Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Act of Sederunt) This Act of Sederunt increases certain fees payable to solicitors in the Court of Session under Chapters I and III of the Table of Fees by 12.245%. The following fees in Chapter III are increased by an additional 8.75%: block fees in undefended consistorial actions in Part III, fees for work up to and included in lodging an opposed Outer House petition under Part IV, fees in defended actions under Part V and certain fees for Inner House business under Part VI. The Act also inserts a new Part VA into Chapter III of the Table of Fees which sets out fees for defended personal injury actions commenced on or after 1st April 2003. Paragraph 2 of the Act does not apply to work done before it comes into force. Paragraph 3 of the Act amends certain fees in Part V of Chapter III as from 1st July 2002. The last increase in fees was made by Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session Amendment)(Fees of Solicitors, Shorthand Writers and Witnesses) 2002 ( S.S.I. 2002/301 ).
( 1 ) 1988 c. 36 . Section 5 was amended by section 2(3) of the Civil Evidence (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 32) and by paragraph 45 of Schedule 4 to the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36) . ( 2 ) S.I. 1994/1443 , last amended by S.S.I. 2002/301 .
