The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

PART 1 Public Law Advocacy Fees

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

Court	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)
Family Proceedings Court	£86.72	£216.81	£127.71	£105.66	£128.16	£506.25
County Court	£95.40	£238.46	£127.71	£105.66	£140.99	£556.88
High Court	£114.48	£286.16	£127.71	£105.66	£169.20	£668.25

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

Court	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)
Family Proceedings Court	£75.83	£189.59	£127.71	£105.66	£128.16	£464.31
County Court	£83.39	£208.53	£127.71	£105.66	£140.99	£510.75
High Court	£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 – court bundle payments

Hearing type	CB1 (351-700 pages)	CB2 (701-1,400 pages)	CB3 (over 1,400 pages)
Interim Hearing	£59.40	£89.10	£89.10
Final Hearing	£159.30	£239.40	£318.60