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Children's Accounts

Interim claims of fees and outlays

  • Eligibility for interim reimbursement of fees and outlays
  • Procedure for seeking payment of interim outlays / fees

Introduction to children’s legal aid fees

  • Introduction to Children’s accounts legislation
  • Basis on which we assess requests for payment of children’s fees and outlays: the standard of taxation
  • Tables of fees available for children’s legal aid
  • What information should you supply with your children’s legal aid account?

Who may undertake work under a grant of children's legal aid?

  • Understanding what is properly chargeable in accounts: who can undertake work under a grant of children’s legal aid

Submission of accounts

  • Preparation of account expenses
  • Timely submission of account of expenses
  • Essential information to include in an account
  • Account entries – narrative
  • Related or linked accounts
  • Supporting documentation to submit with an account

Detailed fees

  • What supporting information will be needed to justify fees charged
  • Detailed fees for automatic children’s legal aid
  • Sheriff Court (excluding automatic legal aid and ABWOR)
  • Court of Session
  • Uplift in Fees not available
  • Commencement of chargeable work
  • Charges for attending court
  • Charging for meetings and consultations
  • Perusal charges
  • Charges for preparation and research
  • Charges for telephone calls
  • Charges for affidavits and precognitions
  • Charges for framing documents
  • Charges for citations, letters and electronic communication
  • Charges for miscellaneous work

Travel

  • Fees chargeable for travel

The Account (outlays)

  • Including outlays within your account
  • Travel outlays
  • General guidance on witness expenses applicable to all witness types
  • Outlays for expert witnesses cited to attend court
  • Outlays for professional witnesses cited to attend court
  • Outlays for ordinary witnesses cited to attend court
  • Fees payable to Sheriff officers and Messengers at arms
  • Counsels fees

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Scottish Legal Aid Board
Thistle House
91 Haymarket Terrace
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH12 5HE

DX555250, Edinburgh 30

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  • 0131 226 7061

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