LegalizeThe Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1990
Made: 5th March 1990
Laid before Parliament: 9th March 1990
Coming into force: 1st April 1990
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(5), (7), 25(2), 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988[^f00001], having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:
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These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.
2
In these Regulations a regulation or Schedule referred to by number means a regulation or Schedule so numbered in the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989[^f00002].
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- (1) In regulation 6(3) for the date “30th June 1990” there shall be substituted “30th June 1991”.
- (2) In regulation 9(5)(a) for the date “30th June 1990” there shall be substituted “30th June 1991”.
- (3) For sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following sub-paragraph—
(1) (1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the appropriate authority shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 6 at the following basic rates— (a) Magistrates' court criminal proceedings
| Class of work | Rate |
|---|---|
| Preparation | £39.25 per hour—(£41.75 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) |
| Advocacy | £49.50 per hour |
| Attendance at court where counsel assigned | £26.25 per hour |
| Travelling and waiting | £22 per hour |
| Routine letters written and routine telephone calls | £3.05 per item—(£3.15 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) |
(b) Magistrates' court care proceedings
| Class of work | Rate |
|---|---|
| Preparation | £47.25 per hour—(£50.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) |
| Advocacy | £57 per hour |
| Attendance at court where counsel assigned | £30 per hour |
| Travelling and waiting | £26.50 per hour |
| Routine letters written and routine telephone calls | £3.40 per item |
(c) Crown court criminal and Court of Appeal proceedings
| Class of work | Grade of fee-earner | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation | Senior solicitor | £46 per hour—(£48.50 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) |
| Solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience | £39.50 per hour—(£41.75 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) | |
| Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience | £26 per hour—(£30 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) | |
| Advocacy | Senior solicitor | £57 per hour |
| Solicitor | £49.50 per hour | |
| Attendance at court where counsel assigned | Senior solicitor | £37.75 per hour |
| Solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience | £29.50 per hour | |
| Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience | £18.25 per hour | |
| Travelling and waiting | Senior solicitor | £22 per hour |
| Solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience | £22 per hour | |
| Articled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience | £11 per hour | |
| Routine letters written and routine telephone calls | £3.05 per item—(£3.15 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1, 13 or 14) |
- (4) For the table in paragraph 4(3) of Part II of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following table—
| Type of proceedings | Lower standard fee | Lower fee limit | Principal standard fee | Upper fee limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury was sworn) | £114 | £157 | £220 | £274 |
| London rate | £121 | £163 | £229 | £287 |
| Guilty pleas | £72 | £96 | £154 | £198 |
| London rate | £76 | £100 | £160 | £207 |
| Appeals against conviction | £45 | £60 | £135 | £204 |
| London rate | £47 | £62 | £140 | £214 |
| Appeals against sentence | £32 | £46 | £82 | £115 |
| London rate | £34 | £48 | £86 | £119 |
| Committals for sentence | £37 | £45 | £86 | £124 |
| London rate | £39 | £47 | £90 | £128 |
| Advocacy in respect of bail applications | £23 | |||
| London rate | £25 | |||
| Attendance at court (including waiting) where counsel assigned | £19 per hour | |||
| Travelling | £16.25 per hour |
- (5) In paragraph 4(10) of Part II of Schedule 1 for the figure “£24.50” there shall be substituted the figure “£26.25” and for the figure “£26.00” there shall be substituted the figure “£28”.
- (6) For sub-paragraph (11) of paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following sub-paragraph—
(11) Where a fee-earner listens to a tape recording of an interview conducted under a code issued by the Secretary of State under section 60 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984[^f00003], the standard preparation fee payable after application of any increase required by paragraphs 8(a) or 9 shall be further increased by £9.40 for every 10 minutes of the total running time of all tapes or parts of tapes listened to and by the same amount for any remaining period.
- (7) In paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 2, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the words “, unless counsel has no other effective case on that day and the standard appearance fee would be less than a sum equal to half of the standard basic fee for the case, in which case that sum shall be allowed” shall be omitted.
- (8) For paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following paragraph—
(6) Where counsel attends in respect of a case which is listed for plea and on which a guilty plea is taken, and which is adjourned part-heard, the appropriate authority shall allow— (a) the standard basic fee for the first hearing; and (b) the standard appearance fee for the hearing at which the case is disposed of.
- (9) In paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 2 for the figure “£16” there shall be subsituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the figure “£17”.
- (10) For paragraph 10 of Part I of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following paragraph—
(10) Where counsel listens to a tape recording of an interview conducted under a code issued by the Secretary of State under section 60 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the standard basic fee payable after application of any increase required by paragraph 7(a) or 8 shall be further increased by £9.40 for every 10 minutes of the total running time of all tapes or parts of tapes listened to and by the same amount for any remaining period.
- (11) For the Table in Part I of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following Table—
| Type of proceedings | Standard basic fee |
|---|---|
| Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury is sworn) | £193 |
| Guilty pleas | £102 |
| Appeals against conviction | £102 |
| Appeals against sentence | £64 |
| Committals for sentence | £64 |
| Standard appearance fee | £40 |
| Standard refresher fee 1 Half day | £71 |
| 2 Full day | £136 |
| 3 More than a full day | £207 |
| Standard written work fee | £26 |
- (12) For the tables in Part II of Schedule 2 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1990, the following tables—
| Court | Type of proceedings | Basic fee | Full day refresher fee | Subsidiary fees | Subsidiary fees | Subsidiary fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance at consultations, conferences & views | Written work | Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances | ||||
| Magistrates' Court | All cases | Maximum amount: £448 | Maximum amount: £155 | £26 per hour Minimum amount: £13 | Maximum amount: £49 | Maximum amount: £90 |
| Crown Court | Jury trials | Maximum amount: £522 | ||||
| Cases prepared for trial in which no jury is sworn | Maximum amount: £304 | |||||
| Guilty pleas | Maximum amount: £184 | £30 per hour Minimum amount: £15 | Maximum amount: £56 | Maximum amount: £95 | ||
| Appeals against conviction | Maximum amount: £201 | Maximum amount: £171 | ||||
| Appeals against sentence | Maximum amount: £103 | |||||
| Committals for sentence | Maximum amount: £103 | |||||
| Court | Type of proceedings | Basic fee | Full day refresher fee | Subsidiary fees | Subsidiary fees | Subsidiary fees |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Attendance at consultations, conferences & views | Written work | Attendance at pre-trial reviews, applications and other appearances | ||||
| Magistrates' Court | All cases | Maximum amount: £4317 | Maximum amount: £289 | £50 per hour Minimum amount: £25 | Maximum amount: £102 | Maximum amount: £199 |
| Crown Court | All cases | Maximum amount: £5243 | Maximum amount: £321 | £57 per hour Minimum amount: £29 | Maximum amount: £116 | Maximum amount: £250 |
Signed
Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 28th February 1990
We consent,
John Taylor — Stephen Dorrell — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — Dated 5th March 1990
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal and Care Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1989 by making some minor amendments to the standard fee provisions for solicitors and counsel and by increasing the rates of remuneration for legal aid work in criminal and care proceedings done on or after 1st April 1990. There is an overall increase of 7½% for work done by solicitors and 7% for work done by counsel.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1988 c. 34; section 43 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1989/343.
[^f00003]: 1984 c. 60.
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