The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

3.  In Table 1, “ consumer general contract”, “employment” and “personal injury” have the same meanings as in the category definitions of the 2010 Standard Civil Contract in force on 31^st March 2013 M1 . E+W

Table 1

Category Definition	F1 ... Standard Fee	F1 ... Escape Fee Threshold
Actions Against the Police	£239	£717
Clinical Negligence	£195	£585
Community Care	£266	£798
Debt	£180	£540
Education	£272	£816
Housing	£157	£471
Miscellaneous	£159 (consumer general contract) £207 (employment) [F2 £157 (injunctions under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and related parenting orders)] £203 (personal injury) £79 (all other matters)	£477 (consumer general contract) £621 (employment) [F2 £471 (injunctions under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and related parenting orders)] £609 (personal injury) £237 (all other matters)
Public Law	£259	£777
Welfare Benefits	£150	£450

Table 2(a): Legal help

Family Public Law

Region	Fee
National	£132

Table 2(b): Family help (lower) - section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only

Region	Fee
National	£365

[F3 Table 2(c): Legal representation – section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only

Party	Person before whom proceedings are heard	Number of clients	Midlands	North	London and South	Wales
Child	[F4 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	1	£1,754	£1,438	£2,013	£1,965
Child	[F4 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	2 or more	£2,630	£2,156	£3,020	£2,948
Child	Judge of High Court judge level	1	£2,332	£1,913	£2,678	£2,613
Child	Judge of High Court judge level	2 or more	£3,498	£2,869	£4,015	£3,919
Joined Party	[F4 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge		£930	£718	£1,081	£1,171
Joined Party	Judge of High Court judge level		£1,237	£956	£1,437	£1,557
Parent	[F4 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	1	£2,300	£1,911	£2,616	£2,370
Parent	[F4 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	2	£2,876	£2,388	£3,270	£2,962
Parent	Judge of High Court judge level	1	£3,059	£2,541	£3,479	£3,152
Parent	Judge of High Court judge level	2	£3,824	£3,177	£4,349	£3,940]

Table 3(a): Legal help

Family Private Law

Region	Fee
National	£86

Table 3(b): Legal help – Divorce petition only

Region	Fee
National	£146

Table 3(c): Family help (lower) - Children

Region	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£230	£138
Non-London	£199	£119

Table 3(d): Family help (lower) - Finance

Region	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£241	£145
Non-London	£208	£125

Table 3(e): Help with family mediation

Activity	Fee
Mediation Advice	£150
Mediation Consent Order (Finance)	£200

[F5 Table 3(f): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Children

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	[F6 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£424	£302
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£509	£362
Non-London	[F6 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£353	£251
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£424	£302]

[F7 Table 3(g): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Finance

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Family help (higher) Settlement Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	[F8 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£471	£95	£374
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£565	£113	£449
Non-London	[F8 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£392	£78	£311
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£471	£95	£374]

[F9 Table 3(h): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Domestic Abuse Proceedings

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	[F10 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£608
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£729
Non-London	[F10 Justices’ legal adviser], lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£507
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£608]

Table 4(a): Immigration and Asylum Standard Fees

Immigration and Asylum

Type of matter	Stage 1 (legal help)	Stage 2a (controlled legal representation)	Stage 2b (controlled legal representation)	[F11 Stage 2c–online procedure (controlled legal representation)
Asylum	£413	£227	£567	£627
Immigration – non-asylum	£234	£227	£454	£527]

Table 4(b): Additional Payment – UKBA Interview

Representation at UKBA Interview

£266

Table 4(c): Additional Payments for Advocacy Services

Oral Case Management Review Hearing	£166
Telephone Case Management Review Hearing	£90
Substantive Hearing in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal	Asylum - £302 Immigration - £ 237
Additional Day Substantive Hearing	Asylum - £161 Immigration - £161

Table 4(d): Immigration Removal Centres Standard Fees (for Exclusive Schedule Holders only)

On Site Surgery – advising 5 or more clients	£360
On Site Surgery – advising 4 clients or less	£180
Fast Track Standby Payment	£34.02

Table 5(a): Basic Fees

Mental Health

Basic Fees	Value
Mental Health – non Tribunal	£253
Level 1 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£129
Level 2 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£321
Level 3 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£294

Table 5(b): Additional Fees

Additional Fees	Value
Adjourned Hearing Fee	£117
Remote Travel Payment: Level 1 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£69
Remote Travel Payment: Non-Tribunal, Level 2 (Mental Health Proceedings), Level 3 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£138

Table 6: Standard Fee

Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme

Region	Standard Fee
London	£75.60
Non-London	£71.55

[F12 Table 7: Standard Fee

2014 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits) [F13 and 2016 Standard Civil Contract (Welfare Benefits)]

Standard Fee

£208]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 omitted (23.3.2015) by virtue of The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(i)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (23.3.2015) by The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(ii)

F3 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 2(c) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(3) (with regs. 3-7)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 2(c) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(a) (with reg. 4)

F5 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(f) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(4) (with regs. 3-7)

F6 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(f) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(b) (with reg. 4)

F7 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(g) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(5) (with regs. 3-7)

F8 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(g) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(c) (with reg. 4)

F9 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(h) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(6) (with regs. 3-7)

F10 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(h) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(d) (with reg. 4)

F11 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 4(a) inserted (temp.) (8.6.2020) by virtue of The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/515), regs. 1(2), 2(2) (with reg. 1(3)) (which affecting provision is revoked (7.10.2020) by virtue of The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1001), regs. 1(2), 3)

F12 Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 7 inserted (1.2.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/7), regs. 1, 2(4)

F13 Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 7 heading inserted (1.11.2016) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration and Statutory Charge) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/983), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 The contract 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.