SCHEDULE 3Family Advocacy Scheme: Fees and Rates

Regulation 8(2)

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

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

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)

F2

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)

F3

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)

F21

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)

Table 1(a): Care or supervision proceedings under section 31 of the Children Act 1989 – graduated fees

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)

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

Table 1(b): Other Public Law Case – graduated fees

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)

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

Table 1(c): Public Law – bolt-on fees

Category

Payable For

Fee Payable

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

Table 1(d): Public Law – bolt-on fee – F21advocate’s bundle payments

Hearing type

F22ABP1 (351-700 pages)

F23ABP2 (701-1,400 pages)

F24ABP3 (over 1,400 pages)

Interim Hearing

£59.40

£89.10

£89.10

Final Hearing

£159.30

£239.40

£318.60

PART 2Private Law Advocacy Fees

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F25

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)

F28

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)

Table 2(a): Private Law Children – Graduated Fees

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)

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

Table 2(b): Domestic Abuse – Graduated Fees

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)

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

Table 2(c): Private Law Finance – Graduated Fees

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)

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

Table 2(d): Private Law – bolt-on fees

Bolt-on Fee

Payable For

Fee Payable

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

Table 2(e): Private Law Children and Finance – bolt on fees – F25advocate’s bundle payment

Hearing type

F26ABP1 (351-700 pages)

F27ABP2 (701-1,400 pages)

F28ABP3 (over 1,400 pages)

Interim hearing

£59.40

£89.10

£89.10

Final hearing

£159.30

£239.40

£318.60

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.