SCHEDULE
Chapter IV –Summary Cause
Part II –Defended Actions
1. Work before action commences – to cover all work of a pre-litigation basis, to include discussions/correspondence with opposing party, exchange of documentation, etc (not exceeding 1 hour) | 100.00 |
2.—(a) Instruction fee to include taking instructions, framing summons and statement of claim, statement of valuation, obtaining warrant for service, enquiring for and consideration of Response Form (1½ hours) | 150.00 |
(b)Where counter claim and answers lodged, additional fee of (1½ hours) | 150.00 |
(c)If additional defender/third party brought in, additional fee to each original party’s agent (1 hour) | 100.00 |
3. Service– | |
(a)Citation by post within the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, or the Republic of Ireland – for each party | 10.30 |
| Citation by post elsewhere – for each party | 22.75 |
(b)Instructing service or reservice by sheriff officer including perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee – for each party | 10.30 |
(c)Framing and instructing service by advertisement – for each party | 32.90 |
4. Attendance at first calling– | |
(a)To include necessary preparation for and conduct of (each of) such hearings and noting interlocutor (1½ hours) | 150.00 |
(b)Where waiting/hearing exceeds one half hour – for every extra quarter hour | 25.00 |
5. Attendance at Court– | |
| Attendance at any diet except as otherwise specially provided – per half hour | 25.00 |
6. Precognitions– taking and drawing – per sheet | 36.40 |
| Note: Where a skilled witness prepares his own precognition or report, the solicitor shall be allowed half of above drawing fee for perusing it (whether or not in the course of doing so he revises or adjusts it). | |
7. Reports obtained under Order of Court– | |
(a)All work incidental to it | 80.00 |
(b)Additional fee for perusal of report, per quarter hour | 19.55 |
8. Productions– | |
(a)For lodging productions – each inventory | 43.60 |
(b)For considering opponent’s productions – each inventory | 21.70 |
9. Affidavits– to framing affidavits (where ordered) per sheet | 14.50 |
10. 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 | 101.85 |
(b)Where unopposed – including for each party a joint minute or joint motion (other than under paragraph 14(b)) | 43.60 |
(c)Where motion exceeds half hour, additional fee per quarter hour | 19.55 |
11. Fee to cover considering opponent’s written motion or minute excluding minute or motion to recall decree and relative attendance at court– | |
(a)Where motion or minute opposed | 101.85 |
(b)Where motion or minute unopposed | 43.60 |
(c)Where motion exceeds half hour, additional fee per quarter hour | 19.55 |
12. Hearing Limitation– | |
| Fee to include work done (except as otherwise specially provided for in this Chapter) undertaken with a view to limiting the scope of any hearing, and including the agreement of evidence generally including the exchange of documents, precognitions and expert reports, agreeing any fact, statement or document not in dispute, preparation and lodging of witness list, preparing Schedule of Damages and preparing and lodging joint minute (not exceeding 1 hour) | 100.00 |
13. Procedure preliminary to proof– (a)Fee to cover all work preparing proof (except as otherwise specially provided for in this chapter) | |
(i)If action settled or abandoned not later than 7 days before the diet of proof | 250.00 |
(ii)In any other case | 300.00 |
(b)Fee to cover preparing for adjourned diet and all incidental work as in (a) if diet postponed for more than 6 days, for each additional diet | 94.60 |
(c)Fee for attendance inspecting opponent’s documents – per quarter hour | 21.70 |
14. Conduct of proof– | |
(a)Fee to cover conduct of proof or trial and debate on evidence taken at close of proof – per quarter hour | 21.75 |
(b)Waiting time – per half hour | 19.55 |
15. Debate on Evidence– | |
(a)Where debate on evidence not taken at conclusion of proof, preparing for debate | 72.70 |
(b)Fee for conduct of debate – per quarter hour | 21.75 |
16. Settlements– (a)Judicial tender– | |
(i)Fee for preparation and lodging or for consideration of each minute of tender | 79.90 |
(ii)Fee on acceptance of tender, to include preparation and lodging or consideration of minute of acceptance and attendance at court when decree granted in terms thereof | 65.50 |
(b)Extra judicial settlement– | |
| Fee to cover negotiations resulting in settlement, framing or revising joint minute and attendance at court when authority interponed thereto | 145.30 |
(c)Whether or not fees are payable under (a) or (b) above where additional work has been undertaken with a view to effecting settlement, including offering settlement, although settlement is not agreed – not exceeding | 145.30 |
17. Specification of documents– (a)Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging specification and relative motion | |
(i)Where motion unopposed | 79.90 |
(ii)Where motion opposed – additional fee per quarter hour | 19.55 |
(b)Fee to opposing solicitor | |
(i)Where motion unopposed | 43.60 |
(ii)Where motion opposed – additional fee per quarter hour | 19.55 |
(c)Fee for citation of havers, preparation for and attendance before commissioner at execution of commission– | |
(i)Where attendance before commissioner does not exceed one hour | 79.90 |
(ii)For each additional quarter hour after the first hour | 21.70 |
(d)If optional procedure adopted – fee per person upon whom order is served | 19.55 |
(e)Fee for perusal of documents recovered – per quarter hour | 19.55 |
18. Commissions to take evidence– Open Commissions– | |
(a)Fee to solicitor applying for commission to include all work (except as otherwise specially provided for in this chapter) up to lodging report of commission but excluding attendance thereat | 145.40 |
(b)Fee to opposing solicitor | 72.70 |
(c)Fee for attendance at execution of commission – per quarter hour | 21.70 |
19. Appeals– | |
(a)Fee to cover instructions, marking of appeal or noting that appeal marked, noting of diet of hearing thereof, perusing Stated Case, framing Questions in Law and Adjustment thereof, preparation for hearing | 218.10 |
(b)Fee to cover conduct of hearing on Adjustments – per quarter hour | 21.70 |
(c)Conduct of Appeal – per quarter hour | 21.70 |
20. Final Procedure– | |
(a)Fee to cover settling with witnesses and noting final interlocutor | 109.10 |
(b)Fee to cover drawing of expenses, arranging, intimating and attending diet of taxation and obtaining approval of auditor’s report and where necessary, ordering, procuring and examining extract decree or adjusting account with opponent | 94.60 |
(c)Fee to cover considering opponent’s account of expenses, objections and attendance at hearing on expenses – per quarter hour | 19.55 |
Chapter IV –Summary Cause
Part II –Defended Actions
Personal Injury Claims Only
1. Work before action commences – to cover all work of a pre-litigation basis, to include discussions/correspondence with opposing party, exchange of documentation, etc (not exceeding 3 hours) | 284.60 |
2.—(a) Instruction fee to include taking instructions, framing summons and statement of claim, statement of valuation, obtaining warrant for service, enquiring for and consideration of Response Form (not exceeding 2_ hours) | 300.00 |
(b)Where counter claim and answers lodged, additional fee of (not exceeding 1½ hours) | 150.00 |
(c)If additional defender/third party brought in, additional fee to each original party’s agent (not exceeding 1½ hours) | 150.00 |
3. Service– | |
(a)Citation by post within the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, or the Republic of Ireland – for each party | 12.35 |
| Citation by post elsewhere – for each party | 27.25 |
(b)Instructing service or reservice by sheriff officer including perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee – for each party | 12.35 |
(c)Framing and instructing service by advertisement – for each party | 32.85 |
4. Attendance at first calling– | |
(a)To include necessary preparation for and conduct of (each of) such hearings and noting interlocutor (2 hours) | 195.60 |
(b)Where waiting/hearing exceeds one half hour – for every extra quarter hour | 27.15 |
5. Attendance at Court– | |
| Attendance at any diet except as otherwise specially provided – per half hour | 54.50 |
6. Precognitions– taking and drawing – per sheet | 45.50 |
| Note: Where a skilled witness prepares his own precognition or report, the solicitor shall be allowed half of above drawing fee for perusing it (whether or not in the course of doing so he revises or adjusts it). | |
7. Reports obtained under Order of Court– | |
(a)All work incidental to it | 100.00 |
(b)Additional fee for perusal of report, per quarter hour | 12.65 |
8. Productions– | |
(a)For lodging productions – each inventory | 54.50 |
(b)For considering opponent’s productions – each inventory | 27.15 |
9. Affidavits– to framing affidavits (where ordered) per sheet | 18.15 |
10. 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 | 127.35 |
(b)Where unopposed – including for each party a joint minute or joint motion (other than under paragraph 14(b)) | 54.50 |
(c)Where motion exceeds half hour, additional fee per quarter hour | 27.15 |
11. Fee to cover considering opponent’s written motion or minute excluding minute or motion to recall decree and relative attendance at court– | |
(a)Where motion or minute opposed | 127.35 |
(b)Where motion or minute unopposed | 54.50 |
(c)Where motion exceeds half hour, additional fee per quarter hour | 27.15 |
12. Procedure preliminary to proof– (a)Fee to cover all work preparing proof – as follows – exchanging of witness list, documents list, skilled witnesses, reports, consideration of defender’s schedule of damages, citation of witnesses, general preparation for Proof (except as otherwise specially provided for in this chapter) (not exceeding 3 hours) | |
(i)If action settled or abandoned not later than 7 days before the diet of proof | 400.00 |
(ii)In any other case | 526.95 |
(b)Fee to cover preparing for adjourned diet and all incidental work as in (a) if diet postponed for more than 6 days, for each additional diet | 118.25 |
13. Hearing Limitation– | |
| Fee to include work done (except as otherwise specially provided for in this Chapter) undertaken with a view to limiting the scope of any hearing and including the agreement of evidence generally, including the agreement of photographs, sketch plans, documents, precognitions and expert reports, agreeing any fact, statement or documents, agreeing Schedule of Damages and preparing and lodging joint minute of admissions (not exceeding 3 hours) | 400.00 |
14. Conduct of proof– | |
(a)Fee to cover conduct of proof or trial and debate on evidence taken at close of proof – per quarter hour | 27.15 |
(b)Waiting Time – per half hour | 24.45 |
15. Debate on Evidence– | |
(a)Where debate on evidence not taken at conclusion of proof, preparing for debate | 90.85 |
(b)Fee for conduct of debate – per quarter hour | 27.15 |
16. Settlements– (a)Judicial tender– | |
(i)Fee for preparation and lodging or for consideration of each minute of tender | 99.90 |
(ii)Fee on acceptance of tender, to include preparation and lodging or consideration of minute of acceptance and attendance at court when decree granted in terms thereof | 81.85 |
(b)Extra judicial settlement– | |
| Fee to cover negotiations resulting in settlement, framing or revising joint minute and attendance at court when authority interponed thereto | 181.65 |
(c)Whether or not fees are payable under (a) or (b) above where additional work has been undertaken with a view to effecting settlement, including offering settlement, although settlement is not agreed – not exceeding | 136.40 |
17. Specification of documents– (a)Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging specification and relative motion | |
(i)Where motion unopposed | 99.90 |
(ii)Where motion opposed – additional fee per quarter hour | 24.45 |
(b)Fee to opposing solicitor | |
(i)Where motion unopposed | 99.90 |
(ii)Where motion opposed – additional fee per quarter hour | 24.45 |
(c)Fee for citation of havers, preparation for and attendance before commissioner at execution of commission– | |
(i)Where attendance before commissioner does not exceed one hour | 99.90 |
(ii)For each additional quarter hour after the first hour | 27.15 |
(d)If optional procedure adopted – fee per person upon whom order is served | 24.45 |
(e)Fee for perusal of documents recovered – per quarter hour | 24.45 |
18. Commissions to take evidence– Open Commissions– | |
(a)Fee to solicitor applying for commission to include all work (except as otherwise specially provided for in this chapter) up to lodging report of commission but excluding attendance thereat | 181.75 |
(b)Fee to opposing solicitor | 90.85 |
(c)Fee for attendance at execution of commission – per quarter hour | 27.15 |
19. Appeals– | |
(a)Fee to cover instructions, marking of appeal or noting that appeal marked, noting of diet of hearing thereof, perusing Stated Case, framing Questions in Law and Adjustment thereof, preparation for hearing | 272.65 |
(b)If Counsel employed | 154.60 |
(c)Fee to cover conduct of hearing on Adjustments – per quarter hour | 27.15 |
(d)Conduct of Appeal – per quarter hour | 27.15 |
20. Final Procedure– | |
(a)Fee to cover settling with witnesses and noting final interlocutor | 136.40 |
(b)Fee to cover drawing of expenses, arranging, intimating and attending diet of taxation and obtaining approval of auditor’s report and where necessary, ordering, procuring and examining extract decree or adjusting account with opponent | 118.25 |
(c)Fee to cover considering opponent’s account of expenses and attendance at hearing on expenses | 24.45 |
21. Instruction of Counsel– | |
(a)Fee for instructing counsel to attend court | 118.25 |
(b)Fee for attending consultation with counsel– | |
(i)Where total time engaged does not exceed one hour | 118.25 |
(ii)For each additional quarter hour | 24.45 |
| Note: Excludes Adjustment, Debate, Amendment, Interrogatories, Process Fee. |