APPENDIX P
Payments for assigned counsel
These figures apply to all cases with a representation order dated on or after 1 April 2016.
Subject to exception described in chapter 3
(1) The fees payable to Assigned Counsel for –
(a) representation in a magistrates’ court;
(b) representation in the High Court Family Court or a county court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the [Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012]; and
(c) representation in the High Court on an appeal by way of case stated.
(2) The fees payable to Assigned Counsel are subject to the limits specified in the table following this paragraph.
Payment for assigned counsel
| Junior counsel (£) | Queen’s Counsel (£) |
Basic fee for preparation, including for a pre-trial review and, where appropriate, the first day’s hearing including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation). | maximum amount: 427.00 | maximum amount: 4,056.00 |
Refresher daily fee (for any day or part of a day during which a hearing continued, including, where they took place on that day, short conferences, consultations, applications and appearances (including bail applications, views and any other preparation). | maximum amount: 147.00 | maximum amount: 271.01 |
Subsidiary fees: | | |
Attendance at consultations, conferences and views not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee. | 26.69 per hour – minimum amount: 13.25 | 49.73 per hour – minimum amount: 25.55 |
Written work (on evidence, plea, appeal, case stated or other written work). | maximum amount: 46.77 | maximum amount: 95.81 |
Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances (including bail applications and adjournments for sentence) not covered by the basic fee or the refresher fee. | maximum amount: 85.78 | maximum amount: 187.06 |