The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Amendment of Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme)

13.  For paragraph 8 (tables of fees), substitute—

“Basic fees for guilty pleas and cracked trials

8.   Subject to, and for the purposes of, paragraph 7, in relation to the offence concerned, the basic fee—

(a) where there is a guilty plea, or where the trial cracks in the first third or the second third, is the amount set out in Table A following this paragraph; or

(b) where the trial cracks in the final third, is the amount set out in Table B following this paragraph,

which corresponds with the band within which the offence falls (as set out in column (1) of the relevant table) and the category of the advocate concerned (as set out in columns (2) to (4) of the relevant table).

Table A

Basic fees where there is a guilty plea or where the trial cracks in the first third or the second third

(1) Band of offence	Amount of basic fee per category of trial advocate
	(2) Junior Alone or Led Junior	(3) Leading Junior	(4) Queen’s Counsel
1.1	£4,250	£6,375	£8,500
1.2	£2,125	£3,190	£4,250
1.3	£1,275	£1,915	£2,550
1.4	£1,065	£1,595	£2,125
2.1	£4,250	£6,375	£8,500
2.2	£1,275	£1,915	£2,550
3.1	£1,750	£2,625	£3,500
3.2	£1,000	£1,500	£2,000
3.3	£500	£750	£1,000
3.4	£375	£565	£750
3.5	£300	£450	£600
4.1	£1,000	£1,500	£2,000
4.2	£700	£1,050	£1,400
4.3	£500	£750	£1,000
5.1	£900	£1,350	£1,800
5.2	£700	£1,050	£1,400
5.3	£500	£750	£1,000
6.1	£4,000	£6,000	£8,000
6.2	£2,500	£3,750	£5,000
6.3	£1,000	£1,500	£2,000
6.4	£375	£565	£750
6.5	£325	£490	£650
7.1	£700	£1,050	£1,400
7.2	£400	£600	£800
7.3	£375	£565	£750
8.1	£600	£900	£1,200
9.1	£2,500	£3,750	£5,000
9.2	£2,000	£3,000	£4,000
9.3	£1,500	£2,250	£3,000
9.4	£1,000	£1,500	£2,000
9.5	£800	£1,200	£1,600
9.6	£600	£900	£1,200
9.7	£400	£600	£800
10.1	£1,100	£1,650	£2,200
11.1	£600	£900	£1,200
11.2	£340	£505	£675
12.1	£1,000	£1,500	£2,000
12.2	£600	£900	£1,200
12.3	£400	£600	£800
13.1	£650	£975	£1,300
14.1	£750	£1,125	£1,500
15.1	£700	£1,050	£1,400
15.2	£375	£565	£750
15.3	£300	£450	£600
16.1	£1,100	£1,650	£2,200
16.2	£800	£1,200	£1,600
16.3	£500	£750	£1,000
17.1	£275	£415	£550

Table B

Basic fees where the trial cracks in the final third

(1) Band of offence	Amount of basic fee per category of trial advocate
	(2) Junior Alone or Led Junior	(3) Leading Junior	(4) Queen’s Counsel
1.1	£7,225	£10,840	£14,450
1.2	£3,615	£5,420	£7,225
1.3	£2,170	£3,250	£4,335
1.4	£1,805	£2,710	£3,615
2.1	£7,225	£10,840	£14,450
2.2	£2,170	£3,250	£4,335
3.1	£2,975	£4,465	£5,950
3.2	£1,700	£2,550	£3,400
3.3	£850	£1,275	£1,700
3.4	£640	£955	£1,275
3.5	£510	£765	£1,020
4.1	£1,700	£2,550	£3,400
4.2	£1,190	£1,785	£2,380
4.3	£850	£1,275	£1,700
5.1	£1,530	£2,295	£3,060
5.2	£1,190	£1,785	£2,380
5.3	£850	£1,275	£1,700
6.1	£6,800	£10,200	£13,600
6.2	£4,250	£6,375	£8,500
6.3	£1,700	£2,550	£3,400
6.4	£640	£955	£1,275
6.5	£555	£830	£1,105
7.1	£1,190	£1,785	£2,380
7.2	£680	£1,020	£1,360
7.3	£640	£955	£1,275
8.1	£1,020	£1,530	£2,040
9.1	£4,250	£6,375	£8,500
9.2	£3,400	£5,100	£6,800
9.3	£2,550	£3,825	£5,100
9.4	£1,700	£2,550	£3,400
9.5	£1,360	£2,040	£2,720
9.6	£1,020	£1,530	£2,040
9.7	£680	£1,020	£1,360
10.1	£1,870	£2,805	£3,740
11.1	£1,020	£1,530	£2,040
11.2	£575	£860	£1,150
12.1	£1,700	£2,550	£3,400
12.2	£1,020	£1,530	£2,040
12.3	£680	£1,020	£1,360
13.1	£1,105	£1,660	£2,210
14.1	£1,275	£1,915	£2,550
15.1	£1,190	£1,785	£2,380
15.2	£640	£955	£1,275
15.3	£510	£765	£1,020
16.1	£1,870	£2,805	£3,740
16.2	£1,360	£2,040	£2,720
16.3	£850	£1,275	£1,700
17.1	£470	£705	£940”.