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Chapter 42 - Appeals under statute - Part II - Taxation of acccounts and fees of Solicitors

Table of fees

Transcripts of evidence etc.

1.

Attendance of shorthand writer
Attendance by shorthand writer at proof, jury trial or commission, per hour, with a minimum fee of £130.66 per day

£33.81

2.

Notes of evidence: extension by shorthand writer or transcriber
(a) Except where these are transcribed daily, per sheet £5.53
(b) Where these are transcribed daily, per sheet £6.78
  (c) Where notes of evidence have been directed to be supplied for the use of the court, copies may be made available to parties, payable to the shorthand writer or transcriber by the solicitor for the parties obtaining the copies, per sheet £0.44
Notes.

 

(1) Transcripts of evidence will be made only on directions from the court, and the cost of them in defended causes will, in the first instance, be payable by the solicitors for the parties in equal proportions. The daily transcripts of evidence shall be made only if all compearing parties consent. When an undefended cause is continued, or where for other reasons the court considers it necessary that transcripts be made for the use of the court and so directs, the cost will be borne by the solicitor for the pursuer in the first instance. In any cause where the transcripts have not been made but are required for a reclaiming motion, the solicitor for the reclaimer may request that they be made; and when they are thus available they will be lodged in court, the cost of transcription being payable in the first instance by the solicitor for the reclaimer.
(2) In any cause where the court, on a motion enrolled for the purpose, certifies that there is reasonable ground for reclaiming and that the reclaimer is unable, for financial reasons, to meet the cost of the necessary transcription from which copies for the use of the Inner House are made, the cost of such transcription will be paid out of public funds.