>CHAPTER 13
Getting paid for civil and family work
By Vicky Ling, Solange Valdez-Symonds and Richard Charlton
13.1Introduction
13.5Controlled work
13.11Legal aid representation certificates
13.11Payments on account
13.14Prior authority and payment on account for disbursements
13.17Assessment of the final bill
13.20Enhanced rates
13.23Conditional payment for judicial review
13.29Assessment of costs by the LAA
13.32Costs appeals
Points of principle of general importance
13.37Assessment of costs by the courts – legal aid only
13.41Assessment of costs by the courts – inter partes, and legal aid where the client has an interest in the assessment
Inter partes costs and legal aid only costs
13.49Recoupment and limitation
13.53Family
13.53Controlled work
Family – controlled work escape fee cases
13.55Licensed work
Family – public law standard fee scheme: escape fee cases • Family – private law standard fee scheme: escape fee cases • Family – public and private law standard fee schemes: enhancement of hourly rates • Family – public and private law standard fee schemes: client transfers • Family – public law standard fee scheme: advocacy • Family – very high cost cases
13.74Immigration and asylum
13.75Standard fee cases
13.76Immigration and asylum fee stages
13.82Immigration and asylum – additional fees
13.83Immigration and asylum – counsel
13.84Immigration and asylum – disbursements
13.87Immigration and asylum – escape fee cases
13.89Immigration and asylum – hourly rates cases
13.94Upper Tribunal cases
13.96Mental health
13.97Mental health fee scheme
13.99Mental health – disbursements
13.101Mental health – transfers
13.102Mental health – adjourned hearing fees
13.103Mental health – escape fee cases
13.109Mental health – counsel’s fees