The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

PART 2 Graduated Fees for Trial

Calculation of Graduated Fees

4.  The amount of the graduated fee for a single trial advocate representing one assisted person being tried on one indictment in the Crown Court in a trial lasting one to 40 days must be calculated in accordance with the following formula—

Where—

• G is the amount of the graduated fee;

• B is the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 5 as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate;

• d is the number of days or parts of a day on which the advocate attends at court by which the trial exceeds 2 days but does not exceed 40 days;

• D is the fee payable in respect of daily attendance at court for the number of days by which the trial exceeds 2 days but does not exceed 40 days, as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate;

• e is the number of pages of prosecution evidence excluding the first 50, up to a maximum of 10,000;

• E is the evidence uplift specified in the table following paragraph 5 as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate;

• w is the number of prosecution witnesses excluding the first 10;

• W is the witness uplift specified in the table following paragraph 5 as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate.

Table of fees

5.  For the purposes of paragraph 4 the basic fee (B), the daily attendance fee (D), the evidence uplift (E) and the witness uplift (W) appropriate to any offence are those specified in the table following this paragraph in accordance with the Class within which that offence falls.

Table of Fees and Uplifts

Class of Offence	Basic Fee (B)	Daily Attendance Fee (D)	Evidence Uplift (E)	Witness Uplift (W)
	(£)	(£)	(£)	(£)
QC
A	2,856	979	1.63	6.53
B	2,529	857	1.63	6.53
C	1,968	816	1.63	6.53
D	2,284	816	1.63	6.53
E	1,514	612	1.63	6.53
F	1,514	612	1.63	6.53
G	1,514	612	1.63	6.53
H	1,903	816	1.63	6.53
I	2,122	816	1.63	6.53
J	2,856	979	1.63	6.53
K	2,856	979	1.63	6.53
Leading Junior
A	2,142	734	1.23	4.90
B	1,897	643	1.23	4.90
C	1,476	612	1.23	4.90
D	1,714	612	1.23	4.90
E	1,136	459	1.23	4.90
F	1,136	459	1.23	4.90
G	1,136	459	1.23	4.90
H	1,427	612	1.23	4.90
I	1,592	612	1.23	4.90
J	2,142	734	1.23	4.90
K	2,142	734	1.23	4.90
Led Junior
A	1,632	490	0.81	3.26
B	1,265	428	0.81	3.26
C	898	408	0.81	3.26
D	1,125	408	0.81	3.26
E	694	306	0.81	3.26
F	694	306	0.81	3.26
G	694	306	0.81	3.26
H	816	408	0.81	3.26
I	979	408	0.81	3.26
J	1,632	490	0.81	3.26
K	1,428	490	0.81	3.26
Junior Alone
A	1,632	530	0.98	4.90
B	1,305	469	0.98	4.90
C	898	408	0.98	4.90
D	1,125	408	0.98	4.90
E	653	326	0.98	4.90
F	694	326	0.98	4.90
G	694	326	0.98	4.90
H	816	408	0.98	4.90
I	979	408	0.98	4.90
J	1,632	530	0.98	4.90
K	1,632	530	0.98	4.90