a the fee for attendance at, and all work prior to– ,,, i any diet at which a plea to the competency or relevancy of the complaint or proceedings, or a plea in bar of trial, is tendered; ,,, ii any diet at which a question within the meaning of rule 31.1 of the Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996 is raised; ,,, iii any diet at which there is tendered a plea of guilty; ,,, iv any diet at which the court is considering the accused’s plea of guilty to the charges and where there has been no change of plea; and ,,, v any diet at which the court is considering the accused’s changed plea of guilty to the charges, and where no application for criminal legal aid has been made; ,£70.00,–, b fees, as undernoted, for work other than or subsequent to that described in (a) above– ,,, 1 The fee for– ,,, i any time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor appearing in court or conducting another hearing; ,£27.40,£33.15, ii each quarter hour (or part thereof) subsequent to the first half hour spent in court or conducting another hearing. ,£13.70,£16.60, 2 The fee for– ,,, i each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 1 and 3 to 5 hereof, provided that any time is additional to the total time charged for under paragraph 1 above; ,£10.55,£12.75, ii for each quarter hour (or part thereof) spent by a solicitor’s clerk in carrying out work other than that prescribed in paragraphs 3 to 5 hereof. ,£5.25,£6.35, 3 The fee for– ,,, i each citation of a witness including execution thereof; ,,, ii framing and drawing precognitions and other necessary papers, subject to paragraph 4(iii) below – per sheet (or part thereof); ,,, iii instructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers, including examining execution and settling fee; ,,, iv lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration); and ,,, v letters, including instructions to counsel, subject to paragraph 4(ii) below – per page (or part thereof). ,£6.00,£7.25, 4 The fee for– ,,, i attendance at court offices for performance of formal work including each necessary lodging in or uplifting from court or each necessary enquiry for documents due to be lodged; ,,, ii short letters of a formal nature, intimations and letters confirming telephone calls; ,,, iii framing formal papers, including inventories and title pages – per sheet (or part thereof); ,,, iv revising papers drawn by counsel or where revisal ordered by court – per 5 sheets (or part thereof); and ,,, v short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration). ,£2.40,£2.90, 5 Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), a fee of 8 pence shall be paid for each sheet copied. ,,, A.,Time occupied in carrying out work for the client other than work described in paragraphs B to E below.,,,, , i Solicitor – per quarter hour (or part thereof) ,£10.55,£12.75,£12.75, , ii Solicitor’s clerk – per quarter hour (or part thereof) ,£5.25,£6.35,£6.35, B.,For short letters of a formal nature, short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration), framing formal documents such as inventories and engrossing formal documents for signature – per sheet (or part thereof),£2.40,£2.90,£2.90, C.,For letters other than B above – per page (or part thereof), framing non-formal documents other than precognitions – per sheet of 250 words (or part thereof) and lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration),£6.00,£7.25,£7.25, D.,For taking and drawing precognitions – for the first sheet of 250 words or less,£21.05,£25.50,£25.50, ,for each subsequent sheet of 250 words,£21.05,£25.50,£25.50, ,for each subsequent sheet of less than 250 words,£10.55,£12.75,£12.75, E.,Where a document is copied and it is necessary to take a copy of more than 20 sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever), a fee of 8 pence shall be paid for each sheet copies.,,,,