Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 2) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2008

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 120

COURT OF SESSION

Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 2) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2008

Made

13th March 2008

Coming into force

5th May 2008

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 5 of the Court of Session Act 1988(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 2) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2008 and shall come into force on 5th May 2008.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

Increase in fees of shorthand writers

2.—(1) The Table of Fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Rules of the Court of Session(2) is amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph.

(2) In Chapter IV (transcripts of evidence etc.)–

(a) in paragraph 1 (attendance), for the amounts of £35.03 and £140.04 substitute the amounts of £36.29 and £145.08 respectively; and

(b) in paragraph 2 (notes of evidence: extension by shorthand writer or transcriber), for the amounts £5.73, £7.02 and £0.46 substitute the amounts of £5.94, £7.27 and £0.48 respectively.

Saving

3.  Paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred before 5th May 2008.

A C HAMILTON

Lord President I.P.D.

Edinburgh

13th March 2008

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Act of Sederunt increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Court of Session by 3.6%. The last increase was effected by the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 3) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/234).

This Act of Sederunt does not apply to fees chargeable for work done before it comes into force.

(1)

1988 c. 36. Section 5 was amended by section 2(3) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), paragraph 45 of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36) and section 14(1) of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 3).

(2)

S.I. 1994/1443, last amended by S.S.I. 2008/39.