UK Statutory Instrument SI 2013/435 United Kingdom

The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Plus 7 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.004 Claims for fees by advocates – Crown Court Regulated
  • Submit fee claims within 3 months of proceedings conclusionAny Person
s.005 Claims for fees and disbursements by litigators – Crown Court Regulated
  • Submit properly documented claims for fees and disbursements on timeAny Person
s.012 Notification of Very High Cost Cases Regulated
  • Notify Lord Chancellor of Very High Cost Cases promptlyAny Person
s.017 Interim payment of litigators’ fees Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Submit interim fee claims to the appropriate officer at specific Crown Court stagesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.022 Computation of final claim where an interim payment has been made Regulated
  • Submit final claim after receiving interim paymentsAny Person
s.023 Payment of fees to advocates – Crown Court Regulated
  • Repay overpaid Crown Court legal aid fees if reduced on redetermination or appealAny Person
s.024 Payment of fees to litigators – Crown Court Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Court officer must authorise payment of litigator fees in Crown Court casesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.028 Redetermination of fees by appropriate officer Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate officer must redetermine fees on application within 21 daysCrown / Minister / Government department
25 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Scope
s.006 Proceedings in the Court of Appeal
s.007 Proceedings in the Supreme Court
s.008 Claims for fees for certain categories of work to which the Standard Crime Contract applies
s.009 Payments from other sources
s.010 Cases ...sent for trial to the Crown Court
s.011 Proceedings for contempt
s.012 Fees in Very High Cost Cases
s.013 Authorisation of expenditure
s.014 Interim payment of disbursements
s.015 Interim disbursements and final determination of fees
s.016 Expert services
s.017 Determination of litigators' disbursements
s.018 Interim payments in cases awaiting determination of fees
s.019 Amount of interim payments in cases awaiting determination of fees
s.020 Staged payments in long Crown Court proceedings
s.021 Hardship payments
s.025 Recovery of overpayments
s.026 Adverse observations
s.027 Wasted costs orders
s.029 Appeals to a Costs Judge
s.030 Appeals to the High Court
s.031 Time limits
Schedules

Schedules

9 of 103 shown
s.sch001 Fees for consideration of unused material Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Court officer must consider reasonableness of hours for additional fee claimsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch001 Identity of instructed advocate Regulated
  • Notify the court of your appointment as instructed advocate and keep the court updatedAny Person
s.sch001 Payment of fees to instructed advocate Regulated
  • Leading and led trial advocates must pay instructed advocates promptlyAny Person
s.sch001 Additional charges and additional cases Regulated
  • Trial advocates: select principal offence or case for grouped hearingsContractor
s.sch001 Bands of Offences Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Court officer must decide on advocate re-banding requestsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch002 Fees for special preparation Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate officer must consider all relevant circumstances when determining special preparation fee claimsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch002 Fees for consideration of unused material Regulated
  • Claim basic fee for reviewing unused material in Crown Court casesAny Person
s.sch002 Class of Offences Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Appropriate officer must decide on reclassification of offence and notify litigatorCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Claims for fees by advocates Regulated
  • Submit your Court of Appeal fee claim within 3 monthsAny Person
94 other schedules
s.sch001 Interpretation
s.sch001 Fixed fee for guilty pleas or cracked trials
s.sch001 General provisions
s.sch001 Fees for ...standard appearances
s.sch001 Fees for abuse of process, disclosure, admissibility and withdrawal of plea hearings
s.sch001 Fee for video recorded cross-examination or re-examination
s.sch001 Fees for confiscation hearings
s.sch001 Fees for sentencing hearings
s.sch001 Fees for ineffective trials
s.sch001 Fees for special preparation
s.sch001 Fees for wasted preparation
s.sch001 Additional preparation fee
s.sch001 Fees for conferences and views
s.sch001 Fees for further case management hearings and plea and trial preparation hearings
s.sch001 Application
s.sch001 Fees for appeals, committals for sentence and breach hearings
s.sch001 Fees for contempt proceedings
s.sch001 Discontinuance or dismissal of ... proceedings
s.sch001 Noting brief fees
s.sch001 Fixed fees
s.sch001 Warrant for arrest
s.sch001 Multiple advocates
s.sch001 Non-local appearances
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 Calculation of Graduated Fees
s.sch001 Basic fees
s.sch001 Daily attendance fees
s.sch001 Scope of Part 3
s.sch001 Calculation of fees in guilty pleas and cracked trials
s.sch001 Basic fees for guilty pleas and cracked trials
s.sch001 Scope of Part 4
s.sch002 Interpretation
s.sch002 Scope of Part 3
s.sch002 Fixed fee for guilty pleas or cracked trials
s.sch002 Defendant uplifts
s.sch002 Retrials and Transfers
s.sch002 General provisions
s.sch002 Fees for appeals and committals for sentence hearings
s.sch002 Fees for hearing subsequent to sentence
s.sch002 Fees for contempt proceedings
s.sch002 Fees for alleged breaches of a Crown Court order
s.sch002 Fixed Fees
s.sch002 Application
s.sch002 Discontinuance or dismissal of ... proceedings
s.sch002 Defendant uplifts
s.sch002 Warrant for arrest
s.sch002 Additional charges
s.sch002 Assisted person unfit to plead or stand trial
s.sch002 Fees for confiscation proceedings
s.sch002 Prescribed fee rates
s.sch002 Allowing fees at less than the prescribed rates
s.sch002 Allowing fees at more than the prescribed rates
s.sch002 Scope
s.sch002 Pages of Prosecution Evidence
s.sch002 Cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off
s.sch002 Trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off
s.sch002 Cracked trials and guilty pleas where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off
s.sch002 Trials where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off
s.sch003 General Provisions
s.sch003 Payment of fees
s.sch003 Redeterminations and appeals
s.sch003 Claims for fees and disbursements by litigators
s.sch003 Determination of litigators' fees
s.sch003 Determination of litigators' disbursements
s.sch003 Determination of advocates' fees
s.sch003 Litigators' fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal
s.sch003 Allowance of litigators' fees at more than the prescribed rate
s.sch003 Advocates' fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal
s.sch004 Interpretation of this Schedule
s.sch004 Representation in the Crown Court on an appeal from a magistrates' court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act
s.sch004 Advice and Assistance provided pursuant to a determination made under section 15 of the Act in Prison Law cases
s.sch004 Payment for Assigned Counsel
s.sch004 Allowing fees at less than the prescribed rates
s.sch004 Allowing fees at more than the prescribed rates
s.sch004 Work conducted at the Police station: Police Station advice and assistance.
s.sch004 Police station attendance: travel fee for the purposes of attendance at a Destination Police Station
s.sch004 Work conducted outside the Police Station
s.sch004 Advice and Assistance for Pre-Charge Engagement
s.sch004 Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor and Advocacy Assistance at the virtual court
s.sch004 Representation in the Magistrates' Court
s.sch004 Representation in proceedings relating to an injunction under Part 1 of the 2014 Act or related parenting order in any court
s.sch004 Representation in the youth court
s.sch004 Own client work
s.sch004 Representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act
s.sch004 Advice and Assistance on an appeal against conviction or sentence or an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission
s.sch004 Representation on an appeal by way of case stated
s.sch006 Interpretation
s.sch006 Application
s.sch006 Part 3 of this Schedule applies to work done in...
s.sch006 Part 4 of this Schedule applies to work done in...

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