Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 8) (Fees of Solicitors) 2000

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 450

COURT OF SESSION

Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 8) (Fees of Solicitors) 2000

Made

18th December 2000

Coming into force

1st January 2001

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon 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. 8) (Fees of Solicitors) 2000 and shall come into force on 1st January 2001.

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

Amendment of the Rules of the Court of Session

2.  In Chapter 42 of the Rules of the Court of Session(2), in the Table of Fees in rule 42.16 (which lists fees of a solicitor which may be charged between party and party in an account in any cause)–

(a) in paragraph 7 of Part V of Chapter III, after paragraph (d) insert–

“(e) Fee for perusal of documents recovered under a specification of documents (or by informal means) where not otherwise provided for in the Table of Fees, per quarter hour ... ... ... ... £22.80.”; and

(b) in the provisions mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts respectively specified in column 2 of that Schedule substitute the amounts so specified in column 3.

Saving

3.  Paragraph 2 does not affect the provisions of Chapter 42 in their application to work done before 1st January 2001.

Rodger of Earlsferry

Lord President, I.P.D.

Edinburgh,

18th December 2000

Paragraph 2(b)

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)	(3)
(provision)	(old fee) £	(new fee) £
Chapter I:
1(a)	11.20	11.50
(b)	4.70	4.80
(c)	16.40	16.90
3	4.70	4.80
4(a)	11.20	11.50
(b)	11.20	11.50
(c)	11.20	11.50
5(a)	22.10	22.80
(b)	22.10	22.80
(c)	22.10	22.80
(e)(i)	11.20	11.50
(ii)	11.20	11.50
(iii)	4.70	4.80
6(a)	11.20	11.50
(b)	2.20	2.30
(c)	4.70	4.80
Chapter III Part I:
1(a)	199.10	205.10
Chapter III Part II:
1	280.60	289.00
2	160.00	164.80
3(a)	41.00	42.20
(b)	59.30	61.10
(c)	73.60	75.80
4(a)	71.90	74.10
(b)	22.10	22.80
(c)	12.20	12.60
5(a)	66.50	68.50
(b)	22.10	22.80
7	199.10	205.10
8	61.40	63.20
Chapter III Part III:
Table A:
1	404.20	416.30
	461.50	475.30
2	287.30	295.90
	348.80	359.30
3	88.30	90.90
	129.50	133.40
4	779.60	803.00
	939.80	968.00
Table B:
1	332.40	342.40
	389.90	401.60
2	160.00	164.80
	203.10	209.20
3	88.30	90.90
	129.50	133.40
4	580.60	598.00
	722.30	744.00
Table C:
1	82.10	84.60
2	92.10	94.90
3	174.10	179.30
Chapter III Part IV:
1(a)	414.60	427.00
(b)	574.40	591.60
2(a)	281.00	289.40
3(a)	50.20	51.70
4	47.40	48.80
Chapter III Part V:
1(a)	389.90	401.60
(b)	42.00	43.30
(c)	82.10	84.60
2(a)	414.60	427.00
(b)	256.40	264.10
(c)(i)	42.00	43.30
(ii)	22.10	22.80
(d)	123.00	126.70
(e)	182.60	188.10
3(a)	82.10	84.60
(b)	22.10	22.80
(c)	61.40	63.20
4(a)	78.00	80.30
(b)	22.10	22.80
(c)	11.20	11.50
(d)	78.00	80.30
(e)	22.10	22.80
(f)	11.20	11.50
5	39.90	41.10
6(a)	88.30	91.00
(b)	12.20	12.60
7(a)	82.10	84.60
(b)	39.90	41.10
(c)	22.10	22.80
(d)	32.80	33.80
8(a)	166.20	171.20
(b)	133.40	137.40
(c)	49.30	50.80
(d)	12.20	12.60
9(a)	182.60	188.10
(b)	82.10	84.60
(c)	22.10	22.80
10(a)	22.10	22.80
(b)	61.40	63.20
(c)	22.10	22.80
(d)	61.40	63.20
(e)	22.10	22.80
11	231.90	238.90
12(a)	61.40	63.20
(b)	22.10	22.80
(c)	90.20	92.90
(d)	41.50	42.70
(e)	210.00	216.30
(f)	116.90	120.40
13(a)	564.20	581.10
(b)	50.20	51.70
(c)	102.70	105.80
(d)	22.10	22.80
15(a)(i)	123.00	126.70
(ii)	82.10	84.60
(iii)	82.10	84.60
(b)	205.20	211.40
(c)	348.70	359.20
16	436.00	449.10
17	22.10	22.80
18	148.60	153.10
19	32.80	33.80
20(a)	166.20	171.20
	50.20	51.70
Chapter III Part VI:
1(a)	123.00	126.70
(b)	61.40	63.20
(c)	51.50	53.00
2(a)	148.60	153.10
(b)	73.60	75.80
(c)	50.20	51.70
3(a)	123.00	126.70
(b)	22.10	22.80
6	50.20	51.70

Explanatory Note

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

This Act of Sederunt amends the Table of Fees in Chapter 42 of the Rules of the Court of Session 1994 by increasing the fees payable to solicitors (and recoverable from opponents) by about 3%. The last increase was in the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 8) (Fees of Solicitors) 1999 (S.S.I. 1999/166).

It also introduces a block fee in defended actions for perusal of documents recovered under a specification of documents, or by informal means where not otherwise provided for in the Table of Fees.

The Act of Sederunt does not apply as respects work done, or outlays incurred, before it comes into force.

(1)

1988 c. 36; section 5 was amended by the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32), section 2(3) and by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36), Schedule 4, paragraph 45.

(2)

S.I. 1994/1443; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/1396, S.I. 1996/237, S.I. 1998/2674 and S.S.I. 1999/166.