SCHEDULE 1Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme

PART 3Graduated Fees for Guilty Pleas and Cracked Trials

Tables of fees8

Subject to paragraph 7, the basic fee and evidence uplift appropriate to any offence are specified in the tables following this paragraph in accordance with the Class within which that offence falls, the category of trial advocate and whether the case is a guilty plea, a trial which cracks in the first third or a trial which cracks in the second or last third.

Table A – Fees and uplifts in guilty pleas and trials which crack in the first third

Class of Offence

Basic Fee (£)

Evidence uplift per page of prosecution evidence (pages 1 to 1,000) (£)

Evidence uplift per page of prosecution evidence (1,001 to 10,000) (£)

QC

A

1,714

2.85

1.43

B

1,305

1.8

0.90

C

1,224

1.28

0.64

D

1,305

2.85

1.43

E

1,081

0.92

0.46

F

1,081

1.20

0.61

G

1,081

1.20

0.61

H

1,224

1.65

0.82

I

1,224

1.61

0.80

J

1,714

2.85

1.43

K

1,714

1.59

0.80

Leading Junior

A

1,285

2.15

1.07

B

979

1.35

0.67

C

918

0.96

0.48

D

979

2.15

1.07

E

811

0.69

0.35

F

811

0.90

0.46

G

811

0.90

0.46

H

918

1.24

0.61

I

918

1.21

0.60

J

1,285

2.15

1.07

K

1,285

1.19

0.60

Led Junior

A

857

1.43

0.72

B

653

0.90

0.45

C

612

0.64

0.32

D

653

1.43

0.72

E

541

0.46

0.23

F

541

0.61

0.30

G

541

0.61

0.30

H

612

0.83

0.42

I

612

0.80

0.40

J

857

1.43

0.72

K

857

0.80

0.40

Junior Alone

A

979

1.19

0.59

B

694

0.81

0.41

C

449

0.60

0.30

D

694

1.19

0.59

E

408

0.35

0.17

F

408

0.54

0.27

G

408

0.54

0.27

H

490

0.54

0.28

I

571

0.42

0.22

J

979

1.19

0.59

K

979

1.02

0.51

Table B – Fees and uplifts in trials which crack in the second or last third

Class of Offence

Basic Fee (£)

Evidence uplift per page of prosecution evidence (pages 1 to 250) (£)

Evidence uplift per page of prosecution evidence (pages 251 to 1,000) (£)

Evidence uplift per page of prosecution evidence (pages 1,001 to 10,000) (£)

QC

A

2,324

5.07

1.27

1.68

B

1,743

3.20

0.80

1.06

C

1,520

2.27

0.57

0.75

D

1,743

5.07

1.27

1.68

E

1,232

1.63

0.41

0.54

F

1,232

2.14

0.54

0.71

G

1,232

2.14

0.54

0.71

H

1,540

2.93

0.73

0.96

I

1,598

2.87

0.71

0.94

J

2,324

5.07

1.27

1.68

K

2,324

2.83

0.71

0.94

Leading Junior

A

1,744

3.80

0.95

1.26

B

1,307

2.40

0.60

0.80

C

1,140

1.70

0.43

0.56

D

1,307

3.80

0.95

1.26

E

924

1.22

0.31

0.41

F

924

1.60

0.41

0.53

G

924

1.60

0.41

0.53

H

1,155

2.20

0.54

0.72

I

1,198

2.14

0.53

0.71

J

1,744

3.80

0.95

1.26

K

1,744

2.13

0.53

0.71

Led Junior

A

1,162

2.54

0.64

0.84

B

871

1.60

0.40

0.53

C

760

1.14

0.28

0.37

D

871

2.54

0.64

0.84

E

616

0.82

0.20

0.27

F

616

1.07

0.27

0.36

G

616

1.07

0.27

0.36

H

770

1.46

0.37

0.48

I

798

1.43

0.36

0.48

J

1,162

2.54

0.64

0.84

K

1,162

1.42

0.36

0.47

Junior Alone

A

1,307

4.52

2.10

0.69

B

908

3.11

1.45

0.48

C

581

2.31

1.07

0.36

D

808

4.52

2.10

0.69

E

508

1.34

0.63

0.20

F

508

2.08

0.96

0.32

G

508

2.08

0.96

0.32

H

618

2.08

0.97

0.32

I

726

1.63

0.76

0.25

J

1,307

4.52

2.10

0.69

K

1,234

3.91

1.82

0.60