{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-7/rule-7.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907/schedule-1/part-1/chapter-7/rule-7.4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/51",
  "legislation_title": "Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sheriff-courts-scotland-act-1907",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/1/chapter/7/rule/7.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7.4",
  "heading": "Decree for expenses",
  "text": "(1) On granting decree in abence or thereafter, the sheriff may grant decree for expenses.\n(2) Where the pursuer elects, in the minute for decree, to claim expenses comprising—\n(a) the inclusive charges set out in Part 1 of Table 1 in schedule 4 of the Act of Sederunt (Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules) 2019; and\n(b) outlays comprising only—\n(i) the court fee for warranting the initial writ;\n(ii) postal charges incurred in effecting, or attempting to effect, service of the initial writ by post; and\n(iii) where applicable, a sheriff officer’s fee for service of the initial writ,\nthe sheriff may grant decree for payment of such expenses without the necessity of taxation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 7.4 renumbered as Sch. 1 rule 7.4(1) (29.4.2019) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Taxation of Judicial Expenses) 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/74), paras. 1(2), 3(2)(a) (with para. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 rule 7.4(2) inserted (29.4.2019) by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal Court Rules and Ordinary Cause Rules Amendment) (Taxation of Judicial Expenses) 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/74), paras. 1(2), 3(2)(b) (with para. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2014/18",
      "affecting_title": "Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/51/schedule/1/part/1/chapter/7/rule/7.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-10T03:34:13.908359+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}