Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1996 No. 236 (S. 16)


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1996 No. 236 (S.16)

SHERIFF COURT, SCOTLAND

Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1996

Made

6th February 1996

Laid before Parliament

20th February 1996

Coming into force

1st April 1996

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 and commencement

1.-(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

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

Amendment of Table of Fees

2. In Chapters I, II, III, IV and VI of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993(2), in the paragraphs specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Act of Sederunt, for the fees set out in column 2 of that Schedule as applying to those paragraphs, 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

3. 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.

Hope of Craighead

Lord President, I.P.D.

Edinburgh,

6th February 1996

Paragraph 2

SCHEDULE

Column 1Column 2Column 3
(paragraph)(old fee)(new fee)
££
Chapter I:-
Part I.
  • 1. (a)

106.10111.40
  • (b)

84.9089.10
  • 2. (a)

370.70389.20

3.-(3)

331.05347.60
Part II.

1. Table A.

  • 1.

260.80273.80
  • 2.

185.30194.60
  • 3.

56.9559.80
  • 4.

503.05528.20

2. Table B.

  • 1.

214.45225.20
  • 2.

103.20108.40
  • 3.

56.9559.80
  • 4.

374.60393.40

3. Table C.

  • 1.

103.20108.40
  • 2.

60.4563.50
  • 3.

163.65171.90
Chapter II:-
Part I.
  • 1. (a)

172.10180.70
  • (b)

59.5562.50
  • 2. (a)

255.45268.20
  • (b)

172.10180.70
  • (c)

29.1530.60
  • (d)

42.9545.10

3.

10.6011.10
  • 4.-(a) (i)

128.45134.90
  • (ii)

15.7516.50
  • (iii)

14.3015.00
  • (ii)

75.4079.20
  • (iii)

14.3015.00

5.

25.7527.00
  • 6. (a)

56.9559.80
  • (b)

7.858.20
  • (maximum fee)

39.1541.10
  • 7.-(a) (i)

158.95166.90
  • (ii)

107.20112.60
  • (iii)

31.8533.40
  • (i)

95.90100.70
  • (ii)

52.9555.60
  • (iii)

15.7516.50
  • (iv)

14.3015.00
  • 8. (a)

66.2569.60
  • (b)

42.9545.10
(c)
  • (i)

59.5562.50
  • (ii)

15.7516.50
  • (d)

14.5015.20
  • 9.-(a) (i)

72.9076.50
  • (ii)

47.5049.90
  • (i)

59.5562.50
  • (ii)

39.6541.60
  • (c)

52.9555.60
  • 10.-(a) (i)

75.4079.20
  • (ii)

52.9555.60
  • (i)

42.9545.10
  • (ii)

31.8533.40
  • 11.-(a) (i)

185.30194.60
  • (ii)

311.15326.70
  • (b)

64.9068.10
  • (c)

31.8533.40
  • (d)

15.7516.50
  • 12. (a)

15.7516.50
  • (b)

14.3015.00
  • (c)

14.3015.00
  • 13. (a)

52.9555.60
  • (b)

15.7516.50
  • (c)

14.3015.00
  • (d)

14.3015.00
  • 14.-(a) (i)

99.30104.30
  • (ii)

15.7516.50
  • (iii)

14.3015.00
  • (iv)

14.3015.00
  • (b)

49.7552.20
  • 15.-(a) (i)

59.5562.50
  • (ii)

44.4046.60
  • (b)

99.30104.30
  • 16. (a)

79.3083.30
  • (b)

64.9068.10
  • (c)

23.1024.30
  • 17. (a)

1.051.10
  • (b)

0.420.44
  • 19. (a)

31.8533.40
  • (b)

66.2569.60
  • (c)

66.2569.60
Part II.
  • 1. (a)

291.80306.40
  • (b)

53.0555.70
  • 2.

26.6027.90
  • 3. (a)

31.8533.40
  • (b)

15.9516.70
  • 4. (a)

132.65139.30
  • (b)

79.6083.60
  • (c)

31.8533.40
  • (d)

42.4544.60

5.

10.6011.10
  • 6. (a)

106.10111.40
  • (b)

15.9516.70
  • (c)

26.6027.90

7.

106.10111.40
15.9516.70
  • 8.-(a) (i)

84.9089.10
  • (ii)

15.9516.70
  • (b)

14.3015.00
  • (c)

14.3015.00
  • 9. (a)

53.0555.70
  • (b)

15.9516.70
  • (c)

14.3015.00
  • (d)

14.3015.00
  • 10. (a)

58.4061.30
  • (b)

7.407.80
  • (maximum fee)

37.1039.00
  • 11.-(a) (i)

159.15167.10
  • (ii)

106.10111.40
  • (iii)

31.8533.40
  • (i)

106.10111.40
  • (ii)

53.0555.70
  • (iii)

15.9516.70
  • (iv)

14.3015.00
  • (v)

14.3015.00
  • 12.-(a) (i)

58.4061.30
  • (ii)

14.3015.00
  • (i)

31.8533.40
  • (ii)

14.3015.00
  • (i)

58.4061.30
  • (ii)

15.9516.70
  • (d)

14.3015.00
  • (e)

14.3015.00
  • 13.-(a) (i)

53.0555.70
  • (ii)

21.2022.30
  • (iii)

14.3015.00
  • (i)

42.4544.60
  • (ii)

21.2022.30
  • (iii)

14.3015.00
  • (c)

53.0555.70
  • 14.-(a) (i)

74.2578.00
  • (ii)

31.8533.40
  • (i)

74.2578.00
  • (ii)

31.8533.40

15.

265.25278.50
  • 16.-(a) (i)

169.75178.20
  • (ii)

307.65323.00
  • (b)

69.0072.50
  • (c)

15.9516.70
  • 17. (a)

15.9516.70
  • (b)

14.3015.00
  • (c)

14.3015.00
  • 18. (a)

53.0555.70
  • (b)

15.9516.70
  • (c)

14.3015.00
  • (d)

14.3015.00
  • 19.-(a) (i)

159.15167.10
90.2594.80
  • (ii)

15.9516.70
  • (iii)

14.3015.00
  • (iv)

14.3015.00
  • (b)

53.0555.70
  • 20.-(a) (i)

58.4061.30
  • (ii)

47.8050.20
  • (b)

106.10111.40
  • (c)

106.10111.40
  • 21. (a)

79.6083.60
  • (b)

69.1072.50
  • 22. (a)

1.051.10
  • (b)

0.420.44
  • 24. (a)

31.8533.40
  • (b)

69.0072.50
  • (i)

69.0072.50
  • (ii)

14.3015.00
Chapter III:-

1.

15.7516.50
  • 2. (a)

14.3015.00
  • 3.

7.207.60

4.

10.7011.20

5.

3.003.20
  • 6. (i)

1.051.10
  • (ii)

0.420.44

7.

3.003.20

8.

14.3015.00

9.

3.003.20

10.

3.003.20

11.

14.3015.00
  • 12. (a)

1.051.10
  • (b)

7.207.60
  • (c)

3.003.20

13.

7.207.60
  • 14. (a)

3.003.20
  • (b)

3.003.20
  • (c)

7.207.60
  • (d)

7.207.60
  • 15. (a)

7.207.60
  • (b)

7.207.60
  • (c)

7.207.60
  • (d)

8.659.10
  • 16. (a)

7.207.60
  • (b)

7.207.60
  • (c)

7.207.60
  • (d)

7.207.60
  • (e)

7.207.60
  • (f)

7.207.60
Chapter IV:-
Part I.

1.

52.9555.60
  • 2. (a)

5.906.20
  • (b)

17.2018.10

3.

17.2018.10
Part II.

1.

72.9076.50
  • 2. (a)

6.006.30
13.3014.00
  • (b)

6.006.30
  • (c)

19.1520.10

3.

19.1520.10

4.

66.2569.60

5.

31.8533.40
  • 6. (a)

29.1530.60
  • (b)

13.3014.00
  • 7. (a)

29.1530.60
  • (b)

13.3014.00
  • 8. (a)

39.6541.60
  • (b)

29.1525.70
  • 9. (a)

31.8533.40
  • (b)

19.1520.10
  • 10. (a)

19.1520.10
  • (b)

10.0010.50
  • 11. (a)

39.6541.60
  • (i)

29.1530.60
  • (ii)

29.1530.60
  • (b)

66.2569.60
  • 12. (a)

33.0534.70
  • (b)

29.7531.20
  • (c)

19.1520.10
  • (d)

13.3014.00
  • 13.-(a) (i)

39.6541.60
  • (ii)

24.5025.70
  • (i)

31.8533.40
  • (ii)

19.1520.10
  • (c)

19.1520.10
  • (d)

13.3014.00
  • (e)

18.5519.50
  • (f)

13.3014.00

14.

13.3014.00
  • 15. (a)

89.4093.90
  • (b)

19.1520.10
  • 16. (a)

39.6541.60
  • (b)

39.6541.60
  • (c)

19.1520.10
Chapter VI:-

1.

79.3083.30

3.-(3)

22.4523.60
  • (b)

22.4523.60

4.

45.0047.30

Explanatory Note

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

This Act of Sederunt amends Chapters I, II, III, IV and VI of the Table of Fees in the Schedule to the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment and Further Provisions) 1993 by increasing the fees payable to solicitors by about 5 per cent. The last increase was in the Act of Sederunt (Fees of Solicitors in the Sheriff Court) (Amendment) 1995 (S.I. 1995/1395).

(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, and Schedule 2, to the Divorce Jurisdiction, Court Fees and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1983 (c. 12).

(2)

S.I. 1993/3080 as amended by S.I. 1994/1142 and S.I. 1995/1395.


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