The Civil Legal Services (Remuneration) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

PART 4 Other Proceedings in the County Court

Table 1:

Ordinary Civil Bill Scales – Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Remuneration

Department’s assessment of value of the claim	Solicitor	Counsel
Does not exceed £1,000	£538	£180
Exceeds £1,000 but does not exceed £2,500
	£1,136	£263
Exceeds £2,500 but does not exceed £5,000
	£1,614	£383
Exceeds £5,000 but does not exceed £7,500
	£2,092	£478
Exceeds £7,500 but does not exceed £10,000
	£2,391	£562
Exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £12,500
	£2,630	£640
Exceeds £12,500 but does not exceed £15,000
	£2,869	£718
Exceeds £15,000 but does not exceed £20,000
	£3,876	£842
Exceeds £20,000 but does not exceed £25,000
	£4,253	£953
Exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £30,000
	£4,692	£1,060
Drafting notice for, or replies to notice for, particulars – payable to either the solicitor or counsel	£43
Drafting interrogatories, or answers to interrogatories, as certified by the judge
	£70	£70
Additional Days	50% of solicitor’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate, not exceeding £600	50% of counsel’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate

Table 2:

Equity Civil Bill Scales – Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Remuneration

Where value of the personalty and / or lands	Solicitor’s Fee	Counsel’s Fee – for advising proceedings/defence, settling the equity civil bill and advising proofs	Counsel’s Fee – on hearing of equity civil bill or petition
Does not exceed £5,000
	£538	£92	£267
Exceeds £5,000 but does not exceed £10,000
	£1,136	£124	£342
Exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £15,000
	£1,614	£152	£458
Exceeds £15,000 but does not exceed £20,000
	£2,092	£200	£534
Exceeds £20,000 but does not exceed £25,000
	£2,391	£230	£612
Exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £35,000
	£2,630	£301	£763
Exceeds £35,000 but does not exceed £45,000
	£2,869	£369	£917
Additional Days	50% of solicitor’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate, not exceeding £600	N/A	50% of counsel’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate

Table 3:

Ejectment proceedings for the Recovery of property – Plaintiff’s and Defendant’s Remuneration

Item of Work	Solicitor	Counsel
Proceedings for the recovery of possession of premises by a statutory body	£132	£64
In other cases, where valuation does not exceed £4,060	£321	£123
In other cases, where valuation exceeds £4,060	£458	£230
Additional days	50% of solicitor’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate, not exceeding £600	50% of counsel’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate

Table 4:

Plaintiff’s Remuneration in Remitted Actions

Amount decreed (or value of case as assessed by Department)	Solicitor	Counsel
Does not exceed £1,000	£538	£180
Exceeds £1,000 but does not exceed £2,500
	£1,136	£263
Exceeds £2,500 but does not exceed £5,000
	£1,614	£383
Exceeds £5,000 but does not exceed £7,500
	£2,092	£478
Exceeds £7,500 but does not exceed £10,000
	£2,391	£562
Exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £12,500
	£2,630	£640
Exceeds £12,500 but does not exceed £15,000
	£2,869	£718
Exceeds £15,000 but does not exceed £20,000
	£3,876	£842
Exceeds £20,000 but does not exceed £25,000
	£4,253	£953
Exceeds 25,000 but does not exceed £30,000
	£4,692	£1,060
Drafting notice for, or replies to notice for, particulars –payable to either the solicitor or counsel	£43
Drafting interrogatories, or answers to interrogatories, as certified by the judge
	£70	£70
Additional Days	50% of solicitor’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate, not exceeding £600	50% of counsel’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate

Table 5:

Defendant’s Remuneration in Remitted Actions

Item of Work	Solicitor	Counsel
Fee Payable	£2869	£718
Drafting notice for, or replies to notice for, particulars –payable to either the solicitor or counsel, as certified by the judge	£43
Additional Days	50% of solicitor’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate, not exceeding £600	50% of counsel’s scale fee on the amount claimed or decreed, as appropriate

Table 6:

Interlocutory Applications

Item of Work	Solicitor	>Counsel
Instruction, drawing Notice of Motion etc.	£118.56	£118.56
Attending before Judge on notice or ex-parte	£59.28	£59.28
Drawing up list of documents under Order 15	£42.07	£42.07

Table 7:

Occasional Costs

Item of Work	Rate
Affidavit of Service	£2.72
Other Affidavit	£1.12
Preparing Recognizance	£3.12
Drawing, issuing and serving a witness summons	£9.10
Drawing costs and copies	£6.74 per page
Attending taxation	£11.39 per hour

Table 8:

Limited Certificates

Item of Work	Solicitor	Counsel
Counsel’s Opinion	£75	£30
- up to 5 pages	£75	£50
- up to 7 pages	£75	£65
Engineer’s Report	£100	N/A
Engineer’s Report (no details provided)	£75	N/A
Medical Report	£50	N/A
Issue and service of Civil Bill, Replies and Discovery	£200	N/A
Stamp Duty	£50	N/A
Stamp Duty with other limitation	£100	N/A
Discovery	£50	N/A