LegalizeAct of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment) (Fees of Solicitors, Shorthand Writers and Witnesses) 2002
Made: 18th June 2002
Coming into force: 1st July 2002
The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon them by section 5 of the Court of Session Act 1988[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:
Citation and commencement
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- (1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment) (Fees of Solicitors, Shorthand Writers and Witnesses) 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.
- (2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.
Increase in fees of solicitors and shorthand writers
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- (1) The Table of Fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Rules of the Court of Session[^f00002] shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraph.
- (2) In the provisions mentioned in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Act of Sederunt, for the amounts specified in column 2 of that Schedule, there shall be substituted the amounts specified in column 3.
Fees of witnesses
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Schedule 2 to this Act of Sederunt shall have effect to regulate the fees charged and outlays incurred, by a witness in civil proceedings in the Court of Session.
Saving and revocation
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- (1) Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not affect fees chargeable for work done, or outlays incurred before 1 July 2002.
- (2) Chapter II of the Table of Fees set out in rule 42.16(3) of the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session) 1994[^f00003] is revoked, but shall continue to have effect in respect of fees chargeable and outlays incurred before the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.
SCHEDULE 1
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| (provision) | (old fee) £ | (new fee) £ |
| Chapter I: | ||
| 1(a) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (b) | 4.90 | 5.10 |
| (c) | 17.40 | 18.10 |
| 3 | 4.90 | 5.10 |
| 4(a) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (b) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (c) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| 5(a) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (c) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (e)(i) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (ii) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (iii) | 4.90 | 5.10 |
| 6(a) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (b) | 2.40 | 2.50 |
| (c) | 4.90 | 5.10 |
| Chapter III Part I: | ||
| 1(a) | 211.30 | 220.40 |
| Chapter III Part II: | ||
| 1 | 296.70 | 309.50 |
| 2 | 169.70 | 177.00 |
| 3(a) | 43.50 | 45.40 |
| (b) | 62.90 | 65.60 |
| (c) | 78.10 | 81.50 |
| 4(a) | 76.30 | 79.60 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (c) | 13.00 | 13.60 |
| 5(a) | 70.60 | 73.60 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| 7 | 211.30 | 220.40 |
| 8 | 65.10 | 67.90 |
| Chapter III Part III: | ||
| Table A: | ||
| 1 | 428.80 | 447.20 |
| 489.60 | 510.70 | |
| 2 | 304.80 | 317.90 |
| 370.10 | 386.00 | |
| 3 | 93.60 | 97.60 |
| 137.40 | 143.30 | |
| 4 | 827.10 | 862.70 |
| 997.00 | 1,039.90 | |
| Table B: | ||
| 1 | 352.70 | 367.90 |
| 413.60 | 431.40 | |
| 2 | 169.70 | 177.00 |
| 215.50 | 224.80 | |
| 3 | 93.60 | 97.60 |
| 137.40 | 143.30 | |
| 4 | 615.90 | 642.40 |
| 766.30 | 799.30 | |
| Table C: | ||
| 1 | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| 2 | 97.70 | 101.90 |
| 3 | 184.70 | 192.60 |
| Chapter III Part IV: | ||
| 1(a) | 439.80 | 458.70 |
| (b) | 609.30 | 635.50 |
| 2(a) | 298.10 | 310.90 |
| 3(a) | 53.30 | 55.60 |
| 4 | 50.30 | 52.50 |
| Chapter III Part V: | ||
| 1(a) | 413.60 | 431.40 |
| (b) | 44.60 | 46.50 |
| (c) | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| 1A | 265.00 | 276.40 |
| 2(a) | 439.80 | 458.70 |
| (b) | 272.00 | 283.70 |
| (c)(i) | 44.60 | 46.50 |
| (ii) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (d) | 130.50 | 136.10 |
| (e) | 193.70 | 202.00 |
| 3(a) | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (c) | 65.10 | 67.90 |
| 4(a) | 82.70 | 86.30 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (c) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| (d) | 82.70 | 86.30 |
| (e) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (f) | 11.80 | 12.30 |
| 5 | 43.70 | 45.60 |
| 6(a) | 93.70 | 97.70 |
| (b) | 13.00 | 13.60 |
| 7(a) | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| (b) | 42.30 | 44.10 |
| (c) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (d) | 34.80 | 136.30 |
| 8(a) | 176.30 | 83.90 |
| (b) | 141.50 | 147.60 |
| (c) | 52.30 | 54.50 |
| (d) | 13.00 | 13.60 |
| 9(a) | 193.70 | 202.00 |
| (b) | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| (c) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| 10(a) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (b) | 65.10 | 67.90 |
| (c) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (d) | 65.10 | 67.90 |
| (e) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| 11 | 246.10 | 256.70 |
| 12(a) | 65.10 | 67.90 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| (c) | 95.70 | 99.80 |
| (d) | 44.00 | 45.90 |
| (e) | 222.80 | 232.40 |
| (f) | 124.00 | 129.30 |
| 13(a) | 598.50 | 624.20 |
| (b) | 53.30 | 55.60 |
| (c) | 109.00 | 113.70 |
| (d) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| 15(a)(i) | 130.50 | 136.10 |
| (ii) | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| (iii) | 87.10 | 90.80 |
| (b) | 217.70 | 227.00 |
| (c) | 370.00 | 385.90 |
| 16 | 462.60 | 482.50 |
| 17 | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| 18 | 157.70 | 164.50 |
| 19 | 34.80 | 36.30 |
| 20(a) | 176.30 | 183.90 |
| 53.30 | 55.60 | |
| Chapter III Part VI: | ||
| 1(a) | 130.50 | 136.10 |
| (b) | 65.10 | 67.90 |
| (c) | 54.60 | 56.90 |
| 2(a) | 157.70 | 164.50 |
| (b) | 78.10 | 81.50 |
| (c) | 53.30 | 55.60 |
| 3(a) | 130.50 | 136.10 |
| (b) | 23.50 | 24.50 |
| 6 | 53.30 | 55.60 |
| Chapter IV | ||
| 1 | 28.82 | 29.76 |
| 2(a) | 4.72 | 4.87 |
| (b) | 5.77 | 5.96 |
| (c) | 0.39 | 0.40 |
SCHEDULE 2 — WITNESSES' FEES
1
Skilled Persons
2
Witnesses
3
Travelling Allowance
4
Subsistence Allowance
5
Value Added Tax
6
Receipts and Vouchers
7
Account of fees of Witnesses
Signed
W DOUGLAS CULLEN — Lord President, I.P.D. — 18th June 2002
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)
Paragraph 2 of this Act of Sederunt increases the fees payable to solicitors in the Court of Session by about 4.3%. The last increase was in the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 5) (Fees of Solicitors) 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/441).
Paragraph 2 also increases the fees payable to shorthand writers in the Court of Session by about 3.25%. The last increases were in the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment No. 2) (Fees of Shorthand Writers) 2001 (S.S.I. 2001/135).
Paragraph 3 provides a new table of fees for witnesses in the Court of Session. Chapter II of the Table of Fees in rule 42.16(3) of the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session) 1994 is revoked.
The Act does not apply to fees chargeable, or outlays incurred, before it comes into force.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1988 c. 36. Section 5 was amended by section 2(3) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32) and by paragraph 45 of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36).
[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/1443, last amended by S.I. 2001/441.
[^f00003]: S.I. 1994/1443; chapter II last amended by S.I. 1999/187.
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