The Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1991

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Subject to paragraph (2), the time limit within which any act is required or authorised to be done may, for good reason, be extended;–

a

in the case of acts required or authorised to be done under regulation 15 or 16 by a taxing master or the High Court as the case may be;

b

in the case of acts required or authorised to be done by a solicitor or counsel under any other regulation, the appropriate authority.

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Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the appropriate authority shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 6 at the following basic rates:

(a) Magistrates' court criminal proceedings

Class of work	Rate
Preparation	£42	per hour —	(£44.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy	£53	per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned	£28.50	per hour
Travelling and waiting	£23.50	per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls	£ 3.25	per item —	(£ 3.40 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)

(b) Magistrates' court care proceedings

Class of work	Rate
Preparation	£50.50	per hour —	(£54 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy	£61	per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned	£32	per hour
Travelling and waiting	£28.50	per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls	£ 3.60	per item

(c) Crown Court criminal and Court of Appeal

Class of work	Grade of fee-earner	Rate
Preparation	Senior solicitor	£50 per hour— (£52 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
	Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience	£42.25 per hour— (£44.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
	Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience	£28 per hour (£32 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy	Senior Solicitor	£61 per hour
	Solicitor	£53 per hour
Attendance at Court where counsel assigned	Senior solicitor	£40 per hour
	Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience	£32 per hour
	Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience	£19.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting	Senior solicitor	£23.50 per hour
	Solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience	£23.50 per hour
	Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience	£11.75 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone calls	£3.25 per item	(£3.40 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)

TABLEPREPARATION

Type of proceedings	Lower Standard fee	Lower fee limit	Principal standard fee	Upper fee limit
Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury was sworn)	£122	£168	£235	£293
London rate	£130	£175	£246	£307
Guilty pleas	£77	£103	£165	£212
London rate	£82	£107	£172	£222
Appeals against conviction	£48.25	£64	£144.50	£218
London rate	£51	£66	£150	£229
Appeals against sentence	£34.25	£49	£88	£123
London rate	£37	£51	£92	£127
Committals for sentence	£40	£48	£92	£133
London rate	£42	£50	£97	£137
ADVOCACY IN RESPECT OF BAIL APPLICATIONS	£24.50
London rate	£27
ATTENDANCE AT COURT (INCLUDING WAITING) WHERE COUNSEL ASSIGNED	£20.25	per hour
TRAVELLING	£17.50	per hour

TABLE

Type of proceedings	Standard basic fee
Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury is sworn)	£206
Guilty pleas	£109
Appeals against conviction	£109
Appeals against sentence	£ 68
Committals for sentence	£ 68
Standard appearance fee	£ 43
Standard refresher fee
1 Half day	£ 76
2 Full day	£146
3 More than a full day	£221
Standard written work fee	£ 28