£

142.00

1. (a)

   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)

213.00

1. (a)

   Where counterclaim and answers lodged, additional fee (1½ hours)

213.00

1. (a)

   If additional defender/third party brought in, additional fee to each original party’s solicitor (1 hour)

142.00

1. (a)

   Citation by post for each party—

1. (i)

   within the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, or the Republic of Ireland

17.75

1. (i)

   elsewhere

35.50

1. (a)

   Instructing service or re-service by sheriff officer including perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee, for each party

17.75

1. (a)

   Framing and instructing service by advertisement, for each party

53.25

1. (a)

   To include necessary preparation for and conduct of (each of) such hearings and noting interlocutor (1½ hours)

213.00

1. (a)

   Where waiting/hearing exceeds half an hour, per additional quarter hour

35.50

35.50

1. (a)

   All work incidental to report

142.00

1. (a)

   Additional fee for perusal of report, per quarter hour

32.00

1. (a)

   For lodging productions, each inventory

71.00

1. (a)

   For considering opponent’s productions, each inventory

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging of any written incidental applications or minute, excluding a minute to recall decree, and initial attendance at court (except as otherwise provided in this Chapter)

1. (i)

   where opposed

142.00

1. (i)

   where unopposed — including for each party a joint minute or joint incidental application (other than under paragraph 15(b))

71.00

1. (i)

   where incidental application exceeds half an hour, additional fee per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee to cover considering opponent’s written incidental application or minute, excluding minute to recall decree, and relative attendance at court—

1. (i)

   where opposed

142.00

1. (i)

   where unopposed

71.00

1. (i)

   where incidental application exceeds half an hour, additional fee per quarter hour

35.50

142.00

1. (a)

   Fee to cover all work preparing proof (except as otherwise specially provided for in this Chapter)

1. (i)

   if action settled or abandoned not later than 7 days before the diet of proof

390.50

1. (i)

   in any other case

461.50

1. (a)

   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

142.00

1. (a)

   Fee for attendance inspecting opponent’s documents, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee to cover conduct of proof or trial and debate on evidence taken at close of proof, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Waiting time, per quarter hour

32.00

1. (a)

   Where debate on evidence not taken at conclusion of proof, preparing for debate

106.50

1. (a)

   Fee for conduct of debate, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Waiting time, per quarter hour

32.00

1. (a)

   Judicial tender—

1. (i)

   fee for preparation and lodging or for consideration of each minute of tender

142.00

1. (i)

   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

106.50

1. (a)

   Extra judicial settlement, to include negotiations resulting in settlement, framing or revising joint minute and attendance at court when authority interponed thereto

248.50

1. (a)

   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

248.50

1. (a)

   Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging specification and relative incidental application—

1. (i)

   where incidental application unopposed

142.00

1. (i)

   where incidental application opposed, additional fee per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee to opponent—

1. (i)

   where incidental application unopposed

71.00

1. (i)

   where incidental application opposed, additional fee per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee for citation of havers, preparation for and attendance before commissioner at execution of commission—

1. (i)

   where attendance before commissioner does not exceed one hour

142.00

1. (i)

   for each additional quarter hour after the first hour

35.50

1. (a)

   If optional procedure adopted, fee per person upon whom order is served

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee for perusal of documents recovered, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (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 at execution of commission

213.00

1. (a)

   Fee to opponent

106.50

1. (a)

   Fee for attendance at execution of commission, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (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, including preparation for hearing

319.50

1. (a)

   Fee to cover conduct of hearing on adjustments, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Conduct of appeal, per quarter hour

35.50

1. (a)

   Fee to cover settling with witnesses and noting final interlocutor

159.75

1. (a)

   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

142.00

1. (a)

   Fee to cover considering opponent’s account of expenses, objections and attendance at hearing on expenses, per quarter hour

35.50