Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) 2019

Rule 7.2

SCHEDULE 7 SHORTHAND WRITERS AND TRANSCRIBERS

PART 1
FEES
		£
Attendance of shorthand writer
1.	Time engaged—
(a)	attendance at proof, jury trial or commission, per 15 minutes	11.10
(b)	travelling to and from the court or other place where the shorthand writer is instructed to attend, per 15 minutes (not chargeable for first 30 minutes of each journey)	5.55
(c)	minimum per day (only chargeable on date of attendance)	177.60
Cancellation
2.	Fee payable on cancellation, per day on which attendance instructed—
(a)	cancellation more than 21 days before date of attendance – no fee
(b)	first day – 75% of minimum daily fee where cancellation before 4 p.m. on previous day, otherwise minimum daily fee
(c)	subsequent days	50.00
Transcription
3.	Extending notes of evidence or transcribing recording of evidence, per 250 words—
(a)	where prepared daily	8.85
(b)	otherwise	7.25
Copying
4.	Provision of copy transcript, per 250 words	0.61

PART 2
EXPENSES
		£
Travel
1.	Travel to and from the court or other place where the shorthand writer is instructed to attend (recoverable only where the distance exceeds 15 miles)—
	the cost actually incurred in travelling by public transport
	or
	allowance per mile where the shorthand writer uses a private vehicle	0.45
Day subsistence
2.	The additional cost of food and drink actually incurred (recoverable only where the shorthand writer is away from his or her home or normal place of business for in excess of 10 hours in consequence of the instruction to attend), up to	10.70
Overnight subsistence
3.	Where the shorthand writer requires to stay overnight—
(a)	the actually incurred cost of overnight accommodation and breakfast, up to	75.00
(b)	the actually incurred cost of an evening meal, up to	23.50