Office closures on day of State Funeral and solicitor payment dates

13 September 2022

Her Majesty The Queen’s ‘s state funeral on Monday 19 September will be a bank holiday and our offices will be closed.

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Services has confirmed that no courts or tribunals will sit on that day.

As Monday is now a non BACS processing day our Friday/Monday payments to the profession will be changed as below:

Payment Run Date Bank Credit Date

16/09/22 (Fri) 21/09/22 (Wed)

19/09/22 (Mon) 22/09/22 (Thur)

Payments return to normal

21/09/22 (Wed) 23/09/22 (Fri)

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