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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-scottish-land-court-order-2014/schedule/paragraph-93",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2014/229",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Scottish Land Court Order 2014",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/93",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "93",
  "heading": "Charges for skilled persons",
  "text": "(1) If, in response to a motion made prior to the expiry of the periods allowed in terms of paragraphs (3) to (6) of rule 96 (Taxation of expenses), or, where a diet of taxation has been fixed, prior to that diet, the court has certified a person as skilled or expert, or if there has been no objection to the inclusion of such charges in an account of expenses on the ground of absence of such certification, charges may be allowed for any work done or expenses reasonably incurred by that person which were reasonably required for a purpose in connection with the case or in contemplation of the case.\n(2) Where a motion under paragraph (1) is enrolled after the court has awarded expenses, the expenses of the motion shall be borne by the party enrolling it.\n(3) In determining whether to sanction recovery of such charges the court may have regard to—\n(a) whether and to what extent the person’s special qualifications fall within a recognised area of knowledge, expertise or experience;\n(b) what those special qualifications are;\n(c) the relevance of the person’s knowledge, expertise and experience to the issues in dispute;\n(d) if a report from the person was instructed, whether it was reasonable in all the circumstances to give that instruction at the time it was given;\n(e) the terms of the instruction; and\n(f) the quality of any—\n(i) report produced; or\n(ii) evidence given,\nby the person and the value of that report or evidence to the court in resolving an issue in the case.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/229/schedule/paragraph/93",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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