Engrossing

Prescribed Fees

 

Advice & Assistance Schedule 3, Part II B
ABWOR Not applicable
Legal Aid Not applicable

This is a fee that is prescribed in relation to advice and assistance accounts only.

The general principle is that a framing charge should be allowed based on the final version of the document.

You are not ordinarily entitled to any time or revisal charges that have been made to any “draft” document. This is consistent with general taxation practice in agent and client, third party paying accounts and was upheld by the Auditor of Dumbarton Sheriff Court in 2009, in the taxation of the account of WC.

Mindful of that, charges for engrossing will be challenged.

Revising papers drawn by counsel or where ordered by the court – per five sheets
Photocopying & Printing

In this section

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Advocacy

Guidance on fee payable for the actual time spent by you in court conducting a hearing.

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Holiday Court Supplement

Guidance on when a holiday supplement fee is payable

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Written representations where they replace the need for any oral hearing

Guidance on accounts for written representations where they replace the need for any oral hearing

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Waiting

Guidance on charging for waiting time

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Non-Advocacy

Meeting, consultation, court, waiting, preparation, perusal, telephone call, research, precognition, locus

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Preparation

Guidance on fees allowed for preparation

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Research

Guidance on charging for legal research

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Meetings

Guidance on allowable charges for meetings

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Perusal

Guidance on payment for perusals actually and reasonably done, due regard being had to economy, when chargeable.

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Solicitor’s clerks - the “unqualified” fee

Guidance on fees paid when you when you delegate appropriate work to an unqualified person.

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Framing

Guidance on basis of charging for framing of documents

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Precognitions

Guidance on payment for chargeable precognition work actually and reasonably done.

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Letters

Guidance on payment made for written correspondence actually and reasonably done

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Telephone calls

Guidance on rates for telephone calls

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Citations

Guidance on fee payable where you serve a notice

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Instructing messengers-at-arms and sheriff officers

Guidance on the fee payable when instructing the service of a document by way of messengers-at-arms or sheriff officers

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Lodging

Guidance on fee payable where you lodge (whether electronically, via post or hand delivered) the first document in court

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Intimating

Guidance on fee payable where it is necessary to intimate a document to another party

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Uplifting from court

Guidance on fee payable where you are required to uplift documents from court offices

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Enquiry for documents

Guidance on fee payable where you are required to make an enquiry of the court to establish if a document has been lodged

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Revising papers drawn by counsel or where ordered by the court – per five sheets

Guidance on fee chargeable where you are required to revise any document drawn by counsel, or where you are ordered to revise a document by the court

Guidance on chargeable work - detailed fees

Photocopying & Printing

Guidance on fee payable for photocopying