Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1991

Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 848 (S.81)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1991

Made

22nd March 1991

Laid before Parliament

8th April 1991

Coming into force

29th April 1991

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907(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 he cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1991 and shall come into force on 29th April 1991.

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

Amendment of solicitor’s fees

2.—(1) In the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) 1989(2), in Chapters I, II, III, IV and VI, for the fees specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt in relation to the paragraphs specified in column 1 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the fees specified in column 3 of that Schedule; and the fees so substituted shall be payable for work, in respect of which these fees are chargeable, done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

(2) The fees specified in the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) 1989 which are specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt in relation to the paragraphs specified in column 1 of that Schedule shall continue to have effect in respect of work done before this Act of Sederunt conies into force.

J. A. D Hope

Lord President, IPD

Edinburgh,

22nd March 1991

Paragraph 2(1)

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(Paragraph)	(Old fee)	(New fee)
£	£	£
Chapter I:—
Part I
1(a)	60.00	65.40
1(b)	50.00	54.50
2(a)	280.00	305.20
3(a)	250.00	272.50
Part II
1 Table A1	197.00	214.70
2	140.00	152.60
3	43.00	46.90
4	380.00	414.20
2 Table B1	162.00	176.60
2	78.00	85.00
3	43.00	46.90
4	283.00	308.50
3 Table C1	78.00	85.00
2	45.50	49.60
3	123.00	134.10
Chapter II:—
1(a)	130.00	141.70
1(b)	45.00	49.00
2(a)	193.00	210.40
2(b)	130.00	141.70
2(c)	22.00	24.00
2(d)	32.50	35.40
3	8.00	8.70
4(a)(i)	97.00	105.70
4(a)(ii)	12.00	13.10
4(a)(iii)	10.80	11.80
4(b)(ii)	57.00	62.10
4(b)(iii)	10.80	11.80
5	19.50	21.20
6(a)	43.00	46.90
6(b)	6.00	6.50
7(a)(i)	120.00	130.80
7(a)(ii)	81.00	88.30
7(a)(iii)	24.00	26.20
7(b)(i)	72.50	79.00
7(b)(ii)	40.00	43.60
7(b)(iii)	12.00	13.10
7(b)(iv)	10.80	11.80
8(a)	50.00	54.50
8(b)	32.50	35.40
8(c)(i)	45.00	49.00
8(c)(ii)	12.00	13.10
8(d)	10.80	11.80
9(a)(i)	55.00	60.00
9(a)(ii)	36.00	39.20
9(b)(i)	45.00	49.00
9(b)(ii)	30.00	32.70
9(c)	40.00	43.60
10(a)(i)	57.00	62.10
10(a)(ii)	40.00	43.60
10(b)(i)	32.50	35.40
10(b)(ii)	24.00	26.20
11(a)(i)	140.00	152.60
11(a)(ii)	235.00	256.20
11(b)	49.00	53.40
11(c)	24.00	26.20
11(d)	12.00	13.10
12(a)	12.00	13.10
12(b)	10.80	11.80
12(c)	10.80	11.80
13(a)	40.00	43.60
13(b)	12.00	13.10
13(c)	10.80	11.80
13(d)	10.80	11.80
14(a)(i)	75.00	81.80
14(a)(ii)	12.00	13.10
14(a)(iii)	10.80	11.80
14(a)(iv)	10.80	11.80
14(b)	37.50	40.90
15(a)(i)	45.00	49.00
15(a)(ii)	33.50	36.50
15(b)	75.00	81.80
16(a)	60.00	65.40
16(b)	49.00	53.40
16(c)	17.50	19.00
17(b)	0.38	0.40
19(a)	24.00	26.20
19(b)	50.00	54.50
19(c)	50.00	54.50
Chapter III:—
1	12.00	13.10
2(a)	10.80	11.80
3	5.40	5.90
4	8.10	8.80
5	2.20	2.40
6(ii)	0.38	0.40
7	2.20	2.40
8	10.80	11.80
9	2.20	2.40
10	2.20	2.40
11	10.80	11.80
12(b)	5.40	5.90
12(c)	2.20	2.40
13	5.40	5.90
14(a)	2.20	2.40
14(b)	2.20	2.40
14(c)	5.40	5.90
14(d)	5.40	5.90
15(a)	5.40	5.90
15(b)	5.40	5.90
15(c)	5.40	5.90
15(d)	6.50	7.10
16(a)	5.40	5.90
16(b)	5.40	5.90
16(c)	5.40	5.90
16(d)	5.40	5.90
16(e)	5.40	5.90
16(f)	5.40	5.90
Chapter IV:—
Part I
1	40.00	43.60
2(a)	4.40	4.80
2(b)	13.00	14.20
3	13.00	14.20
Part II
1	55.00	60.00
2(a)	4.50	4.90
	10.00	10.90
2(b)	4.50	4.90
2(c)	14.50	15.80
3	14.50	15.80
4	50.00	54.50
5	24.00	26.20
6(a)	22.00	24.00
6(b)	10.00	10.90
7(a)	22.00	24.00
7(b)	10.00	10.90
8(a)	30.00	32.70
8(b)	18.50	20.20
9(a)	24.00	26.20
9(b)	14.50	15.80
10(a)	14.50	15.80
10(b)	7.50	8.20
11(a)	30.00	32.70
11(a)(i)	22.00	24.00
11(a)(ii)	22.00	24.00
11(b)	50.00	54.50
12(a)	25.00	27.20
12(b)	22.50	24.50
12(c)	14.50	15.80
12(d)	10.00	10.90
13(a)(i)	30.00	32.70
13(a)(ii)	18.50	20.20
13(b)(i)	24.00	26.20
13(b)(ii)	14.50	15.80
13(c)	14.50	15.80
13(d)	10.00	10.90
13(e)	14.00	15.30
13(f)	10.00	10.90
14	10.00	10.90
15(a)	67.50	73.60
15(b)	14.50	15.80
16(a)	30.00	32.70
16(b)	30.00	32.70
16(c)	14.50	15.80
Chapter VI:—
1	60.00	65.40
3(a)	17.00	18.50
3(b)	17.00	18.50
4	34.00	37.00

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt amends the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) 1989 by increasing the fees payable to solicitors by about 9 per cent.

(1)

1907 c. 51; section 40 was amended by section 1(3) of the Secretaries of State Act 1926 (c. 18). by the Schedule to the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41), and by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to and Schedule 2 to the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12).

(2)

S.I. 1989/434, amended by S.I. 1990/716.