CHAPTER IVSUMMARY CAUSES

PART II.—DEFENDED ACTIONS

1

Instructions 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

2

Service—

a

Citation 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

b

Instructing service or reservice by sheriff officer including perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee—for each party…

£4.00

c

Framing and instructing service by advertisement—for each party…

£13.50

3

Attendance at court—

Attendance at any diet except as otherwise specifically provided…

£13.50

4

Preparing for proof, to include all work in connection with proof not otherwise provided for…

£46.00

5

Fee to cover preparing for adjourned diet and all incidental work if diet for more than six days—for each adjourned diet…

£22.00

6

a

Drawing and lodging inventory of productions, lodging the productions specified therein and considering opponents' productions (to be charged only once in each process)…

£20.00

b

Where only one party lodges productions, opponents' charges for considering same…

£9.00

7

Precognitions—

a

Drawing precognitions, including instructions, attendances with witnesses and all relative meetings and correspondence—per witness…

£20.00

b

Where precognitions exceed 2 sheets—for each additional sheet…

£9.00

8

Motions 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)—

a

Where opposed…

£28.00

b

Where unopposed (including for each party a joint minute or joint motion)…

£17.00

9

Fee to cover considering opponents' written motion or minute excluding minute or motion to recall decree and relative attendance at court—

a

Where motion or minute opposed…

£22.00

b

Where motion or minute unopposed…

£13.50

10

Conduct of proof—

a

Fee to cover conduct of proof or trial and debate on evidence taken at close of proof—per half hour…

£13.50

b

Waiting time—per half hour…

£7.00

11

Settlements—

a

Judicial tender, fee for consideration of, preparing and lodging minute of tender…

£28.00

i

Fee for consideration and rejection of tenders…

£20.00

ii

Fee 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

b

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

£46.00

12

Specification of documents—

a

Fee to cover drawing, intimating and lodging specification of documents and relative motion and attendance at court…

£23.00

b

Inclusive fee to opposing solicitor…

£21.00

c

Fee for citation of havers, preparation for and attendance before commissioner, to each party—for each half hour…

£13.50

d

If alternative procedure adopted, a fee per person upon whom order served…

£9.00

13

Commissions to take evidence—

a

Fee to cover drawing, lodging and intimating motion and attendance at court—

i

Where opposed…

£28.00

ii

Where unopposed…

£17.00

b

Fee to cover considering such motion and attendance at court—

i

Where opposed…

£22.00

ii

Where unopposed…

£13.50

c

Fee to cover instructing commissioner and citing witness…

£13.50

d

Fee to cover drawing and lodging interrogatories and cross-interrogatories—per sheet

£9.00

e

Attendance before commissioner—per hour…

£13.00

f

Travelling time—per hour…

£8.50

14

Supplementary note of defence (when ordained)…

£9.00

15

Appeals—

a

Fee to cover instructions, marking of appeal or noting that appeal marked, noting of diet of hearing thereof and preparation for hearing…

£62.50

b

Fee to cover conduct of hearing—per half hour…

£13.50

16

Final procedure—

a

Fee to cover settling with witnesses, enquiring for cause at avizandum, noting final interlocutor…

£28.00

b

Fee to cover drawing account of expenses, arranging intimating and attending hearing on expenses, and obtaining approval of sheriff clerk’s report…

£28.00

c

Fee to cover considering opponents' account of expenses and attendance at hearing on expenses…

£13.50