Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993

PART II–DEFENDED ACTIONS

1.  Instructions fee, to include taking instructions (including instructions for a counterclaim), framing summons and statement of claim, obtaining warrant for service, enquiring for notice of intention to defend, attendance at first calling, noting defence.	£68.70
2.  Service– (a) Citation by post within United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, or the Republic of Ireland–for each party	£5.60
Citation by post elsewhere–for each party	£12.50
(b) Instructing service or reservice by sheriff officer including perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee–for each party	£5.60
(c) Framing and instructing service by advertisement–for each party	£18.10
3.  Attendance at court– Attendance at any diet except as otherwise specially provided	£18.10
4.  Preparing for proof, to include all work in connection with proof not otherwise provided for	£62.40
5.  Fee to cover preparing for adjourned diet and all incidental work if diet for more than six days–for each adjourned diet	£30.00
6.—(a) Drawing and lodging inventory of productions, lodging the productions specified therein and cons idering opponent’s productions (to be charged only once in each process)	£27.50
(b) Where only one party lodges productions, opponent’s charges for considering same	£12.50
7.  Precognitions– (a) Drawing precognitions, including instructions, attendances with witnesses and all relative meetings and correspondence–per witness	£27.50
(b) Where precognitions exceed 2 sheets–for each additional sheet	£12.50
8.  Motions and minutes– Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging of any written motion or minute, excluding a minute or motion to recall decree, and relative attendance at court (except as otherwise provided in this Chapter)– (a) Where opposed	£37.40
(b) Where unopposed (including for each party a joint minute or joint motion)	£23.10
9.  Fee to cover considering opponent’s written motion or minute (excluding minute of motion to recall decree) and relative attendance at court– (a) Where motion or minute opposed	£30.00
(b) Where motion or minute unopposed	£18.10
10.  Conduct of proof– (a) Fee to cover conduct of proof or trial and debate on evidence taken at close of proof–per half hour	£18.10
(b) Waiting time–per half hour	£9.40
11.  Settlements– (a) Judicial tender, fee for consideration of, preparing and lodging minute of tender	£37.40
(i) Fee for consideration and rejection of tenders	£27.50
(ii) Fee on acceptance of tender–to include preparing and lodging, or consideration of minute of acceptance and attendance at court when decree granted in terms thereof	£27.50
(b) Extra judicial settlement–fee to cover negotiations resulting in settlement, framing or revising joint minute and attendance at court when authority interponed thereto	£62.40
12.  Specification of documents– (a) Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging specification of documents and relative motion and attendance at court	£31.20
(b) Inclusive fee to opposing solicitor	£28.10
(c) Fee for citation of havers, preparation for and attendance before commissioner, to each party–for each half hour	£18.10
(d) If alternative procedure adopted, a fee per person upon whom order served	£12.50
13.  Commissions to take evidence– (a) Fee to cover drawing, lodging and intimating motion and attendance at court– (i) Where opposed	£37.40
(ii) Where unopposed	£23.10
(b) Fee to cover considering such motion and attendance at court– (i) Where opposed	£30.00
(ii) Where unopposed	£18.10
(c) Fee to cover instructing commissioner and citing witness	£18.10
(d) Fee to cover drawing and lodging interrogatories and cross-interrogatories–per sheet	£12.50
(e) Attendance before commissioner–per hour	£17.50
(f) Travelling time–per hour	£12.50
14.  Supplementary note of defence (when ordered)	£12.50
15.  Appeals– (a) fee to cover instructions, marking of appeal or noting that appeal marked, noting of diet of hearing thereof and preparation for hearing	£84.30
(b) Fee to cover conduct of hearing–per half hour	£18.10
16.  Final procedure– (a) Fee to cover settling with witnesses, enquiring for cause at avizandum, noting final interlocutor	£37.40
(b) Fee to cover drawing account of expenses, arranging, intimating and attending hearing on expenses, and obtaining approval of sheriff clerk’s report	£37.40
(c) Fee to cover considering opponent’s account of expenses and attendance at hearing on expenses	£18.10