SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(5)
Court of Session fees payable from 28th November 2016
TABLE OF FEES
Payable from 28th November 2016
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Column 1 (Matters) |
Column 2 (Fee payable) £ |
Column 3 (Fee formerly Payable)7 £ |
PART I – FEES IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF THE COURT |
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A. SIGNETING |
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Signeting of any writ or summons if attendance is necessary outwith normal office hours. |
125 |
125 |
B. GENERAL DEPARTMENT |
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1. Appeal, application for leave or permission to appeal, summons, or other writ or step by which any cause or proceeding, other than a family action, is originated in either the Inner or Outer House (to include signeting in normal office hours). |
300 |
214 |
2. Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes an appearance in a cause or proceeding, other than a family action. |
300 |
214 |
3. Writ by which a family action is originated (other than a simplified divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership application) – inclusive fee (to include signeting within normal office hours and, if applicable, issue to the pursuer of an extract in terms of item G5(a) of this Table, and to the defender, if appropriate, a duplicate thereof). |
166 |
166 |
4. Simplified divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership application (inclusive of all procedure other than that specified in item B5 of this Table). |
125 |
125 |
5. In relation to a simplified divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership application, citation of any persons under rule 16.1(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as applied by rule 49.76, of the Rules of Court, or intimation to any person or persons under rule 16.1(1)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii), as applied by rule 49.76 of those Rules, where such intimation is required. |
£12 plus messenger at arms fee to serve document |
£12 plus messenger at arms fee to serve document |
6. Defences, answers or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment of or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes appearance in a family action. |
166 |
166 |
7. Initial lodging of affidavits in a family action where proof by affidavit evidence has been allowed. |
71 |
71 |
8. Special case— |
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for each party; |
107 |
107 |
maximum fee payable (per case). |
435 |
435 |
9. Application by minute or motion for variation of an order in a family action. |
36 |
36 |
10. Answers or opposition to an application under item B9 of this Table. |
36 |
36 |
11. Letter of request to a foreign court. |
54 |
54 |
12. Citation of each jury, to include outlays incurred in citing and countermanding - payable on receipt of instruments for issue of precept. |
298 |
298 |
13. Reclaiming motion - payable by party enrolling motion. |
214 |
214 |
14. Closed record – payable by each party on the lodging of the closed record or, where no closed record is lodged, when mode of enquiry is determined. |
200 |
107 |
15. Allowing proof, etc. - payable by each party on diet of proof, jury trial, procedure roll or summar roll hearing being allowed. |
59 |
59 |
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16. Court hearing (in normal hours) before a single judge – payable by each party for every 30 minutes or part thereof. Note:This fee does not apply to the first 30 minutes of the hearing of a motion. |
200 |
96 |
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17. Court hearing (in normal hours) before 3 or more judges – payable by each party for every 30 minutes or part thereof. Note:This fee does not apply to the first 30 minutes of the hearing on the single bills. |
500 |
239 |
18. Court hearing (out of hours) before a single judge – payable by each party for every 30 minutes or part thereof. |
240 |
115 |
19. Court hearing (out of hours) before 3 or more judges – payable by each party for every 30 minutes or part thereof. |
600 |
287 |
20. Cancellation of court hearing before 3 or more judges, by a party or parties, within 28 days of court hearing date – fee payable is shared equally between the parties. |
50% of fee that would have been payable under this Table had the court hearing taken place as planned |
50% of fee that would have been payable under this Table had the court hearing taken place as planned |
21. Fee payable by any party enrolling a motion or making a motion orally at the bar and any party opposing any such motion. |
100 |
54 |
C. PETITION DEPARTMENT |
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1. Petition of whatever nature presented to the Inner or Outer House other than a petition under item C3 or C4 of this Table, whether in respect of the first or any subsequent step of process, and any application for registration or recognition of a judgment under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982. |
300 |
214 |
2. Additional fee payable when a petition in terms of item C1 of this Table is presented outwith normal office hours. |
125 |
125 |
3. Petition to be admitted as a notary public— |
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for each applicant |
161 |
161 |
4. Petition to be admitted as a solicitor— |
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for each applicant |
161 |
161 |
5. Answers, objection or other writ (including a joint minute) or step in process or enrolment or opposition to a motion in a pending process by which a party other than an originating party first makes... |
