The Gazette 1981

SEPTEMBER 1981

GAZETTE

Table of Fees in Circuit Court Matters

The following

Table of Counsel's Fees in the Circuit Court has been approved by the Bar Council to operate from the 1st October, 1981

Contract and Tort: Fee on Brief (i) Plaintiffs Counsel where the amount or value of specific chattels recovered; or (ii) Defendant's Counsel where the amount or value of chattels sued for: (a) exceeds £ 2 5 0 but does not exceed £ 5 0 0 — £ 3 8 . 95 (b) exceeds £ 5 0 0 but does not exceed £ 1 , 0 00 — £ 5 1 . 45 (c) exceeds £ 1 , 0 0 0 but does not exceed £ 1 , 5 00 — £ 6 8 . 25 (d) exceeds £ 1 , 5 0 0 but does not exceed £ 2 , 0 00 — £ 8 0 . 35 Fee on Settling Civil Bill or Defence, on Advising Proofs and on Consultation:- Where the amount referred to above does not exceed £ 1 , 0 00 — £ 1 6 . 80 exceeds £ 1 , 0 0 0 — £ 2 1 . 00 Fee on Settling Counterclaim: — £ 5 . 25 Fee on Settling Notice for Particular of Reply thereto: — £1 1.55 Ejectments: Fee on Brief (the appropriate scale is that applicable to the higher of two categories based on the Rateable Valuation or the Annual Rent). R.V. does not exceed £ 2 5; Annual Rent does not exceed £ 1 , 5 0 0 — £ 4 2 . 00 R.V. exceeds £ 2 5 but does not exceed £ 5 0; Annual Rent exceeds £ 1 , 5 0 0 but does not exceed £ 3 , 0 00 — £ 5 2 . 50 R.V. exceeds £ 5 0 but does not exceed £ 7 5; Annual Rent exceeds £ 3 , 0 0 0 but does not exceed £ 5 , 0 00 — £ 8 8 . 20 R.V. exceeds £ 7 5 but does not exceed £ 1 0 0; Annual Rent exceeds £ 5 , 0 00 — £ 1 0 5 . 00 Fee on Settling Civil Bill or Defence, on Advising Fee on Settling Counterclaim, Notice for Particulars or Reply thereto as per Contract scale. Equity Suits (1) Personalty Only Fee on Brief where the value of the subject matter- does not exceed £ 1 , 5 00 — £ 3 8 . 95 exceeds £ 1 , 5 0 0 but does not exceed £ 2 , 5 00 — £ 5 1 . 45 exceeds £ 2 , 5 0 0 but does not exceed £ 3 , 5 00 — £ 6 8 . 25 exceeds £ 3 , 5 0 0 — £ 8 0 . 33 Proofs and on Consultation where the Brief Fee comes within either of the first two categories above — £ 1 6 . 80 Otherwise — £ 2 1 . 00

Fee on Settling Civil Bill or Defence, on Advising Proofs and on Consultation where the Brief Fee comes within either of the first two categories above — £ 1 6 . 80 Otherwise — £ 2 1 . 00

Fee on Settling Counterclaim, Notice for Particulars or Reply thereto as per Contract scale.

(2) Realty, but excluding Specific Performance Note: Where the subject matter of an Equity Suit consists of both Personalty and Realty the fee appropriate shall be the fee applicable to whichever be the higher of the fee applicable to the Realty or Personalty respectively.

Brief Fee: Where the rateable Valuation:-

does not exceed £ 25 — £ 5 2 . 50 exceeds £ 2 5 but does not exceed £ 5 0 — £ 6 9 . 35 exceeds £ 5 0 but does not exceed £ 75 — £ 1 0 5 . 00 exceeds £ 75 but does not exceed £ 1 0 0 — £ 1 4 9 . 65 Fee on Settling Civil Bill or Defence, on Advising Proofs or on Consultation where the rateable Valuation does not exceed £ 5 0 — £ 1 6 . 80 Otherwise — £ 2 1 . 00 Fee on Settling Counterclaim, Notice for Particulars or Reply thereto as per Contract Scale. (3) Specific Perfoimance Where the value of the subject matter mentioned in the alleged Contract does not exceed £ 1 0 , 0 00 — £ 5 2 . 50 exceeds £ 1 0 , 0 00 but does not exceed £ 2 0 , 0 00 — £ 6 9 . 35 exceeds £ 2 0 , 0 00 but does not exceed £ 3 0 , 0 00 — £ 1 0 5 . 0 0 exceeds £ 3 0 , 0 00 but does not exceed £ 4 0 , 0 00 — £ 1 4 9 . 65 suitable increases where the amount exceeds £ 4 0 , 0 0 0 Fee on Settling Civil Bill or Defence, on Advising Proofs or Consultation where the amount above does not exceed £ 2 0 , 0 00 — £ 1 6 . 8 0 Otherwise — £ 2 4 . 15 Fee on Settling Counterclaim, Notice for Particulars or Reply thereto as per Contract Scale. Note Where a Contract relates to development land Counsel may take into account the development value of the lands.

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