Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981

1.—(1) The sums allowed to counsel in connection with proceedings in the House of Lords, the Court of Appeal or the High Court, shall be[F1 ninety‐five per cent], or such larger percentage as may be prescribed, of the amount allowed on taxation of the costs.N.I.

(2) The sums allowed to counsel in connection with proceedings in the county court shall—

(a)where the costs are taxed, be the full amount allowed on taxation of the costs;

(b)where the costs are not taxed, be such amounts as the[F2 Lord Chancellor], after consultation with the County Court Rules Committee, may by order determine.

(3) The sums allowed to counsel in connection with proceedings in courts of summary jurisdiction shall be such amounts as the[F2 Lord Chancellor], after consultation with the Magistrates' Courts Rules Committee, may by order determine.

(4) The sums allowed to counsel in any other case shall be such as may be determined in the prescribed manner.

F1SR 1988/417

F2SI 1982/159