In response to requests from practitioners this Act of Sederunt resets the time limit for a paying party to lodge an objection in a diet of taxation to 1600 hours on the fifteenth day prior to a diet of taxation. That procedural change will in turn provide 14 calendar days for the entitled party to consider their response to each of the objections made. 

Practitioners can have multiple obligations to the court and the Council is of the view that this change provides a more practical timeframe for practitioners to undertake the activities required which includes: evaluating the objections made to selected line item within an account of expenses, providing professional advice to their clients on the challenges made, taking instructions, and then preparing for their attendance at the diet of taxation. 

This Act of Sederunt was made by the court on 6 November 2024 and it comes into force on 1 January 2025.

Notes

1. This Act of Sederunt can be viewed online at:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2024/323/contents/made