Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Appeal Court) 2015

Paragraph 4(1)(a)

SCHEDULE 1 DETAILED FEES

		£
Time charges
1.  Attendance at court conducting any hearing, per quarter hour		39.00
2.  Any other attendances with clients and others and at court except as otherwise provided—
(a) by solicitor, per quarter hour		39.00
(b) by clerk, per quarter hour		19.50
3.  Travel time, per quarter hour		35.00
4.  Considering any document, per quarter hour		39.00
Documents
5.  Preparation of all necessary documents (except affidavits), per sheet		19.50
6.  Preparation of affidavits, per sheet		39.00
7.  Certifying or signing a document		9.75
8.  Revising documents (where revisal ordered), per five sheets		9.75
Lodging in and borrowing from process
9.  Making up and lodging the process		19.50
10.  Lodging each necessary document in process		9.75
11.  Borrowing from process, where necessary		9.75
12.  Uplifting from process, where necessary		9.75
Note:
The fee in paragraph 11 includes returning the borrowed item to the process.
Correspondence
13.  Letters (except formal letters), per page		19.50
14.  Formal letters		4.88
15.  Telephone calls (except lengthy telephone calls)		9.75
16.  Lengthy telephone calls, per quarter hour		39.00
Note:
For the purposes of paragraph 16, the auditor is to determine whether a telephone call is lengthy.
Sheriff officers and extracts
17.  Accepting intimation of any appeal or application		19.50
18.  Instructing sheriff officer to give intimation or to execute diligence		9.75
19.  For each additional party on whom intimation is simultaneously made		9.75
20.  Ordering, procuring and examining any extract		39.00
Note:
The fee in paragraph 18 includes examining the execution of intimation or diligence.