UK Statutory Instrument SI 2007/1174 United Kingdom

The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Any Person7 Self-Employed Person2 Contractor1

Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

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s.art005 Claims for fees by advocates – Crown Court Regulated
  • Submit fee claims for Crown Court cases within 3 months and in the required formatSelf-Employed Person
s.art006 Claims for fees and disbursements by litigators – Crown Court Regulated
  • Submit timely and detailed fee claims for Crown Court workAny Person
s.art014 Interim payment of disbursements Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate officer must allow interim payment for authorised disbursementsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art022 Computation of final claim where an interim payment has been made Regulated
  • Submit final claim after case where interim payments receivedAny Person
s.art023 Payment of fees to advocates – Crown Court Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Court officer must notify and pay advocates' fees and handle adjustmentsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art024 Payment of fees to litigators – Crown Court Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate officer must authorise litigator fees after determinationCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art029 Redetermination of fees by appropriate officer Regulated
  • Appeal fee decisions within 21 days with written noticeSelf-Employed Person
26 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation and commencement
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Scope
s.art004 Funding of Services
s.art007 Very High Cost Cases
s.art008 Proceedings in the Court of Appeal
s.art009 Proceedings in the House of Lords
s.art010 The General Criminal Contract
s.art011 Payments from other sources
s.art012 Indictable-only offences
s.art013 Proceedings for contempt
s.art015 Interim disbursements and final determination of fees
s.art016 Determination of litigators’ disbursements
s.art017 Interim payments in cases awaiting determination of fees
s.art018 Amount of interim payments in cases awaiting determination of fees
s.art019 Staged payments in long Crown Court proceedings
s.art020 Interim payments for attendance at trial
s.art021 Hardship payments
s.art025 Notification of fees
s.art026 Recovery of overpayments
s.art027 Adverse observations
s.art028 Wasted costs orders
s.art030 Appeals to a Costs Judge
s.art031 Appeals to the High Court
s.art032 Time limits
s.art033 Revocation
Schedules

Schedules

7 of 66 shown
s.sch001 Fees for special preparation Regulated
  • Instructed advocates must claim special preparation fees and supply supporting documentsAny Person
s.sch001 Identity of instructed advocate Regulated
  • Notify court of appointment and remain as instructed advocateAny Person
s.sch001 Payment of fees to instructed advocate Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate officer must notify and pay instructed advocatesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch001 Additional charges and additional cases Regulated
  • Select principal offence or case for legal aid fee calculationAny Person
s.sch001 Non-local appearances Regulated
  • Claim reimbursement for non-local court travel expensesContractor
s.sch002 Allowance of standard fees Regulated
  • Litigator must accept lower standard fee or request review/provide detailed claimAny Person
s.sch004 Claims for fees by advocates Regulated
  • Submit fee claims for Court of Appeal work within 3 months with full detailsAny Person
59 other schedules
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch001 Fees for abuse of process, disclosure, admissibility and withdrawal of plea hearings
s.sch001 Fees for confiscation hearings
s.sch001 Fees for sentencing hearings
s.sch001 Fees for ineffective trials
s.sch001 Fees for wasted preparation
s.sch001 Fees for conferences and views
s.sch001 Fees for appeals, committals for sentence and breach hearings
s.sch001 Discontinuance or dismissal of sent or transferred proceedings
s.sch001 Noting brief fees
s.sch001 Application
s.sch001 Multiple advocates
s.sch001 Trials lasting over 40 days
s.sch001 Assisted person unfit to plead or stand trial
s.sch001 Cross examination of witness
s.sch001 Provision of written or oral advice
s.sch001 Mitigation of sentence
s.sch001 Class of offences
s.sch001 Calculation of Graduated Fees
s.sch001 Table of fees
s.sch001 Calculation of graduated fees in guilty pleas and cracked trials—
s.sch001 Tables of fees
s.sch001 General provisions
s.sch001 Fees for plea and case management hearings and standard appearances
s.sch002 Application
s.sch002 Standard fees
s.sch002 Disbursements
s.sch002 Redetermination of standard fees
s.sch002 Review of standard fees
s.sch002 Appeal to a Costs Judge – standard fees
s.sch002 Determination of litigators’ fees
s.sch002 Prescribed fee rates
s.sch002 Attendance at court where an advocate is instructed
s.sch002 Allowing fees at less than the prescribed rates
s.sch002 Allowing fees at more than the prescribed rates
s.sch002 Application
s.sch002 Fees for preparation
s.sch003 Application
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Categories of case
s.sch003 Levels of fee earner
s.sch003 Rates for preparation
s.sch003 Rates for non-preparatory work by litigators
s.sch003 Daily rates for advocates
s.sch003 Rates for preliminary hearings
s.sch004 General Provisions
s.sch004 Advocates’ fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal
s.sch004 Where an hourly rate is specified in the Table following...
s.sch004 Where a refresher fee is claimed in respect of less...
s.sch004 Where it appears to the appropriate officer, taking into account...
s.sch004 Payment of fees
s.sch004 Redeterminations and appeals
s.sch004 Claims for fees and disbursements by litigators
s.sch004 Determination of litigators’ fees
s.sch004 Determination of litigators’ disbursements
s.sch004 Determination of advocate’s fees
s.sch004 Litigators’ fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal
s.sch004 In respect of any item of work, the appropriate officer...
s.sch004 (1) Upon a determination of fees the appropriate officer may,...

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