# The Criminal Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1987, Regulation 4: Fees allowance to solicitors: general provisions


(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and to regulations 11 and 12, the fees allowable to solicitors shall be those specified in regulations 5 to 10.
(2) Where a nominated solicitor represents two or more persons charged in the same indictment or complaint, or appealing against conviction or sentence in respect of the same indictment or complaint–
(a) he shall submit one account in respect of all those persons; and
(b) the maximum fees specified in regulations 6 to 10 shall -
(i) in a case where he represents two such persons, be increased by 40 per cent.,
(ii) in a case where he represents more than two such persons, be increased in respect of each such additional person by 20 per cent.
(3) Where a nominated solicitor requires another solicitor, whether an Edinburgh solicitor in connection with an appeal or on a remit for sentence, or a solicitor at the place of the prison or the court, or a local solicitor for the purpose of local precognitions or inquiry, nevertheless only one account shall be submitted by the nominated solicitor (payment of the other solicitor being a matter for adjustment between the nominated solicitor and the other solicitor out of the fees payable hereunder), but in determining the sum to be allowed to the nominated solicitor account shall be taken also of the work carried out by that other solicitor.
(4) Where the work done by a solicitor constitutes a supply of services in respect of which value-added tax is chargeable, there may be added to the amount of fees allowed to the solicitor an amount equal to the amount of value-added tax chargeable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/365/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-scotland-fees-regulations-1987/regulation-4
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