The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Regulation 3(7)

SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 16

“SCHEDULE 5 Experts’ Fees and Rates

Expert	Non-London - hourly rate unless stated to be a fixed fee	London - hourly rate unless stated to be a fixed fee
A&E consultant	£100.80	£108
Accident reconstruction	£72	£54.40
Accountant	£64	£64
Accountant (general staff)	£40	£40
Accountant (manager)	£86.40	£86.40
Accountant (partner)	£115.20	£115.20
Anaesthetist	£108	£72
Architect	£79.20	£72
Back calculations	£144 fixed fee	£151.20 fixed fee
Benefit expert	£72	£72
Cardiologist	£115.20	£72
Cell telephone site analysis	£72	£72
Child psychiatrist	£108	£72
Child psychologist	£100.80	£72
Computer expert	£72	£72
Consultant engineer	£72	£54.40
Dentist	£93.60	£72
Dermatologist	£86.40	£72
Disability consultant	£54.40	£54.40
DNA (testing of sample)	£252 per test	£252 per test
DNA (preparation of report)	£72	£72
Doctor (GP)	£79.20	£72
Drug expert	£72	£72
Employment consultant	£54.40	£54.40
Enquiry agent	£25.60	£18.40
ENT surgeon	£100.80	£72
Facial Mapping	£108	£72
Fingerprint expert	£72	£37.60
Fire investigation	£72	£54.40
Firearm expert	£72	£72
Forensic scientist	£90.40	£72
General surgeon	£108	£72
Geneticist	£86.40	£72
GP (records report)	£50.40 fixed fee	£72 fixed fee
Gynaecologist	£108	£72
Haematologist	£97.60	£72
Handwriting expert	£72	£72
Interpreter	£28	£25
Lip reader/Signer	£57.60	£32.80
Mediator	£100.80	£100.80
Medical consultant	£108	£72
Medical microbiologist	£108	£72
Medical Report	£79.20	£72
Meteorologist	£100.80	£144 fixed fee
Midwife	£72	£72
Neonatologist	£108	£72
Neurologist	£122.40	£72
Neuropsychiatrist	£126.40	£72
Neuroradiologist	£136.80	£72
Neurosurgeon	£136.80	£72
Nursing expert	£64.80	£64.80
Obstetrician	£108	£72
Occupational therapist	£54.40	£54.40
Oncologist	£112	£72
Orthopaedic surgeon	£115.20	£72
Paediatrician	£108	£72
Pathologist	£122.40	£432 fixed fee
Pharmacologist	£97.60	£72
Photographer	£25.60	£18.40
Physiotherapist	£64.80	£64.80
Plastic surgeon	£108	£72
Process server	£25.60	£18.40
Psychiatrist	£108	£72
Psychologist	£93.60	£72
Radiologist	£108	£72
Rheumatologist	£108	£72
Risk assessment expert	£50.40	£50.40
Speech therapist	£79.20	£72
Surgeon	£108	£72
Surveyor	£40	£40
Telecoms expert	£72	£72
Toxicologist	£108	£72
Urologist	£108	£72
Vet	£72	£72
Voice recognition	£93.60	£72”

Regulation 3(8)

SCHEDULE 2

Regulation 12A

“SCHEDULE 6 Fees in Very High Cost Cases

PART 1 Interpretation and Application

Interpretation

1.— (1) In this Schedule—

(a) a reference to a level is a reference to that level as defined in the Very High Cost Case contract;

(b) a reference to a category is a reference to that category as defined in that contract;

(c) the standard rates apply to work as described in the Very High Cost Case contract Guide(1); and

(d) the preliminary hearing, half day and full day rates apply as described in the Very High Cost Case contract Guide.

(2) In this Part—

(a) “Task List” has the meaning given in the Very High Cost Case contract;

(b) “parties” means the representative who has signed the Very High Cost Case contract and the Lord Chancellor.

(3) In Table 2, a junior may be either a barrister or a solicitor-advocate.

Application

2.— (1) This paragraph makes provision in relation to the application of this Schedule to work done in a case which is the subject of a Very High Cost Case contract signed by the parties before 2nd December 2013.

(2) Part 2 of this Schedule applies to work done pursuant to any Task List agreed between the parties before 2nd December 2013.

(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), Part 3 of this Schedule applies to work done pursuant to any Task List agreed between the parties on or after 2nd December 2013.

(4) Part 2 of this Schedule applies to work done in a case in which—

(a) the court has set a trial date before 2nd December 2013; and

(b) that trial date is on or before 31st March 2014.

(5) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (4), any adjournment or postponement of a trial which takes place after the trial date is set must be disregarded.

3.   Part 3 of this Schedule applies to work done in a case which is the subject of a Very High Cost Case contract signed by the parties on or after 2nd December 2013.

PART 2

Table 1

Preparation (hourly rates)

	Category 1 (£)	Category 2 (£)	Category 3 (£)	Category 4 (£)	Standard Rates (£)
Litigator
Level A	145.00	113.00	91.00	91.00	55.75
Level B	127.00	100.00	79.00	79.00	47.25
Level C	84.00	65.00	51.00	51.00	34.00
Pupil/junior	45.00	36.00	30.00	30.00
Barrister
QC	145.00	113.00	91.00	91.00
Leading junior	127.00	100.00	79.00	79.00
Led junior	91.00	73.00	61.00	61.00
Junior alone	100.00	82.00	70.00	70.00
2nd Led junior	63.00	50.00	43.00	43.00
Solicitor Advocate
Leading level A	145.00	113.00	91.00	91.00
Led level A	127.00	100.00	79.00	79.00
Leading level B	127.00	100.00	79.00	79.00
Led level B	104.00	86.00	66.00	66.00
Level A alone	131.00	109.00	88.00	88.00
Level B alone	113.00	95.00	75.00	75.00
Second advocate	63.00	50.00	43.00	43.00

Table 2

Advocacy rates

	Preliminary hearing (£)	Half day (£)	Full day (£)
QC	113.00	238.00	476.00
Leading junior	86.00	195.00	390.00
Led junior	58.00	126.00	252.00
Junior alone	67.00	143.00	285.00
2nd Led junior	34.00	64.00	128.00
Noting junior	29.00	55.00	109.00

Table 3

Attendance at court with Advocate (hourly rates for litigators)

	£
Level A	42.25
Level B	34.00
Level C	20.50

Table 4

Travelling, waiting and mileage

	£
Travelling (hourly rates)	25.00 (up to a maximum of 4 hours in one day)
Waiting (hourly rates)	25.00
Mileage	00.45 per mile

PART 3

Table 1

Preparation (hourly rates)

	Category 1 (£)	Category 2 (£)	Category 3 (£)	Category 4 (£)	Standard Rates (£)
Litigator
Level A	101.50	79.10	63.70	63.70	39.03
Level B	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30	33.08
Level C	58.80	45.50	35.70	35.70	24.50
Pupil/junior	31.50	25.20	21.00	21.00
Barrister
QC	101.50	79.10	63.70	63.70
Leading junior	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30
Led junior	63.70	51.10	42.70	42.70
Junior alone	70.00	57.40	49.00	49.00
2nd Led junior	44.10	35.00	30.10	30.10
Solicitor Advocate
Leading level A	101.50	79.10	63.70	63.70
Led level A	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30
Leading level B	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30
Led level B	72.80	60.20	46.20	46.20
Level A alone	91.70	76.30	61.60	61.60
Level B alone	79.10	66.50	52.50	52.50
Second advocate	44.10	35.00	30.10	30.10

Table 2

Advocacy rates

	Preliminary hearing (£)	Half day (£)	Full day (£)
QC	79.10	166.60	333.20
Leading junior	60.20	136.50	273.00
Led junior	40.60	88.20	176.40
Junior alone	46.90	100.10	199.50
2nd Led junior	23.80	44.80	89.60
Noting junior	20.30	38.50	76.30

Table 3

Attendance at court with Advocate (hourly rates for litigators)

	£
Level A	29.58
Level B	23.80
Level C	14.35

Table 4

Travelling, waiting and mileage

	£
Travelling (hourly rates)	25.00 (up to a maximum of 4 hours in one day)
Waiting (hourly rates)	25.00
Mileage	00.45 per mile”

(1)

The 2013 Very High Cost Case contract Guide is available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.