When handling cases related to expert appraisal administered by the Arbitration Board, a fee is charged for each appointed expert. This fee covers the Arbitration Board's case management, including finding the expert, clarifying procedural and minor legal issues, and managing deadlines, among other administrative tasks.
In addition, a fee will be payable to the expert, calculated on the basis of the time spent on the appraisal. Any costs incurred by the expert for transport, destructive interventions, recordings including photographs, etc must also be paid. The payment of expenses relating to special investigations will be agreed with the parties during case proceedings.
The party requesting expert appraisal must initially pay the costs involved.
Voldgiftsnævnet opkræver som udgangspunkt et indledende depot på 50.000 kr. for omkostninger ved sagens behandling. Hvis skønsindstævnte stiller egne spørgsmål, opkræves denne et indledende depot på 20.000 kr. Hvis der allerede tidligt i sagen efter skønsmandens estimat foreligger oplysning om evt. højere udgifter til skønsmandens honorar mv., fastsættes depotet i overensstemmelse hermed. Det indledende depot nedjusteres som udgangspunkt ikke.
The Arbitration Board will usually not ask an expert to initiate the appraisal until security has been provided to the Board.
At the start of the appraisal, the expert states a time frame for the preparation of the report(s), and then continuously informs the parties and the Arbitration Board if the security provided is no longer believed to be sufficient to cover the anticipated costs. The security amount will be adjusted as and when needed during the appraisal procedure.
As from 1 January 2015 a new procedure is applicable under which the cost of supplementary questions is payable by the party asking the questions. This approach means that sometimes difficult and time-consuming assessments of whether supplementary questions asked are related to an original question or not is avoided. When billing, the expert must specify the amounts charged for each individual question.
Efter skønssagens afslutning kan Voldgiftsnævnet ved parternes anmodning fremkomme med en uforbindende henstilling om, hvem der skal betale for sagens behandling, herunder advokatomkostninger. Hvis der under sagen er behov for og enighed om, at en juridisk dommer træffer afgørelse om et processuelt spørgsmål på Voldgiftsnævnets vegne, herunder om spørgsmål til skønsmanden kan stilles, honoreres den juridiske dommer efter tidsforbrug. Den juridiske dommer kan efter parternes fælles ønske også træffe afgørelse om omkostningsfordelingen. Ellers må omkostningsfordelingen i forhold til syn og skøn afgøres under en eventuel efterfølgende voldgiftssag. Også i voldgiftssager, hvor der endnu ikke er nedsat en voldgiftsret, kan nævnet anmodes om at fremkomme med en uforbindende henstilling mod betaling af et tillæg på 4.000 kr.
The party originally requesting the expert appraisal and that party’s legal counsel are liable for payment of the costs of the appraisal. The other party to the appraisal procedure and that party’s legal counsel are liable for payment of the proportion of costs that relates to the preparation of answers to the respondent’s non-ancillary questions and, in cases filed on or after 1 January 2015, to the preparation of answers to the respondent’s own questions.
Pr. 1. september 2022 opkræves et opstartsgebyr på 4.000 kr. samt en serviceafgift på 7.000 kr., dvs. en samlet udgift til Voldgiftsnævnet på 11.000 kr. Det er som udgangspunkt rekvirenten, der hæfter for gebyr og serviceafgift. Serviceafgiften bortfalder, hvis sagen opgives af parterne senest 30 dage efter modtagelse i nævnet, og skønsmanden endnu ikke er udmeldt, og der i øvrigt ikke er udført væsentligt arbejde i sagen.
A supplementary fee of DKK 5,000 is charged for each additional expert appointed, which also covers the additional work such a case entails for the Arbitration Board.
For hver tillægserklæring opkræves 3.000 kr. i gebyr fra den part, der først stiller de yderligere spørgsmål, medmindre andet er aftalt. Tillægget dækker det yderligere arbejde, nævnet har med sagen og gælder dermed fra spørgsmålene stilles.
Der tages også et tillæg på 4.000 kr. for væsentlige procesafgørelser og 3.000 kr. for hastebehandling.
A supplementary fee of DKK 5,000 is charged for the initiation of an expert appraisal in an arbitration case, including both the appointment of a (new) expert and any additional statements.
Skema med oversigt over nævnets afgifter og gebyrer findes nedenfor.
On request, the Arbitration Board will propose an expert appraiser for proceedings in the ordinary courts of law. A fee of DKK 3,000 is charged for proposing an expert, and DKK 2,000 for each additional expert, etc.
In the event of justified objection to an expert proposed based on the proposed expert’s lack of impartiality, insufficient qualifications or qualifications that do not fulfil the requirements, another expert will be proposed. If the Arbitration Board does not agree with an objection to an expert, including objections as to whether the expert’s fee estimate is reasonable, the parties may be requested to provide more detailed reasons for their objection. If the Arbitration Board still does not agree, an additional fee of DKK 2,000 will be charged for each new arbitrator proposed.
Once the Arbitration Board has opened a case file, the board will email a confirmation with an FIK code to be used in connection with payment of the fee. In order to ensure speedy processing and correct allocation of payments to individual cases, the FIK code must be used whenever payments are made. The Arbitration Board requests parties not to send a cheque for the amount of fee or to transfer the amount of fee to the Arbitration Board before the case file has been opened.
In any manual transfers, the Arbitration Board file number and the names of the parties and the payer must always be stated.
Questions concerning payments should be sent to bogh@voldgift.dk
To ensure quick and correct registration of payments and deposits at the Arbitration Board, the FIK code sent to the parties to the case when the complaint was filed should be used. Some Arbitration Board letters contain codes for both parties, and the names of the parties are clearly stated next to the relevant codes. Please use the correct FIK code. Some IT systems do not support the use of FIK codes, in which case payments can be made to the following account:
Danske Bank, registration number 4180, account number 4180211519
SWIFT: DABADKKK – DKK IBAN: DK5830004180211519
If manual transfers are used, please state the Arbitration Board file number, the names of the parties and the name of the payer.
Unfortunately it is not currently possible to use the EAN system for electronic invoicing, and electronic invoices will be therefore be issued only in response to a special request sent to bogh@voldgift.dk.
The Arbitration Board is not registered for VAT, so all fees and charges are exempt from VAT. If and when the Arbitration Board invoices services on which VAT must be paid – typically expenses related to expert appraisal – the VAT amount will be specified in the settlement letter.
