https://www.slab.org.uk/faqs/table-of-fees-for-summary-cause-proceedings-applying-to-work-done-or-outlays-incurred-before-26-april-2019/
Note: As amended by S.S.I. 2009 No. 203 (in force from 22 June 2009) and applying to work done and outlays incurred on or after 1 April 2008.
Part I - Undefended Actions
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1. | The fee for citation, service or re-service after the first citation – | |
(a) to any destination by post | £6.74 | |
(b) by advertisement | £19.01 | |
2. | The fee for attendance at court
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£19.01 |
3. | The fee for all other work | £53.50 |
Part II - Defended Actions
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1. | The instruction fee – | |
(a) for the pursuer’s solicitor, including taking instructions, framing summons and statement of claim, obtaining warrant for service, enquiring for the form of response and noting defence | £81.16 | |
(b) for the defender’s solicitor, for all work from taking instructions (including instructions for a counter-claim) up to and including lodging the form of response | £81.16 | |
2. | Where an additional defender or third party enters the cause, an additional fee for each of the original parties’ solicitors for all consequent work
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£40.61 |
3. | The fee for citation, service or re-service, except as provided for in paragraph 19(e), by – | |
(a) post, to a destination– | ||
(i) within the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands or the Republic of Ireland | £6.74 | |
(ii) other than one specified in paragraph (i) | £14.42 | |
(b) sheriff officer, to include instructing sheriff officer, perusing execution of citation and settling sheriff officer’s fee | £6.74 | |
(c) advertisement, to include framing and instructing the advertisement | £21.11 | |
4. | In connection with the first hearing of the cause – | |
(a) the fee for attendance at court, including noting the outcome of the hearing | £70.17 | |
(b) if waiting for and conducting the hearing exceeds an hour and a half, the fee for attendance at court for each subsequent half hour | £21.11 | |
5. | The fee for attendance at court, except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this Chapter, per half hour
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£21.11 |
6. | The fee for drawing precognitions, including instructions, attendances with witnesses and all relative meetings and correspondence, per sheet
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£31.27 |
7. | The fee for perusing, revising and adjusting a report or precognition prepared by a skilled witness, per sheet
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£15.64 |
8. | In connection with reports commissioned by order of Court, the fee for– | |
(a) all incidental work, including instructing the report | £21.11 | |
(b) each half hour perusing the report | £21.11 | |
9. | The fee, per inventory, for – | |
(a) lodging productions | £31.27 | |
(b) perusing the opposition’s productions | £14.42 | |
10. | The fee for framing affidavits, per sheet
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£15.64 |
11. | Except as provided for by paragraphs 17, 18 and 19 the fee for– | |
(a) drawing, intimating and lodging any written minute or incidental application including any relative attendance at court, where that minute or application is– | ||
(i) opposed | £44.53 | |
(ii) unopposed | £26.74 | |
(b) considering a written minute or incidental application intimated by the opposition including any relative attendance at court, where that minute or application is– | ||
(i) opposed | £36.63 | |
(ii) unopposed | £21.11 | |
12. | In connection with a hearing to which paragraph 11 applies, if waiting for and conducting that hearing exceeds half an hour, the fee for attendance at court for each subsequent half hour
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£21.11 |
13. | In connection with a proof the fee for all work, except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this Chapter, preparatory to– | |
(a) the first scheduled proof, if– | ||
(i) the cause is settled or abandoned 7 or more days before the scheduled proof | £73.26 | |
(ii) paragraph (i) does not apply | £87.96 | |
(b) any adjourned proof, if the postponement from the hearing previously scheduled exceeds 6 days and– | ||
(i) the cause is settled or abandoned 7 or more days before the scheduled proof | £36.63 | |
(ii) paragraph (i) does not apply | £43.98 | |
14. | The fee for each half hour inspecting the opposition’s documents either at court or at a place fixed by the opposition
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£21.11 |
15. | In connection with a proof or a trial and debate on evidence taken at the close of proof, the fee for each half hour– | |
(a) conducting that hearing | £21.11 | |
(b) waiting in court for that hearing | £11.22 | |
16. | In connection with a debate on evidence not taken at the close of proof, the fee for– | |
(a) all preparatory work | £49.06 | |
(b) attendance at court, per half hour | £21.11 | |
17. | In connection with a minute of judicial tender– | |
(a) the fee for consideration of, preparing and lodging the minute | £44.53 | |
(b) on acceptance of the tender, the fee for consideration of, preparing and lodging the minute of acceptance and attendance at court when decree is granted in terms of that minute | £31.27 | |
(c) on rejection of the tender, the fee for considering it | £31.27 | |
18. | The fee for each party where the case is settled extra-judicially, including all relative negotiations, framing or revising the joint minute and attendance at court when authority is interponed thereto
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£73.26 |
19. | In connection with an incidental application for commission and diligence to recover documents or an order under section 1 of the Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972(a), the fee for– | |
(a) drawing, intimating and lodging the application and, where relevant, specification and any relative attendance at court, where the application is– | ||
(i) opposed | £48.95 | |
(ii) unopposed | £26.74 | |
(b) considering the application and, where relevant, specification intimated by the opposition and any relative attendance at court, where the application is– | ||
(i) opposed | £36.63 | |
(ii) unopposed | £21.11 | |
(c) each subsequent half hour, where attendance at court exceeds half an hour | £21.11 | |
(d) citing havers and preparing for and appearing before the commissioner or sheriff at the execution of the commission, per half hour | £21.11 | |
(e) serving an order on each person, if optional procedure is adopted | £14.42 | |
(f) each half hour perusing the documents recovered | £21.11 | |
20. | In connection with an open commission to take evidence, the fee for– | |
(a) all work, excluding attendance at the commission, by the– | ||
(i) solicitor applying for the commission | £49.06 | |
(ii) the opposing solicitor | £21.11 | |
(b) each half hour attending the execution of the commission | £21.11 | |
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22. | At the conclusion of the cause, the fee for– | |
(a) settling with witnesses and noting the final decree | £44.53 | |
(b) the successful party to cover drawing the account of expenses, arranging, intimating and attending a diet of taxation and obtaining approval of the auditor’s report and, where necessary, ordering, procuring and examining extract decree or adjusting account with opponent | £44.53 | |
(c) the unsuccessful party to cover considering the opponent’s account of expenses and, where necessary, adjusting the account with opponent or attending a diet of taxation | £21.11 |