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1994 No. 1142 (S.62)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1994

Made

21st April 1994

Laid before Parliament

3rd May 1994

Coming into force

24th May 1994

The Lords of Council and Session, under and by virtue of the powers conferred on them by section 40 of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, do hereby enact and declare:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.-(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1994 and shall come into force on 24th May 1994.

(2) This Act of Sederunt shall be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.

(3) In this Act of Sederunt, "the Act of Sederunt 1993" means the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993(2).

Amendment of General Regulations

2.-(1) The General Regulations contained in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt 1993 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.

(2) At the beginning of paragraph 11 of the General Regulations there shall be inserted "Subject to paragraph 14 of these General Regulations,".

(3) In sub-paragraphs (a) and (f) of paragraph 14 of the General Regulations, for the words "this Chapter" there shall be substituted the words "that Chapter".

Amendment of Table of Fees

3. In Chapters I, II, III, IV and VI of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt 1993, for the fees set out in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt as, applying to the paragraphs set out in column 1 of that Schedule, there shall be substituted the fees set out in column 3 of that Schedule; and the fees so substituted shall apply to work, for which those fees are chargeable, done on or after the date on which this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

Saving

4. The fees set out in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt shall continue to apply to work done before this Act of Sederunt comes into force.

J.A.D. Hope

Lord President, I.P.D.

Edinburgh,

21st April 1994

Paragraph 2

SCHEDULE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
(paragraph)	(old fee)£	(new fee)£
Chapter I:-
Part I.
1.(a)	100.00	103.00
1.(b)	80.00	82.40
2.(a)	349.40	359.90
3.(a)	312.00	321.40
Part II.
1. Table A. 1.	245.80	253.20
2.	174.70	179.90
3.	53.70	55.30
4.	474.20	488.40
2. Table B. 1.	202.10	208.20
2.	97.30	100.20
3.	53.70	55.30
4.	353.10	363.70
3. Table C. 1.	97.30	100.20
2.	57.00	58.70
3.	154.30	158.90
Chapter II:-
Part I.
1.(a)	162.20	167.10
1.(b)	56.10	57.80
2.(a)	240.80	248.00
2.(b)	162.20	167.10
2.(c)	27.50	28.30
2.(d)	40.50	41.70
3.	10.00	10.30
4.(a)(i)	121.10	124.70
4.(a)(ii)	14.90	15.30
4.(a)(iii)	13.50	13.90
4.(b)(ii)	71.10	73.20
4.(b)(iii)	13.50	13.90
5.	24.30	25.00
6.(a)	53.70	55.30
6.(b)	7.40	7.60
(maximum fee)	25.00	38.00
7.(a)(i)	149.80	154.30
7.(a)(ii)	101.10	104.10
7.(a)(iii)	30.00	30.90
7.(b)(i)	90.40	93.10
7.(b)(ii)	49.90	51.40
7.(b)(iii)	14.90	15.30
7.(b)(iv)	13.50	13.90
8.(a)	62.40	64.30
8.(b)	40.50	41.70
8.(c)(i)	56.10	57.80
8.(c)(ii)	14.90	15.30
8.(d)	13.70	14.10
9.(a)(i)	68.70	70.80
9.(a)(ii)	44.80	46.10
9.(b)(i)	56.10	57.80
9.(b)(ii)	37.40	38.50
9.(c)	49.90	51.40
10.(a)(i)	71.10	73.20
10.(a)(ii)	49.90	51.40
10.(b)(i)	40.50	41.70
10.(b)(ii)	30.00	30.90
11.(a)(i)	174.70	179.90
11.(a)(ii)	293.30	302.10
11.(b)	61.20	63.00
11.(c)	30.00	30.90
11.(d)	14.90	15.30
12.(a)	14.90	15.30
12.(b)	13.50	13.90
12.(c)	13.50	13.90
13.(a)	49.90	51.40
13.(b)	14.90	15.30
13.(c)	13.50	13.90
13.(d)	13.50	13.90
14.(a)(i)	93.60	96.40
14.(a)(ii)	14.90	15.30
14.(a)(iii)	13.50	13.90
14.(a)(iv)	13.50	13.90
14.(b)	46.90	48.30
15.(a)(i)	56.10	57.80
15.(a)(ii)	41.80	43.10
15.(b)	93.60	96.40
16.(a)	74.80	77.00
16.(b)	61.20	63.00
16.(c)	21.70	22.40
17.(a)	1.00	1.03
17.(b)	0.40	0.41
19.(a)	30.00	30.90
19.(b)	62.40	64.30
19.(c)	62.40	64.30
Part II.
1.(a)	275.00	283.30
1.(b)	50.00	51.50
2.	25.00	25.80
3.(a)	30.00	30.90
3.(b)	15.00	15.50
4.(a)	125.00	128.80
4.(b)	75.00	77.30
4.(c)	30.00	30.90
4.(d)	40.00	41.20
5.	10.00	10.30
6.(a)	100.00	103.00
6.(b)	15.00	15.50
6.(c)	25.00	25.80
7.	100.00	103.00
	15.00	15.50
8.(a)(i)	80.00	82.40
8.(a)(ii)	15.00	15.50
8.(b)	13.50	13.90
8.(c)	13.50	13.90
9.(a)	50.00	51.50
9.(b)	15.00	15.50
9.(c)	13.50	13.90
9.(d)	13.50	13.90
10.(a)	55.00	56.70
10.(b)	7.00	7.20
(maximum fee)	35.00	36.00
11.(a)(i)	150.00	154.50
11.(a)(ii)	100.00	103.00
11.(a)(iii)	30.00	30.90
11.(b)(i)	100.00	103.00
11.(b)(ii)	50.00	51.50
11.(b)(iii)	15.00	15.50
11.(b)(iv)	13.50	13.90
11.(b)(v)	13.50	13.90
12.(a)(i)	55.00	56.70
12.(a)(ii)	13.50	13.90
12.(b)(i)	30.00	30.90
12.(b)(ii)	13.50	13.90
12.(c)(i)	55.00	56.70
12.(c)(ii)	15.00	15.50
12.(d)	13.50	13.90
12.(e)	13.50	13.90
13.(a)(i)	50.00	51.50
13.(a)(ii)	20.00	20.60
13.(a)(iii)	13.50	13.90
13.(b)(i)	40.00	41.20
13.(b)(ii)	20.00	20.60
13.(b)(iii)	13.50	13.90
13.(c)	50.00	51.50
14.(a)(i)	70.00	72.10
14.(a)(ii)	30.00	30.90
14.(b)(i)	70.00	72.10
14.(b)(ii)	30.00	30.90
15.	250.00	257.50
16.(a)(i)	160.00	164.80
16.(a)(ii)	290.00	298.70
16.(b)	65.00	67.00
16.(c)	15.00	15.50
17.(a)	15.00	15.50
17.(b)	13.50	13.90
17.(c)	13.50	13.90
18.(a)	50.00	51.50
18.(b)	15.00	15.50
18.(c)	13.50	13.90
18.(d)	13.50	13.90
19.(a)(i)	150.00	154.50
	85.00	87.60
19.(a)(ii)	15.00	15.50
19.(a)(iii)	13.50	13.90
19.(a)(iv)	13.50	13.90
19.(b)	50.00	51.50
20.(a)(i)	55.00	56.70
20.(a)(ii)	45.00	46.40
20.(b)	100.00	103.00
20.(c)	100.00	103.00
21.(a)	75.00	77.30
21.(b)	65.00	67.00
22.(a)	1.00	1.03
22.(b)	0.40	0.41
24.(a)	30.00	30.90
24.(b)	65.00	67.00
24.(c)(i)	65.00	67.00
24.(c)(ii)	13.50	13.90
Chapter III:-
1.	14.90	15.30
2.(a)	13.50	13.90
3.	6.80	7.00
4.	10.10	10.40
5.	2.80	2.90
6.(i)	1.00	1.03
6.(ii)	0.40	0.41
7.	2.80	2.90
8.	13.50	13.90
9.	2.80	2.90
10.	2.80	2.90
11.	13.50	13.90
12.(a)	1.00	1.03
12.(b)	6.80	7.00
12.(c)	2.80	2.90
13.	6.80	7.00
14.(a)	2.80	2.90
14.(b)	2.80	2.90
14.(c)	6.80	7.00
14.(d)	6.80	7.00
15.(a)	6.80	7.00
15.(b)	6.80	7.00
15.(c)	6.80	7.00
15.(d)	8.20	8.40
16.(a)	6.80	7.00
16.(b)	6.80	7.00
16.(c)	6.80	7.00
16.(d)	6.80	7.00
16.(e)	6.80	7.00
16.(f)	6.80	7.00
Chapter IV:-
Part I.
1.	49.90	51.40
2.(a)	5.50	5.70
2.(b)	16.20	16.70
3.	16.20	16.70
Part II.
1.	68.70	70.80
2 .(a)	5.60	5.80
	12.50	12.90
2.(b)	5.60	5.80
2.(c)	18.10	18.60
3.	18.10	18.60
4.	62.40	64.30
5.	30.00	30.90
6.(a)	27.50	28.30
6.(b)	12.50	12.90
7.(a)	27.50	28.30
7.(b)	12.50	12.90
8.(a)	37.40	38.50
8.(b)	23.10	23.80
9.(a)	30.00	30.90
9.(b)	18.10	18.60
10.(a)	18.10	18.60
10.(b)	9.40	9.70
11.(a)	37.40	38.50
11.(a)(i)	27.50	28.30
11.(a)(ii)	27.50	28.30
11.(b)	62.40	64.30
12.(a)	31.20	32.10
12.(b)	28.10	28.90
12.(c)	18.10	18.60
12.(d)	12.50	12.90
13.(a)(i)	37.40	38.50
13.(a)(ii)	23.10	23.80
13.(b)(i)	30.00	30.90
13.(b)(ii)	18.10	18.60
13.(c)	18.10	18.60
13.(d)	12.50	12.90
13.(e)	17.50	18.00
13.(f)	12.50	12.90
14.	12.50	12.90
15.(a)	84.30	86.80
15.(b)	18.10	18.60
16.(a)	37.40	38.50
16.(b)	37.40	38.50
16.(c)	18.10	18.60
Chapter VI:-
1.	74.80	77.00
3.(a)	21.20	21.80
3.(b)	21.20	21.80
4.	42.40	43.70

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt)

This Act of Sederunt-

(a)makes minor amendments to paragraph 11 and sub-paragraphs (a) and (f) of paragraph 14 of the General Regulations contained in Schedule 1 to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993 ("the Act of Sederunt 1993"); and

(b)amends Chapters I, II, III, IV and VI of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt 1993 by increasing

(i)the fees payable to solicitors by about 3 per cent; and

(ii)the maximum additional fee for a report permitted under paragraph 6(b) of Part I of Chapter II.

(1)

1907 c. 51; section 40 was amended by section 1(3) of the Secretaries of State Act 1926 (c. 18), the Schedule to the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1933 (c. 41) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to, and Schedule 2 to the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12).

(2)

S.I. 1993/3080.