Schedule 1 TABLE OF FEES APPLICABLE FOR CALCULATING REMUNERATION OF SOLICITORS IN PROCEEDINGS IN THE HIGH COURT
| 1. | (a) Framing precognitions and other papers, not drawn by counsel - per sheet | £3.85 |
(b) Framing formal documents such as inventories, title pages and accounts of expenses - per sheet | £1.65 | |
| Notes: | (i) The sheet throughout this Table shall consist of 250 words or numbers. | |
(ii) The solicitor shall be entitled to charge for copies of the precognitions for the use of counsel and himself. | ||
(iii) Where a skilled witness prepares his own precognition or report the solicitor shall be allowed half drawing fees for revising and adjusting it. | ||
(iv) Where the business can properly be performed by a local solicitor the auditor shall allow such expenses as would have been incurred if it had been done by the nearest local solicitor, including reasonable fees for instructing and corresponding with him, unless the auditor is satisfied that it was in the interests of the client that the solicitor in charge of the case should attend personally. | ||
| 2. | Copying papers by any means - | |
| First copy - per sheet | £0.75 | |
| Additional copies - per sheet | £0.32 | |
| Note: | When copied by photostatic or similar process each page shall be charged as one sheet. | |
| 3. | Revising papers drawn by counsel - for each five sheets or part thereof | £1.65 |
| 4. | Citation of witnesses, instructions to messengers-at-arms - | |
| Each witness | £3.30 | |
| Instructing messenger-at-arms including examining execution and settling fee | £3.30 | |
| 5. | Time charges - | |
(a) Attendances at meetings, preparation for trial or other hearing, attendance at court, consultation with counsel, etc. - | ||
| Per half hour | £12.10 | |
| or such other sum as in the opinion of the auditor is justified. | ||
(b) Perusal of documents - | ||
| Per half hour | £6.60 | |
| or such other sum as in the opinion of the auditor is justified. | ||
(c) Allowance for time of clerk - one half of the fee specified in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above. | ||
(d) Attendance at court offices for performance of formal work | £1.65 | |
| Note: | In the event of an accused person in a trial being represented by one counsel only, allowances may be made to the solicitor should the case warrant it for the attendance of a clerk at one-half the rate chargeable for the solicitor’s attendance. | |
| 6. | Correspondence - | |
| Letters (save as provided below) including instructions to counsel - each page of 125 words | £3.30 | |
| Formal letters | £0.75 | |
| Telegrams or telephone calls, including letters confirming | £1.65 |