1Instructions fee, to include taking instructions (including instructions for a counterclaim) framing summons and statement of claim, obtaining warrant for service, enquiring for notice of intention to defend, attendance at first calling, noting defence…
| £51.00 |
2aCitation by post within the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, or the Republic of Ireland for each party…
| £4.00 |
Citation by post elsewhere—for each party… | £9.00 |
bInstructing service or reservice by sheriff officer including perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee—for each party…
| £4.00 |
cFraming and instructing service by advertisement—for each party…
| £13.50 |
3Attendance at court— Attendance at any diet except as otherwise specifically provided…
| £13.50 |
4Preparing for proof, to include all work in connection with proof not otherwise provided for…
| £46.00 |
5Fee to cover preparing for adjourned diet and all incidental work if diet for more than six days—for each adjourned diet…
| £22.00 |
6aDrawing and lodging inventory of productions, lodging the productions specified therein and considering opponents' productions (to be charged only once in each process)…
| £20.00 |
bWhere only one party lodges productions, opponents' charges for considering same…
| £9.00 |
7aDrawing precognitions, including instructions, attendances with witnesses and all relative meetings and correspondence—per witness…
| £20.00 |
bWhere precognitions exceed 2 sheets—for each additional sheet…
| £9.00 |
8Motions and minutes— Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging of any written motion or minute, excluding a minute or motion to recall decree, and relative attendance at court (except as otherwise provided in this chapter)—
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| £28.00 |
bWhere unopposed (including for each party a joint minute or joint motion)…
| £17.00 |
9Fee to cover considering opponents' written motion or minute excluding minute or motion to recall decree and relative attendance at court—
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aWhere motion or minute opposed…
| £22.00 |
bWhere motion or minute unopposed…
| £13.50 |
10aFee to cover conduct of proof or trial and debate on evidence taken at close of proof—per half hour…
| £13.50 |
bWaiting time—per half hour…
| £7.00 |
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aJudicial tender, fee for consideration of, preparing and lodging minute of tender…
| £28.00 |
iFee for consideration and rejection of tenders…
| £20.00 |
iiFee on acceptance of tender—to include preparing and lodging, or consideration of minute of acceptance and attendance at court when decree granted in terms thereof…
| £20.00 |
bExtra judicial settlement—fee to cover negotiations resulting in settlement, framing or revising joint minute and attendance at court when authority interponed thereto…
| £46.00 |
12Specification of documents— aFee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging specification of documents and relative motion and attendance at court…
| £23.00 |
bInclusive fee to opposing solicitor…
| £21.00 |
cFee for citation of havers, preparation for and attendance before commissioner, to each party—for each half hour…
| £13.50 |
dIf alternative procedure adopted, a fee per person upon whom order served…
| £9.00 |
13Commissions to take evidence— aFee to cover drawing, lodging and intimating motion and attendance at court—
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| £28.00 |
| £17.00 |
bFee to cover considering such motion and attendance at court—
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| £22.00 |
| £13.50 |
cFee to cover instructing commissioner and citing witness…
| £13.50 |
dFee to cover drawing and lodging interrogatories and cross-interrogatories—per sheet
| £9.00 |
eAttendance before commissioner—per hour…
| £13.00 |
fTravelling time—per hour…
| £8.50 |
14Supplementary note of defence (when ordained)…
| £9.00 |
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aFee to cover instructions, marking of appeal or noting that appeal marked, noting of diet of hearing thereof and preparation for hearing…
| £62.50 |
bFee to cover conduct of hearing—per half hour…
| £13.50 |
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aFee to cover settling with witnesses, enquiring for cause at avizandum, noting final interlocutor…
| £28.00 |
bFee to cover drawing account of expenses, arranging intimating and attending hearing on expenses, and obtaining approval of sheriff clerk’s report…
| £28.00 |
cFee to cover considering opponents' account of expenses and attendance at hearing on expenses…
| £13.50 |