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Fees Tables


Note - for Representation orders granted after 30th April 2007 the Criminal Defence Service (Funding Order) 2007 will apply. The table of litigators fees for ex post facto cases remains unchanged but ex post facto fees for advocates are abolished and all advocates fees will be dealt with as part of the graduated fees scheme including fixed fees. Se the guidance on advocates fee claims.

Solicitors fees | Junior counsel fees | Queens counsel fees

Litigators fees
Type of work and grade against rates
Class of work Grade of fee-earner Regular rate London rate

Preparation
A
(Senior solicitor)

£53.00 per hour 

£55.75 per hour

    
B
(Solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience)

£45.00 per hour  

£47.25 per hour

    

 C
(Trainee or fee-earner of equivalent experience)

£29.75 per hour  

£34.00 per hour

Advocacy (other than in the Crown Court)

A

£64.00 per hour

 
B
£56.00 per hour  

Attendance at court where more than one representative assigned

A

£42.25 per hour

 
B
£ 34.00 per hour  
C
£ 20.50 per hour  

Travelling and waiting
A

£24.75 per hour

 
 
B
£ 24. 75 per hour  
 
C
£ 12.50 per hour  

Routine letters written and routine telephone calls
 

£3.45 per item

 £3.60 per item


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Junior counsel
Type of work and grade against rates
Type of proceedings Basic fee Full day refresher Subsidiary fees
               Attendance at consultation, conferences & views Written work Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances
Jury trials Maximum amount: £545.50                    
Cases prepared for trial in which no jury is sworn Maximum amount: £317.75                    
Guilty pleas Maximum amount: £192.25      £33.50 per hour

Minimum amount: £16.75		 Maximum amount: £58.25 Maximum amount: £110.00
Appeals Maximum amount: £210.00 Maximum amount: £178.75               
Appeals against sentence Maximum amount: £107.50                    
Committals for sentence Maximum amount: £107.50                    

 

Queen's counsel
Type of work and grade against rates
Type of proceedings Basic fee Full day refresher Subsidiary fees
    

    

    

Attendance at consultation, conferences & views

Written work

Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances

All cases

Maximum amount: £5,400.00

Maximum amount: £330.50

£62.50 per hour

Minimum amount: £32.00

Maximum amount: £119.50

Maximum amount: £257.50

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This page was last updated on 20 September 2007 11:06. National Taxing Team.
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