The Community Legal Service (Funding) Order 2007

Article 5

SCHEDULE

Words and expressions used in this Schedule have the same meaning as in the Unified Contract. The fees and rates in this Schedule are exclusive of value added tax.

Civil Standard and Graduated Fees

Part 1 Legal Help and Help at Court

Table 1

The fees in this Table for Housing do not apply for the Housing Possession Duty Scheme – see Part 6.

Category>	Under Specialist Quality Mark Fixed fee	Under Specialist Quality Mark Exceptional Thresholds	Tolerance Fixed Fee	Tolerance Exceptional Thresholds
Actions Against the Police	£261	£783	£151	£453
Clinical Negligence	£213	£639	£-	£-
Community Care	£290	£870	£175	£525
Consumer General Contract	£174	£522	£146	£438
Debt	£196	£588	£121	£363
Education	£296	£888	£149	£447
Employment	£225	£675	£147	£441
Housing	£171	£513	£135	£405
Miscellaneous	£86	£258	£-	£-
Personal Injury	£204	£612	£-	£-
Public Law	£282	£846	£203	£609
Welfare Benefits	£164	£492	£133	£399

Part 2 Family Public Law

Table 2 (a) Legal Help

National
£144

Table 2(b) Family Help (Lower) – section 31 Children Act 1989(1) Care Proceedings Only

National
£347

Table 2(c) Legal Representation section 31 Children Act 1989 Care Proceedings only

Party	Court	Number of Clients	Midlands	North	London and South	Wales
Child	Other	1	£2,405	£1,972	£2,761	£2,695
Child	Other	2+	£3,608	£2,958	£4,142	£4,043
Child	High	1	£3,199	£2,623	£3,672	£3,584
Child	High	2+	£4,799	£3,935	£5,508	£5,376
Joined Party	Other	-	£1,276	£986	£1,482	£1,606
Joined Party	High	-	£1,697	£1,311	£1,971	£2,136
Parent	Other	1	£3,156	£2,621	£3,589	£3,250
Parent	Other	2	£3,945	£3,276	£4,486	£4,063
Parent	High	1	£4,197	£3,486	£4,773	£4,323
Parent	High	2	£5,246	£4,358	£5,966	£5,404

Part 3 Family Private Law

Table 3 (a) Legal Help

National
£94

Table 3 (b) Legal Help Divorce Petition Only

National
£159

Table 3 (c) Family Help (Lower) Children

	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£256	£153
Non – London	£221	£132

Table 3 (d) Family Help (Lower) Finance

	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£268	£161
Non – London	£231	£139

Part 4 Immigration and Asylum

Table 4 (a) Immigration and asylum scheme graduated fees

	Stage 1 (Legal Help)	Stage 2a (CLR)	Stage 2b (CLR)
Asylum Graduated Fee	£450	£240	£600
Immigration Graduated Fee	£255	£240	£480

Table 4 (b) Additional payment for immigration and asylum cases

Activity	Additional Payment
Representation at the Home Office interview (asylum and immigration cases within scope)	£290
Representation at oral Case Management Review Hearing	£175
Representation at telephone Case Management Review Hearing	£95
Representation at substantive Asylum and Immigration Tribunal hearing	£320 Asylum £250 Immigration
Additional hearing: part heard or re- list	£170 Asylum £170 Immigration
All disbursements (interpreter and translators, expert reports, travel expenses)	Separate payment outside of Graduated Fee Scheme, subject to cost thresholds

Part 5 Mental Health

Table 5 (a) Basic Fees

	Basic Fees
Non Mental Health Review Tribunal	£275
Level 1 (MHRT)	£140
Level 2 (MHRT)	£340
Level 3 (MHRT)	£311

Table 5 (b) Additional Fee

Activity	Additional Fees
Adjourned Hearing Fee	£124
Remote Travel payment Level 1 (Mental Health Review Tribunal)	£75
Remote Travel payment Non MHRT, Level 2 (MHRT) Level 3 (MHRT)	£150

Part 6 Housing Possession Duty Scheme

Table 6: Standard Fee

	Fee
London	£84
Non London	£79.50

Hourly Rates – Controlled Work

Part 7 Legal Help, Help at Court and Family Help (Lower)

Table 7 (a) Immigration, Mental Health, Actions Against the Police, Public Law, Education and Community Care

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation, attendance and advocacy	£57.35 per hour	£52.55 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£30.30 per hour	£29.45 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£4.40 per item	£4.10 per item

Table 7 (b) Family and Housing (except as in Table 7(c)) and Employment

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation, attendance and waiting	£53.10 per hour	£50.05 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£28.05 per hour	£28.05 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£4.10 per item	£3.95 per item

Table 7 (c): Legal Help or Help at Court provided in relation to a review under section 202 of the Housing Act 1996(2) and to a defendant to a possession claim in the county court; Family Help (Lower) and related Legal Help in relation to care proceedings under section 31 of the Children Act 1989.

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation, attendance and waiting	£61.20 per hour	£57.25 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£30.30 per hour	£29.45 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£4.40 per item	£4.10 per item

Table 7 (d): All other categories and all tolerance work

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation, attendance and waiting	£50.70 per hour	£47.80 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£26.80 per hour	£26.80 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£3.90 per item	£3.75 per item

Part 8 Controlled Legal Representation

Table 8(a): Immigration – All Matters not subject to an Order under section 103D Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002(3)

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation and attendance	£61.20 per hour	£57.25 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£30.30 per hour	£29.45 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£4.40 per item	£4.10 per item
Advocacy	£69.60 per hour	£69.60 per hour

Table 8 (b): Immigration – Applications under section 103A Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 where an Order under section 103D has been granted

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation and attendance	£82.62 per hour	£77.29 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£40.91 per hour	£39.76 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£5.94 per item	£5.54 per item
Advocacy	£93.96 per hour	£93.96 per hour

Table 8 (c): Representation at Mental Health Review Tribunal

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation	£61.20 per hour	£57.25 per hour
Travel and Waiting time	£30.30 per hour	£29.45 per hour
Letters and telephone calls	£4.40 per item	£4.10 per item
Advocacy	£69.60 per hour	£69.60 per hour
Attending tribunal with counsel	£32.55 per hour	£32.55 per hour

Hourly Rates – Licensed Work

Part 9 Family Prescribed Rates

Table 9 (a): Care Proceedings

Activity	Higher Courts	County court and magistrates’ court
Writing routine letters	£4.70 per item	£4.10 per item
Receiving routine letters	£2.35 per hour	£2.05 per item
Routine telephone calls	£4.70 per item	£4.10 per item
Preparation and attendance	£77.85 per hour (London Rate) £73.15 per hour (Non London Rate)	£68.20 per hour (London Rate) £64.90 per hour (Non London Rate)
Attending at court or conference with counsel	£41.25 per hour	£36.30 per hour
Advocacy	£77.85 per hour (London Rate) £73.15 per hour (Non London Rate)	£71.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting time	£35.75 per hour	£32.45 per hour

Table 9 (b): Other Family Proceedings

Activity	Higher Courts	County court and magistrates’ court
Writing routine letters	£7.05 per item	£6.00 per item
Receiving routine letters	£3.50 per hour	£3.00 per item
Routine telephone calls	£7.05 per item	£6.00 per item
Preparation and attendance	£78.40 per hour (London Rate) £73.05 per hour (Non London Rate)	£66.00 per hour (London Rate) £61.00 per hour (Non London Rate)
Attending at court or conference with counsel	£41.25 per hour	£36.00 per hour
Advocacy	£78.40 per hour (London Rate) £73.05 per hour (Non London Rate)	£66.00 per hour (London Rate) £63.00 per hour (Non London Rate)
Travelling and waiting time	£35.75 per hour	£32.00 per hour(London Rate) £31.00 per hour (Non London Rate)

Part 10 Non Family Prescribed Rates

Table 10 (a): Higher Courts, county courts and magistrates’ courts for work carried out within a Specialist Quality Mark Category

Activity	Higher Courts	County court and magistrates’ court
Writing routine letters	£7.50 per item	£6.60 per item
Routine telephone calls	£4.15 per hour	£3.65 per item
Preparation and attendance	£79.50 per hour (London Rate) £75.00 per hour (Non London Rate)	£70.00 per hour (London Rate) £66.00 per hour (Non London Rate)
Attending at court or conference with counsel	£37.00 per hour	£32.50 per hour
Advocacy	£75.00 per hour	£66.00 per hour
Travelling and waiting time	£33.25 per hour	£29.20 per hour

Table 10 (b): Higher Courts, county court and magistrates’ court for work not carried out within a Specialist Quality Mark Category

Activity	Higher Courts	County court and magistrates’ court
Writing routine letters	£7.40 per item	£6.50 per item
Routine telephone calls	£4.10 per hour	£3.60 per item
Preparation and attendance	£78.50 per hour (London Rate) £74.00 per hour (Non London Rate)	£69.00 per hour (London Rate) £65.00 per hour (Non London Rate)
Attending at court or conference with counsel	£36.40 per hour	£32.00 per hour
Advocacy	£74.00 per hour	£65.00 per hour
Travelling and waiting time	£32.70 per hour	£28.75 per hour

Table 10 (c) Other Tribunals

Activity	London Rate	Non London Rate
Preparation and attendance	£61.20 per hour	£57.25 per hour
Routine letters out and telephone calls	£4.40 per item	£4.10 per item
Advocacy	£69.60 per hour	£69.60 per hour
Attending tribunal or conference with counsel	£32.55 per hour	£32.55 per hour
Travelling and waiting time	£30.30 per hour	£29.45 per hour

Part 11 Family Mediation Family Mediation Fees

Table 11 (a): Willingness Test

Willingness Test
	£25

Table 11 (b): Assessment Meetings

Activity
Assessment alone	£87
Assessment separate	£87
Assessment together	£130

Table 11 (c): Mediation Fees

Category of Work	Single Session	Multi Session	Agreed Proposal
All Issues Mediation Sole	£168	£756	£252
All Issues Mediation Co	£230	£1,064	£252
Property and Finance Sole	£168	£588	£189
Property and Finance Co	£230	£834	£189
Child Sole	£168	£462	£126
Child Co	£230	£647	£126

(1)

1989 c.41.

(2)

1996 c.52.

(3)

2002.c.41.