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Schedule 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989
| TABLE OF FEES A | ||||
| Fees of counsel for proceedings in the court of session | ||||
| PART 1
JUNIOR COUNSEL |
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| CHAPTER 1 –FAMILY ACTIONS | ||||
| 1. | Summons or other initiating writ | £309.00 | ||
| 2. | Minute | |||
| (a) | minute relating to orders for parental responsibilities or parental rights and/or aliment or financial provision | £206.00 | ||
| (b) | any other minute containing a conclusion or crave | £154.50 | ||
| 3. | Defences or answers | |||
| (a) | Defences or answers in purely skeleton form to preserve the rights of parties | £51.50 | ||
| (b) | Defences or answers to which sub‑paragraph (a) does not apply | £283.25 | ||
| 4. | Joint minute or minute of agreement regulating aliment, financial provision, orders relating to parental responsibilities or parental rights or any other matter in respect of which orders may be sought | |||
| (a) | straightforward cases | £51.50 | ||
| (b) | other cases | £128.75 | ||
| (c) | minute of agreement | £206.00 | ||
| 5. | Minute for decree | £51.50 | ||
| 6. | All other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 6 apply | |||
| CHAPTER 2 - PETITIONS (OTHER THAN PETITIONS TO WHICH CHAPTERS 3 TO 5 APPLY) | ||||
| 1. | Petition | |||
| (a) | petition for interdict | |||
| (i) | straightforward cases | £206.00 | ||
| (ii) | other cases | £309.00 | ||
| (b) | other Outer House petitions | £309.00 | ||
| (c) | the fee for Inner House petitions shall be as appears to the Board, or as the case may be the auditor, to provide reasonable remuneration for the work having regard to the level of fees in this Table of Fees | |||
| 2. | Answers | |||
| (a) | petition for interdict | £154.50 | ||
| (b) | other Outer House petitions | £154.50 | ||
| (c) | the fee for Inner House petitions shall be as appears to the Board, or as the case may be the auditor, to provide reasonable remuneration for the work having regard to the level of fees in this Table of Fees | |||
| 3. | All other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 6 apply | |||
| CHAPTER 3 - PETITIONS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW | ||||
| 1. | Petition for judicial review | £360.50 | ||
| 2. | Oral hearing at permission stage or procedural hearing | |||
| (a) | where the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes | £61.80 | ||
| (b) | where the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof | £51.50 | ||
| 3. | Substantive hearing | |||
| (a) | junior alone | £927.00 | ||
| (b) | junior with senior | £669.50 | ||
| 4. | Written statement of arguments | £206.00 | ||
| 5. | All other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 6 apply | |||
| CHAPTER 4 – PETITIONS ON CHILD ABDUCTION AND ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS RELATING TO CHILDREN | ||||
| 1. | Petition | £334.75 | ||
| 2. | Answers | £334.75 | ||
| 3. | Motion for interim orders | |||
| (a) | where the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes | £61.80 | ||
| (b) | where the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof | £51.50 | ||
| 4. | First or second hearing (per day) | |||
| (a) | junior alone | £927.00 | ||
| (b) | junior with senior | £669.50 | ||
| 5. | Revising any affidavit which requires to be lodged | £51.50 | ||
| 6. | All other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 1, which failing Chapter 6 apply | |||
| CHAPTER 5 - APPLICATIONS FOR ADOPTION ORDERS, CONVENTION ADOPTION ORDERS AND PERMANENCE ORDERS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ADOPTION AND CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) ACT 2007 | ||||
| 1. | Petition | £309.00 | ||
| 2. | Revising any affidavit which requires to be lodged | £51.50 | ||
| 3. | Note for revocation of permanence order or other note in the adoption process | £206.00 | ||
| 4. | Hearing to set timetable or determine procedure (per half hour) | £51.50 | ||
| 5. | All other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 1, which failing Chapter 6 apply | |||
| CHAPTER 6 – ORDINARY ACTIONS | ||||
| 1. | Summons | £309.00 | ||
| 2. | Defences | |||
| (a) | where in purely skeleton form to preserve rights of parties | £51.50 | ||
| (b) | otherwise | £283.25 | ||
| 3. | Adjustment of pleadings | |||
| (a) | adjustment of skeleton defences | £231.75 | ||
| (b) | otherwise (each occasion) | £77.25 | ||
| 4. | Specification of documents | |||
| (a) | specification with standard calls only | £51.50 | ||
| (b) | other specification of documents | £128.75 | ||
| 5. | Minutes etc. | |||
| (a) | formal amendments or answers | £77.25 | ||
| (b) | amendments or answers other than formal | £154.50 | ||
| (c) | drafting, revising and signing tender or acceptance | £51.50 | ||
| (d) | note of exceptions | £51.50 | ||
| (e) | abandonment, sist, restriction, etc. | £51.50 | ||
| (f) | issue or counter issue | £77.25 | ||
| 6. | Notes | |||
| (a) | note on liability and/or quantum | £154.50- £360.50 | ||
| (b) | note advising on tender or extra-judicial offer, where not merely confirming advice at consultation | £128.75 | ||
| (c) | note on line of evidence | £206.00-£412.00 | ||
| (d) | other types of note | £154.50 | ||
| 7. | Consultations | |||
| (a) | before proof or trial, or otherwise involving a significant degree of preparation or lengthy discussion— | |||
| (i) | junior alone | £257.50-£412.00 | ||
| (ii) | junior with senior | £206.00-£309.00 | ||
| (b) | other consultations— | |||
| (i) | junior alone | £128.75-£257.50 | ||
| (ii) | junior with senior | £103.00-£206.00 | ||
| 8. | Pre-trial meetings | |||
| Pre-trial meeting with opponent with a view to settlement of the case (to include preparation of minute of pre-trial meeting and any associated joint minute) | ||||
| (i) | junior alone | £463.50 | ||
| (ii) | junior with senior | £360.50 | ||
| 9. | Motions (including By Order hearings) | |||
| (a) | where the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes | £61.80 | ||
| (b) | where the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof | £51.50 | ||
| 9A. | Any other hearing where no other fee is specified | |||
| (a) | where the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes | £61.80 | ||
| (b) | where the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof | £51.50 | ||
| 10. | Procedure roll, proof or jury trial (per day) | |||
| (a) | junior alone | £927.00 | ||
| (b) | junior with senior | £669.50 | ||
| 11. | Inner House | |||
| (a) | Single Bills | |||
| (i) | where the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes | £77.25 | ||
| (ii) | where the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof | £51.50 | ||
| (b) | reclaiming motion including appeal under section 163, 164 or 165 of the 2011 Act([1]) (per day) | |||
| (i) | junior opening or appearing alone | £1,030.00 | ||
| (ii) | junior otherwise | £721.00 | ||
| (c) | motion for new trial (per day) | |||
| (i) | junior opening or appearing alone | £772.50 | ||
| (ii) | junior otherwise | £515.00 | ||
| 12. | Attendance at judgment | |||
| (a) | Outer House | £51.50 | ||
| (b) | Inner House | £51.50 | ||
| 13. | Time engaged in necessary travel | |||
| Supplementary fee chargeable in addition to any of the above fees where necessary travel is undertaken | £103.00 | |||
| 14. | Accommodation and associated subsistence | |||
| Payment of necessary accommodation and associated subsistence per day | £103.00 | |||
([1]) The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1). Defined in regulation 2 of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989/1490.