Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) 2019

Table of charges

3.3.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to proceedings in respect of which there is a table of inclusive charges applicable to the proceedings in schedule 2, 3 or 4.

(2) The charges to be allowed are those specified in—

(a) the table of detailed charges in schedule 1; or

(b) the applicable table of inclusive charges in—

(i) for proceedings in the Court of Session, schedule 2;

(ii) for proceedings in the Sheriff Appeal Court, schedule 3; or

(iii) for ordinary actions in the sheriff court, schedule 4,

as the entitled party may elect, but the entitled party may not elect to have an account taxed partly on one basis and partly on another.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the charges to be allowed where there is no table of inclusive charges applicable to the proceedings are those specified in the table of detailed charges in schedule 1.

(4) Subject to rule 3.7 (simple procedure), the charges to be allowed in respect of a simple procedure case in the sheriff court(1) are those specified in the applicable table of inclusive charges in schedule 5.

(5) This rule applies unless the court otherwise directs.

(1)

Simple procedure was introduced by the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 18), section 72.