The Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2007

This section has no associated Executive Note

2.  In any undefended action of divorce or separation and aliment where–

(a)the facts set out in section 1(2) (adultery), 1(2)(d) (one year’s non cohabitation and consent) or 1(2)(e) (two years' non cohabitation) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976(1) are relied on; and

(b)the pursuer seeks to prove those facts by means of affidavits,

the pursuer’s solicitor may, in respect of the work specified in column 1 of Table B in this paragraph, charge the inclusive fee specified in respect of that work in column 2 of that Table.

TABLE B

Column 1Column 2
Inclusive Fee in Units

1.  All work to and including the period of notice.

13

2.  All work from the period of notice to and including swearing affidavits.

8

3.  All work from swearing affidavits to and including sending extract decree.

3

4.  All work to and including sending extract decree.

24
(1)

Section 1(2)(d) and (e) was amended by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2), section 11.