SCHEDULE 1Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme

PART 2Graduated Fees for Trial

Calculation of Graduated Fees

4.

The amount of the graduated fee for a single trial advocate representing one assisted person being tried on one indictment in the Crown Court in a trial lasting one to 40 days must be calculated in accordance with the following formula—

G = B + ( d x D ) + ( e x E ) + ( w x W )math

Where—

G is the amount of the graduated fee;

B is the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 5 as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate;

d is the number of days or parts of a day on which the advocate attends at court by which the trial exceeds 2 days but does not exceed 40 days;

D is the fee payable in respect of daily attendance at court for the number of days by which the trial exceeds 2 days but does not exceed 40 days, as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate;

e is the number of pages of prosecution evidence excluding the first 50, up to a maximum of 10,000;

E is the evidence uplift specified in the table following paragraph 5 as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate;

w is the number of prosecution witnesses excluding the first 10;

W is the witness uplift specified in the table following paragraph 5 as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate.

Table of fees

5.

For the purposes of paragraph 4 the basic fee (B), the daily attendance fee (D), the evidence uplift (E) and the witness uplift (W) appropriate to any offence are those specified in the table following this paragraph in accordance with the Class within which that offence falls.

Table of Fees and Uplifts

Class of Offence

Basic Fee (B)

Daily Attendance Fee (D)

Evidence Uplift (E)

Witness Uplift (W)

(£)

(£)

(£)

(£)

QC

A

2,856

979

1.63

6.53

B

2,529

857

1.63

6.53

C

1,968

816

1.63

6.53

D

2,284

816

1.63

6.53

E

1,514

612

1.63

6.53

F

1,514

612

1.63

6.53

G

1,514

612

1.63

6.53

H

1,903

816

1.63

6.53

I

2,122

816

1.63

6.53

J

2,856

979

1.63

6.53

K

2,856

979

1.63

6.53

Leading Junior

A

2,142

734

1.23

4.90

B

1,897

643

1.23

4.90

C

1,476

612

1.23

4.90

D

1,714

612

1.23

4.90

E

1,136

459

1.23

4.90

F

1,136

459

1.23

4.90

G

1,136

459

1.23

4.90

H

1,427

612

1.23

4.90

I

1,592

612

1.23

4.90

J

2,142

734

1.23

4.90

K

2,142

734

1.23

4.90

Led Junior

A

1,632

490

0.81

3.26

B

1,265

428

0.81

3.26

C

898

408

0.81

3.26

D

1,125

408

0.81

3.26

E

694

306

0.81

3.26

F

694

306

0.81

3.26

G

694

306

0.81

3.26

H

816

408

0.81

3.26

I

979

408

0.81

3.26

J

1,632

490

0.81

3.26

K

1,428

490

0.81

3.26

Junior Alone

A

1,632

530

0.98

4.90

B

1,305

469

0.98

4.90

C

898

408

0.98

4.90

D

1,125

408

0.98

4.90

E

653

326

0.98

4.90

F

694

326

0.98

4.90

G

694

326

0.98

4.90

H

816

408

0.98

4.90

I

979

408

0.98

4.90

J

1,632

530

0.98

4.90

K

1,632

530

0.98

4.90