The Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) (Funding) Order 2013

Article 5

SCHEDULE 2

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 2010 VHCC 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 2010 VHCC Contract Guidance(1); and

(d) the preliminary hearing, half day and full day rates apply as described in that guidance.

(2) In Table 2, a reference to a junior includes a solicitor-advocate.

Application

2.—(1) Part 2 of this Schedule applies to work done pursuant to any Task List agreed between a provider of services and the Lord Chancellor before 2nd December 2013.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), Part 3 of this Schedule applies to work done pursuant to any new Task List agreed between a provider of services and the Lord Chancellor on or after 2nd December 2013.

(3) Part 2 of the 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.

(4) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (3), any adjournment or postponement of a trial which takes place after the trial date is set must be disregarded.

(5) In this paragraph, “Task List” has the meaning given in the 2010 VHCC contract.

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

	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 Counsel (hourly rates for solicitors)

	£
Level A	42.25
Level B	34.00
Level C	20.50

Table 4

Travelling, waiting and mileage

	£
Travelling	25 per hour (up to a maximum of 4 hours in one day)
Waiting	25 per hour
Mileage	0.45 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

	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	0.45 per mile

(1)

Copies of the 2010 VHCC Contract Guidance can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ.