The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2011

Article 31

SCHEDULE 4

Article 4A

“SCHEDULE 5 Magistrates’ Courts Rates

Interpretation of this Schedule

1.— (1) Words and expressions used in this Schedule have the same meaning as in the 2010 Standard Crime Contract. The fees and rates in this Schedule are exclusive of value added tax.

(2) “2010 Standard Crime Contract” means the contract so named between the Commission and a provider for the provision of funded services, including the contract for signature, the standard terms, the schedule and the specification(1).

Higher and Lower Standard Fees table

	Lower Standard Fee	Lower Standard Fee Limit	Higher Standard Fee	Higher Standard Fee Limit
Designated Area Standard Fees
Category 1 (either way)	272.56	298.45	517.05	517.10
Category 1 (summary only)	221.59	298.45	477.41	517.10
Category 2	378.46	512.70	792.71	854.40
Category 3	357.87	452.20	734.56	789.50
Undesignated Area Standard Fees
Category 1 (either way)	213.35	298.45	451.84	517.10
Category 1 (summary only)	173.45	298.45	417.20	517.10
Category 2	306.25	512.70	702.40	854.40
Category 3	276.50	452.20	626.50	789.50

Representation in the magistrates’ court

Hourly Rates (for recording time and to determine whether the Lower or Higher Standard Fee Limit has been reached, and for claiming costs in cases which fall outside the Standard Fee payment scheme).

	All Areas
Routine letters written and telephone calls per item	£3.90
Preparation hourly rate	£49.70
Advocacy hourly rate (including applications for bail and other applications to the court)	£62.35
Attendance at court where Counsel is assigned (including conferences with counsel at court) hourly rate	£34.00
Travelling and waiting hourly rate (Only claimable where the Undesignated Area fees apply)	£26.30

Article 15A

SCHEDULE 6 Experts’ Fees and Rates

Expert	Non-London Hourly Rate or fixed fee	London Hourly Rate or fixed fee	Comments
A&E consultant	£126	£135
Accident reconstruction	£90	£68
Accountant	£50 - £144	£50 - £144	Partner £144, Manager £108, Accountant £80, General staff £50.
Anaesthetist	£135	£90
Architect	£99	£90
Back calculations	£180 fixed fee	£189 fixed fee
Benefit expert	£90	£90
Cardiologist	£144	£90
Cell telephone site analysis	£90	£90
Child psychiatrist	£135	£90
Child psychologist	£126	£90
Computer expert	£90	£90
Consultant engineer	£90	£68
Dentist	£117	£90
Dermatologist	£108	£90
Disability consultant	£68	£68
DNA (per person) – testing of sample	£315 per test	£315 per test
DNA (per person) – preparation of report	£90	£90
Doctor (GP)	£99	£90
Drug expert	£90	£90
Employment consultant	£68	£68
Enquiry agent	£32	£23
ENT surgeon	£126	£90
Facial mapping	£135	£90
Fingerprint expert	£90	£47
Fire investigation	£90	£68
Firearm expert	£90	£90
Forensic scientist	£113	£90
General surgeon	£135	£90
Geneticist	£108	£90
GP (records report)	£63 fixed fee	£90 fixed fee
Gynaecologist	£135	£90
Haematologist	£122	£90
Handwriting expert	£90	£90
Interpreter	£32	£25
Lip reader / Signer	£72	£41
Mediator	£126	£126
Medical Consultant	£135	£90
Medical microbiologist	£135	£90
Medical Report	£99	£90
Meteorologist	£126	£180 fixed fee
Midwife	£90	£90
Neonatologist	£135	£90
Neurologist	£153	£90
Neuropsychiatrist	£158	£90
Neuroradiologist	£171	£90
Neurosurgeon	£171	£90
Nursing expert	£81	£81
Obstetrician	£135	£90
Occupational Therapist	£68	£68
Oncologist	£140	£90
Orthopaedic surgeon	£144	£90
Paediatrician	£135	£90
Pathologist	£153	£540 fixed fee
Pharmacologist	£122	£90
Photographer	£32	£23
Physiotherapist	£81	£81
Plastic surgeon	£135	£90
Process server	£32	£23
Psychiatrist	£135	£90
Psychologist	£117	£90
Radiologist	£135	£90
Rheumatologist	£135	£90
Risk assessment expert	£63	£63
Speech therapist	£99	£90
Surgeon	£135	£90
Surveyor	£50	£50
Telecoms expert	£90	£90
Toxicologist	£135	£90
Urologist	£135	£90
Vet	£90	£90
Voice recognition	£117	£90”

(1)

Published by the Commission on 15th February 2010 and available on its website at www.legalservices.gov.uk.