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Shoreditch 1897
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch, Parish of St. Leonard]
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Court thought that the last quinquennial valuation could not be altered except to the
extent of this increase and decided to reduce the assessment to £156 Gross, £130
Rateable, but made no order as to costs, so that the appellants had to pay their own
costs.
(g) Re SCALE OF FEES FOR SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS
ON ASSESSMENT APPEALS.
On the 19th January, 1898, I submitted the following report to the Committee,
upon a request from the Justices of Quarter Sessions to suggest a scale for Valuers'
fees and expenses in assessment appeals, which might be adopted by the Court:—
"Gentlemen,
"I beg to report as follows upon the letter of the Clerk to the Court of Quarter
Sessions, of the 10th November, 1897.
"The usual scale settled for compensation cases for Surveyors and Valuers is known as Ryde's scale, in illustration of which—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For property valued up to £100, the fee allowed is | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Ditto ditto £500, ditto | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Ditto ditto £1,000, ditto | 18 | 18 | 0 |
"This scale, however, is a very liberal one, seeing the remuneration allowed to Solicitors for deducing and investigating title on Sale up to £1,000 is—
| £ | s. | d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| For property valued up to £100, the fee allowed is | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ditto ditto £500, ditto | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Ditto ditto £1,000, ditto | 15 | 0 | 0 |
and it cannot be said that there is more work in valuing property, than in deducing
title, &c., the former being more a matter of judgment than work. In practice, leading
Surveyors are usually content with a fee of two.thirds of the above scale.
"Ryde's scale is, of course, based upon capital value, and is specially applicable
to compensation cases, whereas valuation for assessments based upon yearly rentals.
"The Valuation Committee in 1894 received tenders from certain valuers, the
three lowest of which varied from 13/6 per cent. to 17/6 per cent. for properties
valued up to £500 rateable value, and from 11/6 to 15/. per cent. for properties at
£2,000, but these figures are specially low, as the whole Quinquennial Valuation
work was offered at that time, and valuers estimated on doing a large amount of
work in one locality.
"I would suggest that a scale of fees upon the following basis would be an
equitable one, i.e., £1 1s. per cent. on property to the gross rental value of £1,000,
or less, with a minimum fee of three guineas, and for each additional hundred pounds
over £1,000, a further fee of 10.6 to be allowed.
"For example :—
Property valued £500 Gross a fee of 5 5 0 to be allowed.
Do. £600 do. 6 6 0 do.
Do. £1,000 do. 10 10 0 do.
Do. £1,500 do. 13 2 6 do.
Do. £2,000 do. 15 15 0 do.
Do. £10,000 do. 57 15 0 do.
"An allowance of one guinea for any plan required, would also be reasonable.