| 1. | In connection with the conduct of a hearing— | | |
| (a) | in summary proceedings, the fee for— | | |
| (i) | any time up to the first half hour spent by a solicitor conducting the hearing | £28.23 | |
| (ii) | each quarter hour spent, subsequent to the first half hour, conducting the hearing | £14.12 | |
| (b) | in solemn proceedings, the fee for each quarter of an hour spent by a solicitor conducting the hearing | | £18.85 |
| 2. | The fee for any of the following:— | £6.18 | £7.16 |
| (a) | each citation of a witness, including execution; | | |
| (b) | framing and drawing necessary papers other than those referred to in paragraph 3(c); | | |
| (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), subject to paragraph 4(b)(iii); and | | |
| (e) | letters, including instructions to counsel, per page (or part thereof), subject to paragraph 3(b). | | |
| 3. | The fee for any of the following:— | £2.48 | £2.84 |
| (a) | attendance at court offices for performance of formal work including each necessary lodging in or uplifting from court or each necessary inquiry for documents due to be lodged; | | |
| (b) | short formal letters, letters of acknowledgement, letters each having a similar 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) | subject to paragraph 4(b)(iii), short telephone calls (of up to 4 minutes’ duration) and telephone calls (of any duration) where the intended recipient is not reached or insufficient narrative is provided in the account to ascertain the duration of the call. | | |
| 4. | In connection with taking a precognition in relation to solemn proceedings— | | |
| (a) | subject to paragraph 7 of the notes on the operation of schedule 1, the fee for each hour (or part thereof) spent— | | |
| (i) | travelling | | £11.90 |
| (ii) | taking a statement | | £11.90 |
| (b) | the fee for— | | |
| (i) | framing the precognition, per sheet | | £2.48 |
| (ii) | each letter making arrangements for taking a statement | | £1.50 |
| (iii) | a telephone call, of any duration | | £0.98 |
| 5. | There is no fee for photocopying— | | |
| (a) | where fewer than 20 sheets are copied at any one time; | | |
| (b) | in relation to the first 20 sheets copied at any one time. | | |
| Subject to sub-paragraph (a), the fee for photocopying in relation to the proceedings is— | | |
| (a) | for each sheet copied for up to 10,000 sheets | £0.05 | £0.05 |
| (b) | for each sheet copied in addition to the first 10,000 sheets | £0.01 | £0.01 |
| 5A. | The fee for each quarter of an hour spent travelling— | | |
| (a) | by a solicitor | £5.44 | £6.29 |
| (b) | by a solicitor’s clerk | £2.71 | £3.15 |
| 6. | The fee for each quarter of an hour spent carrying out work other than that prescribed in the preceding paragraphs— | | |
| (a) | by a solicitor, provided the time is additional to the total time charged for under paragraph 1 | £10.87 | £12.57 |
| (b) | by a solicitor’s clerk | £5.41 | £6.29 |