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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1981
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
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.
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
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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