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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-and-advice-and-assistance-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2021/schedule-6",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2021/56",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid and Advice and Assistance (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-and-advice-and-assistance-miscellaneous-amendment-scotland-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendments to schedule 4 of the Civil Legal Aid (Scotland) (Fees) Regulations 1989",
  "text": "TABLE OF FEES A\nFEES OF COUNSEL FOR PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF SESSION\nPART 1\nJUNIOR COUNSEL\nCHAPTER 1 –FAMILY ACTIONS\n1.\nSummons or other initiating writ\n£324.45\n2.\nMinute\n(a)\nminute relating to orders for parental responsibilities or parental rights and/or aliment or financial provision\n£216.30\n(b)\nany other minute containing a conclusion or crave\n£162.23\n3.\nDefences or answers\n(a)\nDefences or answers in purely skeleton form to preserve the rights of parties\n£54.08\n(b)\nDefences or answers to which sub‑paragraph (a) does not apply\n£297.42\n4.\nJoint minute or minute of agreement regulating aliment, financial provision, orders relating to parental responsibilities or parental rights or any other matter in respect of which orders may be sought\n(a)\nstraightforward cases\n£54.08\n(b)\nother cases\n£135.19\n(c)\nminute of agreement\n£216.30\n5.\nMinute for decree\n£54.08\n6.\nAll other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 6 apply\nCHAPTER 2 - PETITIONS (OTHER THAN PETITIONS TO WHICH CHAPTERS 3 TO 5 APPLY)\n1.\nPetition\n(a)\npetition for interdict\n(i)\nstraightforward cases\n£216.30\n(ii)\nother cases\n£324.45\n(b)\nother Outer House petitions\n£324.45\n(c)\nthe fee for Inner House petitions shall be as appears to the Board, or as the case may be the auditor, to provide reasonable remuneration for the work having regard to the level of fees in this Table of Fees\n2.\nAnswers\n(a)\npetition for interdict\n£162.23\n(b)\nother Outer House petitions\n£162.23\n(c)\nthe fee for Inner House petitions shall be as appears to the Board, or as the case may be the auditor, to provide reasonable remuneration for the work having regard to the level of fees in this Table of Fees\n3.\nAll other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 6 apply\nCHAPTER 3 - PETITIONS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW\n1.\nPetition for judicial review\n£378.53\n2.\nOral hearing at permission stage or procedural hearing\n(a)\nwhere the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes\n£64.89\n(b)\nwhere the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof\n£54.08\n3.\nSubstantive hearing\n(a)\njunior alone\n£973.35\n(b)\njunior with senior\n£702.98\n4.\nWritten statement of arguments\n£216.30\n5.\nAll other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 6 apply\nCHAPTER 4 – PETITIONS ON CHILD ABDUCTION AND ON THE RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS RELATING TO CHILDREN\n1.\nPetition\n£351.49\n2.\nAnswers\n£351.49\n3.\nMotion for interim orders\n(a)\nwhere the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes\n£64.89\n(b)\nwhere the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof\n£54.08\n4.\nFirst or second hearing (per day)\n(a)\njunior alone\n£973.35\n(b)\njunior with senior\n£702.98\n5.\nRevising any affidavit which requires to be lodged\n£54.08\n6.\nAll other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 1, which failing Chapter 6 apply\nCHAPTER 5 - APPLICATIONS FOR ADOPTION ORDERS, CONVENTION ADOPTION ORDERS AND PERMANENCE ORDERS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ADOPTION AND CHILDREN (SCOTLAND) ACT 2007\n1.\nPetition\n£324.45\n2.\nRevising any affidavit which requires to be lodged\n£54.08\n3.\nNote for revocation of permanence order or other note in the adoption process\n£216.30\n4.\nHearing to set timetable or determine procedure (per half hour)\n£54.08\n5.\nAll other work - the fees prescribed in Chapter 1, which failing Chapter 6 apply\nCHAPTER 6 – ORDINARY ACTIONS\n1.\nSummons\n£324.45\n2.\nDefences\n(a)\nwhere in purely skeleton form to preserve rights of parties\n£54.08\n(b)\notherwise\n£297.42\n3.\nAdjustment of pleadings\n(a)\nadjustment of skeleton defences\n£243.34\n(b)\notherwise (each occasion)\n£81.12\n4.\nSpecification of documents\n(a)\nspecification with standard calls only\n£54.08\n(b)\nother specification of documents\n£135.19\n5.\nMinutes etc.\n(a)\nformal amendments or answers\n£81.12\n(b)\namendments or answers other than formal\n£162.23\n(c)\ndrafting, revising and signing tender or acceptance\n£54.08\n(d)\nnote of exceptions\n£54.08\n(e)\nabandonment, sist, restriction, etc.\n£54.08\n(f)\nissue or counter issue\n£81.12\n6.\nNotes\n(a)\nnote on liability and/or quantum\n£162.23- £378.53\n(b)\nnote advising on tender or extra-judicial offer, where not merely confirming advice at consultation\n£135.19\n(c)\nnote on line of evidence\n£216.30-£432.60\n(d)\nother types of note\n£162.23\n7.\nConsultations\n(a)\nbefore proof or trial, or otherwise involving a significant degree of preparation or lengthy discussion—\n(i)\njunior alone\n£270.38-£432.60\n(ii)\njunior with senior\n£216.30-£324.45\n(b)\nother consultations—\n(i)\njunior alone\n£135.19-£270.38\n(ii)\njunior with senior\n£108.15-£216.30\n8.\nPre-trial meetings\nPre-trial meeting with opponent with a view to settlement of the case (to include preparation of minute of pre-trial meeting and any associated joint minute)\n(i)\njunior alone\n£486.68\n(ii)\njunior with senior\n£378.53\n9.\nMotions (including By Order hearings)\n(a)\nwhere the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes\n£64.89\n(b)\nwhere the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof\n£54.08\n9A.\nAny other hearing where no other fee is specified\n(a)\nwhere the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes\n£64.89\n(b)\nwhere the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof\n£54.08\n10.\nProcedure roll, proof or jury trial (per day)\n(a)\njunior alone\n£973.35\n(b)\njunior with senior\n£702.98\n11.\nInner House\n(a)\nSingle Bills\n(i)\nwhere the hearing does not exceed 30 minutes\n£81.12\n(ii)\nwhere the hearing exceeds 30 minutes, for each subsequent half hour or part thereof\n£54.08\n(b)\nreclaiming motion including appeal under section 163, 164 or 165 of the 2011 Act (per day)\n(i)\njunior opening or appearing alone\n£1,081.50\n(ii)\njunior otherwise\n£757.05\n(c)\nmotion for new trial (per day)\n(i)\njunior opening or appearing alone\n£811.13\n(ii)\njunior otherwise\n£540.75\n12.\nAttendance at judgment\n(a)\nOuter House\n£54.08\n(b)\nInner House\n£54.08\n13.\nTime engaged in necessary travel\nSupplementary fee chargeable in addition to any of the above fees where necessary travel is undertaken\n£108.15\n14.\nAccommodation and associated subsistence\nPayment of necessary accommodation and associated subsistence per day\n£108.15",
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