SCHEDULE 1

Regulation 4

Where professional services are provided in relation to proceedings in the District Court (other than where proceedings are set down to proceed before a Stipendiary Magistrate)

Where professional services are provided in relation to proceedings in the Sheriff Court (other than proceedings in a Court specified in Schedule 2) or the District Court (where proceedings are set down to proceed before a Stipendiary Magistrate)

Where professional services are provided in relation to proceedings in the Sheriff Court and those proceedings are brought in a Court specified in Schedule 2

1

All work up to and including:

i

any diet at which a plea of guilty is made and accepted or plea in mitigation is made;

ii

the first 30 minutes of conducting a proof in mitigation other than in the circumstances where paragraph (2) below applies; and

iii

the first 30 minutes of conducting any trial

  • together with any subsequent or additional work other than that specified in paragraphs 2-9 below.

£300 (where criminal legal aid has been made available in the circumstances referred to in para graphs 7 or 8 below £275)

£500 (where criminal legal aid has been made available in the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 7 or 8 below £475)

£550 (where criminal legal aid has been made available in the circumstances referred to in paragraphs 7 or 8 below £525)

2

All work done in connection with a grant of legal aid under section 23(1)(b) of the Act including the first 30 minutes of conducting a proof in mitigation.

£25

£50

£50

3

Conducting a trial or proof in mitigation for the first day (after the first 30 minutes).

£50

£100

£100

4

Conducting a trial or proof in mitigation for the second day.

£50

£200

£200

5

Conducting a trial or proof in mitigation for the third and subsequent days (per day).

£100

£400

£400

6

Representation in court at a diet of deferred sentence.

£25

£50

£50

7

All work done where the accused is in custody and has tendered a plea of not guilty until determination of the application for legal aid.

£25

£25

£25

8

All work done by virtue of section 24(7) of the Act until determination of the application for legal aid.

£25

£25

£25

9

All work done in connection with a bail appeal under section 32 of the 1995 Act.

£50

£50

£50

SCHEDULE 2SPECIFIED SHERIFF COURTS

Schedule 1

  • Campbeltown

  • Dunoon (where proceedings have taken place in Lochgilphead)

  • Kirkwall

  • Lerwick

  • Lochmaddy

  • Oban

  • Portree

  • Rothesay

  • Stornoway