Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1986.

S.I. No. 379/1986 - Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1986. S.I. No. 379 of 1986. SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION GENERAL ORDER, 1986. We, the body in that behalf authorised by the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881, as adapted by the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881, (Adaptation) Order, 1946 (S.R. and O. 1946 No. 208) made pursuant to the Adaptation of Enactments Act, 1922 , do hereby, in pursuance and execution of the powers given to us by the said Statute as so adapted, and after due compliance with section 3 of the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881, make the following General Order. 1. This Order may be cited as the Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1986. The Solicitors' Remuneration General Order, 1884 to 1984 and this Order shall be read together and may be cited as the Solicitors' Remuneration General Orders, 1884 to 1986. 2. The following Schedule shall be substituted for Schedule 11 to the Order of 1884: "SCHEDULE 11 1. Drawing deeds, wills, powers of attorney, bonds, memoranda and articles of association, cases for Counsel, regulations, bye-laws, agreements, notices, requisitions and other documents not specifically excluded — per page 3.00 2. Engrossing — per page 1.00 3. Copying documents — per page 0.12 1.00 5. Certifying any documents as a true copy 1.50 6. Attendance in Solicitor's Office: (a) First half hour 12.00 (b) For second and each subsequent half hour 8.00 7. Attendance outside the Solicitor's Office: (a) first half hour 13.00 (b) for second and each subsequent half hour 13.00 8. Attendance outside Ireland — per day Discretionary (not to exceed £300 per day). 9. Writing, signing and entering letters: (a) not exceeding one page 5.00 (b) exceeding one page 7.50 10. Registration of Deed 21.00 11. Instructions. Such fee as may be fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including:— ) the complexity, importance, difficulty, rarity or urgency of the questions raised; ) where money or property is involved, its amount or value; ) the importance of the matter to the client; ) the skill, labour, and the responsibility involved therein and any specialised knowledge given or applied on the part of the solicitor; ) the number and importance of any documents perused; ) the place where and the circumstances in which the business or any part thereof is transacted; and ) the time reasonably expended thereon. NOTE: If having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the complexity of the matter, the novelty of the questions raised, the skill, labour and responsibility of the solicitor, the amount involved and the importance of the matter to the client, it is reasonable to do so, the foregoing charges for drawing, perusing, attendances and letters may be increased. The said charges may also be reduced by the Taxing Master for any special reason." This Order shall apply only to business transacted after the 1st day of October, 1986. Dated this 1st day of July, 1986. THOMAS A. FINLAY, Chief Justice. LIAM HAMILTON, President of the High Court. LAURENCE CULLEN, President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. EXPLANATORY NOTE. This Order prescribes a revised structure and level of scale fees for certain non-contentious business undertaken by solicitors, it does not affect the present commission scale fee on sales, purchases, leases, mortgages or settlements. Under the terms of section 6 of the Solicitors' Remuneration Act, 1881 and section 3 of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Laying of Documents) Act, 1966 this Order does not come into effect until it has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and one month or four sitting weeks (whichever is the longer) has elapsed. This Order (which applies only to business transacted after 1st October, 1986) was so laid on 2nd July, 1986, the prerequisite statutory period elapsed on 7th November, 1986 and the Order takes effect from 8th November, 1986. Every reference in the Order to the expression "per page" means per A4 size page.