to the first half hour spent in so conducting a trial or other hearing |
£13.05 |
2. |
The fee for— |
(a) |
each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs I and 3 to 5 hereof, provided that any time is additional to the total time charged for under paragraph 1 above |
£10.05 |
(b) |
each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor’s clerk in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 3 to 5 hereof |
£ 5.00 |
3. |
The fee for— |
(a) |
each citation of a witness including execution thereof; |
(b) |
framing and drawing precognitions and other necessary papers, subject to paragraph 4(c) per sheet (or part thereof); |
(c) |
instructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers, including examining execution and settling fee; |
(d) |
lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration); and |
(e) |
letters, including instructions to counsel per page (or part thereof), subject to paragraph 4(b) below; |
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in each of sub-paragraphs (a)-(e) |
£5.70 |
4. |
The fee for— |
(a) |
attendance at court offices for performance of formal work including each necessary lodging in or uplifting from court or each necessary enquiry for documents due to be lodged; |
(b) |
short letters of a formal nature, intimations and letters confirming telephone calls; |
(c) |
framing formal papers, including inventories and title pages per sheet (or part thereof); |
(d) |
revising papers drawn by counsel or where revisal ordered by court per 5 sheets (or part thereof); and |
(e) |
short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration); |
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in each of sub-paragraphs (a)-(e) £ |
£2.30 |
5. |
Where an exceptional amount of copying proves necessary, for each sheet a fee of |
£ 0.35 |
6Interpretation
In this Schedule—
“court” means the High Court, the sheriff court or the district court as the case may be; and
a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers;
a “page” shall consist of 125 words or numbers; and
“exceptional” means the production of more than 20 output copy sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever) when a document has been copied.”
