Regulation 3
SCHEDULE 2NEW SCHEDULE 1 TO BE SUBSTITUTED IN PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
Regulation 7
“SCHEDULE 1DESCRIPTION OF WORK AND FEES FOR CALCULATING REMUNERATION OF SOLICITORS IN THE HIGH, SHERIFF AND DISTRICT COURTS
| 1. | The fee for— | |
(a)any time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor conducting a trial in court or conducting another hearing | £27.40 | |
(b)each quarter hour (or part thereof) subsequent to the first half hour spent in so conducting a trial or other hearing | £13.70 | |
| 2. | The fee for— | |
(a)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 | |
(b)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 | |
| 3. | The fee for— | |
(a)each citation of a witness including execution thereof; (b)framing and drawing precognitions and other necessary papers, subject to paragraph 4(c) - per sheet (or part thereof); (c)instructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers, including examining execution and settling fee; (d)lengthy telephone calls (of over 4 and up to 10 minutes duration); and (e)letters, including instructions to counsel - per page (or part thereof), subject to paragraph 4(b) below; | ||
| in each of sub-paragraphs (a)—(e) | £6.00 | |
| 4. | The fee for— | |
(a)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; (b)short letters of a formal nature, intimations and letters confirming telephone calls; (c)framing formal papers, including inventories and title pages - per sheet (or part thereof); (d)revising papers drawn by counsel or where revisal ordered by court - per 5 sheets (or part thereof); and (e)short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes duration); | ||
| in each of sub-paragraphs (a)—(e) | £2.40 | |
| 5. | Where an exceptional amount of copying proves necessary, for each sheet a fee of | £0.35 |
Interpretation
6. In this Schedule—
“court” means the High Court, the sheriff court or the district court as the case may be; and
a “sheet” shall consist of 250 words or numbers;
a “page” shall consist of 125 words or numbers; and
“exceptional” means the production of more than 20 output copy sheets (whether 20 of 1 sheet, 5 of 4 sheets or whatever) when a document has been copied.”