SCHEDULE 3SHORTHAND WRITERS' REMUNERATION

Rule 7.17

1. For attendance

£51.80

2. Per folio of written record

72.3p plus 4p per folio for all copies.

3. Travelling time

£5.44 per hour after first hour of each journey.

4

In addition to the items in paragraphs 1 to 3 the following London weighting allowances (see note below) are payable in relation to the location of the court or other place concerned—

Inner

Intermediate

Outer

£7.33 per day

£4.20 per day

£3.08 per day

5

The amounts shown in paragraph 4 are subject to a maximum annual allowance of—

Inner

Intermediate

Outer

£1,465

£840

£615

Note

The rate at which London weighting allowances are payable is determined as follows:

a

InnerThe area within a radius of 5 miles from Charing Cross (statue of King Charles I).

b

IntermediateThe area outside that specified in paragraph (a) but within a radius of 10 miles from Charing Cross.

c

Outer

i

The area outside those specified in paragraph (a) and (b) but within a radius of 18 miles from Charing Cross; or

ii

the former Borough of St Albans, Herts; or

iii

the former Urban District of Slough, Bucks; or

iv

the following towns whose boundary is intersected by the 18 miles radius from Charing Cross:—

  • Abbots Langley

  • Chertsey

  • Egham

  • Fetcham

  • Godstone

  • Hatfield

  • Redhill

  • Rickmansworth

  • South Ockenden

  • Stone

  • Swanscombe

  • Weybridge