SCHEDULE 3Family Advocacy Scheme: Fees and Rates
Interpretation1
Unless different provision is made, words and expressions used in this Schedule have the same meaning as in the relevant contract.
PART 1Public Law Advocacy Fees
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(d)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(d)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(d) heading substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(i) (with reg. 3)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(d) substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(ii) (with reg. 3)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(d) substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(iiii) (with reg. 3)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(d) substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(iv) (with reg. 3)
F1Person before whom proceedings are heard | Hearing Unit 1 (up to 1 hour) | Hearing Unit 2 (up to 2.5 hours) | Conference fee | Opinion fee | Advocates' Meeting Fee | Final Hearing Fee (per day) |
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F2Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk or lay justices | £86.72 | £216.81 | £127.71 | £105.66 | £128.16 | £506.25 |
F3Judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge | £95.40 | £238.46 | £127.71 | £105.66 | £140.99 | £556.88 |
F4Judge of High Court judge level | £114.48 | £286.16 | £127.71 | £105.66 | £169.20 | £668.25 |
F8 Person before whom proceedings are heard | Hearing Unit 1 (up to 1 hour) | Hearing Unit 2 (up to 2.5 hours) | Conference fee | Opinion fee | Advocates' Meeting Fee | Final Hearing Fee (per day) |
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F9Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk or lay justices | £75.83 | £189.59 | £127.71 | £105.66 | £128.16 | £464.31 |
F10Judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge | £83.39 | £208.53 | £127.71 | £105.66 | £140.99 | £510.75 |
F11Judge of High Court judge level | £100.08 | £250.20 | £127.71 | £105.66 | £169.20 | £612.90 |
Category | Payable For | Fee Payable |
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Client – Allegations of Harm | Hearings | 25% of Hearing Unit Fee |
Client – Lack of understanding etc | Hearings | 25% of Hearing Unit Fee |
Expert's cross examination | Hearings | 25% of Hearing Unit Fee |
Exceptional travel fee | Hearings, Advocates' Meetings and Conferences | £32.04 |
PART 2Private Law Advocacy Fees
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(d)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(c)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(d)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(c) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(c) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(c) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(c)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(e) heading substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(i) (with reg. 3)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(e) substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(ii) (with reg. 3)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(e) substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(iiii) (with reg. 3)
Word in Sch. 3 Pt. 2 Table 2(e) substituted (31.7.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1389), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)(iv) (with reg. 3)
F12 Person before whom proceedings are heard | Hearing Unit 1 (up to 1 hour) | Hearing Unit 2 (up to 2.5 hours) | Conference fee | Opinion fee | Final hearing fee (per day) |
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F13Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk or lay justices | £62.69 | £156.74 | £125.37 | £94.05 | £397.04 |
F14Judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge | £68.94 | £172.40 | £125.37 | £94.05 | £436.73 |
F15Judge of High Court judge level | £82.76 | £206.87 | £125.37 | £94.05 | £524.07 |
F16 Person before whom proceedings are heard | Hearing Unit 1 (up to 1 hour) | Hearing Unit 2 (up to 2.5 hours) | Final hearing fee (per day) |
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F17Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk or lay justices | £81.50 | £203.76 | £361.17 |
F18Judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge | £81.50 | £203.76 | £361.17 |
F19Judge of High Court judge level | £81.50 | £203.76 | £361.17 |
F5Person before whom proceedings are heard | Hearing Unit 1(up to 1 hour) | Hearing Unit 2 (up to 2.5 hours) | Finan-cial Dis-pute Resolu-tion Hearing Unit 1 | Finan-cial Dis-pute Resolu-tion Hearing Unit 2 | Early resolu-tion fee | Confer-ence fee | OpinionFee | Finalhearingfee (per day) |
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F6Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge | £63.18 | £157.95 | £101.07 | £252.72 | £126.36 | £126.36 | £94.77 | £443.70 |
F7Judge of High Court judge level | £75.83 | £189.54 | £121.32 | £303.26 | £151.65 | £126.36 | £94.77 | £532.44 |
Bolt-on Fee | Payable For | Fee Payable |
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Client – Allegations of Harm | Private Law Children Hearings | 25% of Hearing Unit Fee |
Expert's cross examination | Private Law Children Hearings | 20% of Hearing Unit Fee |
Exceptional travel fee | Hearings and Conferences | £32.04 |
F20Bolt on fees - advocate’s bundle2
1
The Lord Chancellor must pay a bolt-on fee at the rates set out in tables 1(d) (Public Law – bolt-on fee – advocate’s bundle payments) or 2(e) (Private Law Children and finance – bolt-on fees – advocate’s bundle payment) as applicable to an advocate providing advocacy services in family proceedings where—
a
the advocate’s bundle for a hearing exceeds 350 pages; and
b
the advocate submits a claim on a form specified by the Lord Chancellor.
2
An advocate must provide any additional information or documents requested by the Lord Chancellor as evidence that paragraph 2(1)(a) is satisfied.
3
For the purposes of this paragraph the advocate’s bundle—
a
may only include—
i
those documents relevant to the case which have been served by the parties to the proceedings to which the hearing relates; and
ii
notes of contact visits if included in the court bundle; and
b
must include a paginated index agreed by the parties to those proceedings.
4
In this paragraph, “court bundle” means the bundle prepared for the hearing to which the claim relates in accordance with Practice Direction 27A - Family Proceedings: Court Bundles (universal practice to be applied in the High Court and Family Court) to the Family Procedure Rules 2010.
Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 Table 1(a) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)