Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No.2) (Solicitors' Fees) 1992

Statutory Instruments

1992 No. 894 (S.93)

COURT OF SESSION, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No.2) (Solicitors' Fees) 1992

Made

19th March 1992

Coming into force

13th April 1992

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on 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) (Solicitors' Fees) 1992 and shall come into force on 13th April 1992.

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

Amendment of solicitors' fees

2.—(1) In the rule 347 of the Rules of the Court of Session(2) (fees of solicitors) in Chapters I, and III of the Table of Fees, for the fees and outlays specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt substitute those specified in column 3 of that Schedule; and such fees and outlays in column 3 shall apply to work done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

(2) The fees and outlays specified in the Table of Fees in rule 347 of the Rules of the Court of Session which are specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt shall continue to have effect in respect of work done before this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

J.A.D. Hope

Lord President,

Edinburgh

19th March 1992

Paragraph 2(1)

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(paragraph)	(old fee) £	(new fee) £
Chapter I:—
1(a)	5.90	6.40
1(b)	2.40	2.60
1(c)	8.70	9.40
2(b)	0.40	0.40
3	2.40	2.60
4	5.90	6.40
	5.90	6.40
	5.90	6.40
5(a)	11.80	12.70
5(b)	11.80	12.70
5(d)	2.40	2.60
	5.90	6.40
	5.90	6.40
6	5.90	6.40
	1.20	1.30
	2.40	2.60
Chapter III:—
Part I (Fee)	105.70	114.20
(Maximum Outlays)	120.00	150.00
Part III
1	149.00	160.90
2	85.00	91.80
3(a)	21.80	23.50
3(b)	31.60	34.10
3(c)	39.20	42.30
4(a)	38.10	41.20
4(b)	11.80	12.70
4(c)	6.50	7.00
5(a)	35.40	38.20
5(b)	11.80	12.70
7	105.70	114.20
8	32.70	35.30
Part IIA
1 Table A1	214.70	231.90
	245.20	264.80
2	152.60	164.80
	185.30	200.10
3	46.90	50.70
	68.70	74.20
4	414.20	447.30
	499.30	539.20
2 Table B1	176.60	190.70
	207.10	223.70
2	85.00	91.80
	107.90	116.50
3	46.90	50.70
	68.70	74.20
4	308.50	333.20
	383.70	414.40
3 Table C1	43.60	47.10
2	49.00	52.90
3	92.60	100.00
Part III
1	220.20	237.80
	305.20	329.60
2	149.30	161.20
4(a)	26.70	28.80
5	26.70	28.80
Part IV
1(a)	207.10	223.70
1(b)	22.30	24.10
1(c)	43.60	47.10
2(a)	220.20	237.80
2(b)	136.20	147.10
2(c)(i)	22.30	24.10
2(c)(ii)	11.80	12.70
2(d)	65.40	70.60
2(e)	97.00	104.80
3(a)	43.60	47.10
3(b)	11.80	12.70
3(c)	32.70	35.30
4(a)	41.40	44.70
4(b)	11.80	12.70
4(c)	5.90	6.40
4(d)	41.40	44.70
4(e)	11.80	12.70
4(f)	5.90	6.40
5	21.20	22.90
6(a)	46.90	50.70
6(b)	6.50	7.00
7(a)	43.60	47.10
7(b)	21.20	22.90
7(c)	11.80	12.70
7(d)	17.40	18.80
8(a)	88.30	95.40
8(b)	70.90	76.60
8(c)	26.20	28.30
8(d)	6.50	7.00
9(a)	97.00	104.80
9(b)	43.60	47.10
9(c)	11.80	12.70
10(a)	11.80	12.70
10(b)	32.70	35.30
10(c)	11.80	12.70
10(d)	32.70	35.30
11	123.20	133.10
12(a)	32.70	35.30
12(b)	11.80	12.80
12(c)	48.00	51.80
12(d)	22.00	23.80
12(e)	111.70	120.60
12(f)	62.10	67.10
13(a)	299.80	323.80
13(b)	26.70	28.80
13(c)	54.50	58.90
15(a)(i)	65.40	70.60
15(a)(ii)	43.60	47.10
15(a)(iii)	43.60	47.10
15(b)	109.00	117.70
17	11.80	12.70
18	79.00	85.30
19	17.40	18.80
20(a)	88.30	95.40
20(b)	26.70	28.80
Part V
1(a)	65.40	70.60
1(b)	32.70	35.30
1(c)	27.30	29.50
2(a)	79.00	85.30
2(b)	39.20	42.30
2(c)	26.70	28.80
3(a)	65.40	70.60
3(b)	11.80	12.70
6	26.70	28.80

Explanatory Note

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

This Act of Sederunt amends chapters I and III of the Table of Fees in rule 347 of the Rules of the Court of Session by increasing fees payable to solicitors by about 8 per cent.

(1)

1988 c. 36.

(2)

S.I. 1965/321; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/445, 1990/717, 1262, 1991/272 and 846.