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Virtual court claims
1Specification 10.21–10.3514.30Rates of remuneration are specified in the Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013 Sch 4 as amended.
Court duty claims
2Specification paras 10.1–10.20.14.31You should claim any work done as court duty solicitor at the end of the duty session. You should make one claim per session, rather than one claim per client.
3Specification para 10.18. The applicable payment rates are set out in the Remuneration Regulations.
14.32You cannot claim for travel time or expenses to get to court, except where you are acting on a non-business day (eg a Saturday or bank holiday sitting), or where you are called to court having not been on the rota or having attended on a rota and been released and then asked to return.
Representation orders in the magistrates’ court
14.33See chapter 12 for details on conducting work under a representation order.
14.34Magistrates’ court work should be billed at the end of the magistrates’ court stage of the case. No fee is payable if the case is sent to the Crown Court for trial, unless a charge is left in the magistrates’ court or a case is remitted to that court. There is no provision for interim payments, so the bill will be submitted when one of the defined end points occurs:
•The case has concluded.
•It is known that no further work will be required.
•It is unclear whether further work will be required and at least a month has elapsed since the last work was undertaken.
4Specification para 10.62. •A warrant of arrest was issued and at least six weeks, but not more than 19 weeks, have elapsed since.
5Specification para 10.67. 14.35The exception to this is where sentence is deferred; you may submit a bill when sentence is deferred and another when the client returns to be sentenced.
6Specification para 10.66. Bills must be submitted within three months of the end of the case.
14.36Where you act for more than one client in a case, you should submit a single bill covering work done for all clients,
7Specification paras 10.60 and 10.64. though you will need a separate representation order for each one.
8Specification para 10.37.