Paragraph 3

England and Wales

In Table 1, “consumer general contract”, “employment” and “personal injury” have the same meanings as in the category definitions of the 2010 Standard Civil Contract in force on 31^st March 2013 M1.

Table 1

Category Definition	F1... Standard Fee	... Escape Fee Threshold
F2Claims Against Public Authorities	£239	£717
Clinical Negligence	£195	£585
Community Care	£266	£798
Debt	F3£256	F4£768
Education	£272	£816
Housing	F5£223	F6£669
Miscellaneous	£159 (consumer general contract) £207 (employment) F7£157 (injunctions under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and related parenting orders) £203 (personal injury) £79 (all other matters)	£477 (consumer general contract) £621 (employment) £471 (injunctions under Part 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and related parenting orders) £609 (personal injury) £237 (all other matters)
Public Law	£259	£777
Welfare Benefits	F8£208	F9£624

Table 2(a): Legal help

Family Public Law

Region	Fee
National	£132

Table 2(b): Family help (lower) - section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only

Region	Fee
National	£365

F10Table 2(c): Legal representation – section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only

Party	Person before whom proceedings are heard	Number of clients	Midlands	North	London and South	Wales
Child	F11Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	1	£1,754	£1,438	£2,013	£1,965
Child	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	2 or more	£2,630	£2,156	£3,020	£2,948
Child	Judge of High Court judge level	1	£2,332	£1,913	£2,678	£2,613
Child	Judge of High Court judge level	2 or more	£3,498	£2,869	£4,015	£3,919
Joined Party	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge		£930	£718	£1,081	£1,171
Joined Party	Judge of High Court judge level		£1,237	£956	£1,437	£1,557
Parent	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	1	£2,300	£1,911	£2,616	£2,370
Parent	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	2	£2,876	£2,388	£3,270	£2,962
Parent	Judge of High Court judge level	1	£3,059	£2,541	£3,479	£3,152
Parent	Judge of High Court judge level	2	£3,824	£3,177	£4,349	£3,940

Table 3(a): Legal help

Family Private Law

Region	Fee
National	£86

Table 3(b): Legal help – Divorce F12application only

Region	Fee
National	£146

Table 3(c): Family help (lower) - Children

Region	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£230	£138
Non-London	£199	£119

Table 3(d): Family help (lower) - Finance

Region	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£241	£145
Non-London	£208	£125

Table 3(e): Help with family mediation

Activity	Fee
Mediation Advice	£150
Mediation Consent Order (Finance)	£200

F13Table 3(f): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Children

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	F14Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£424	£302
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£509	£362
Non-London	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£353	£251
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£424	£302

F15Table 3(g): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Finance

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Family help (higher) Settlement Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	F16Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£471	£95	£374
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£565	£113	£449
Non-London	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£392	£78	£311
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£471	£95	£374

F17Table 3(h): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Domestic Abuse Proceedings

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	F18Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£608
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£729
Non-London	Justices’ legal adviser, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£507
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£608

F19Table 4(a): Immigration and Asylum Standard Fees

Immigration and Asylum

Type of matter	Stage 1 (legal help)	Stage 2a (controlled legal representation)	Stage 2b (controlled legal representation)
Asylum	£559	£274	£685
Immigration – non asylum	£317	£274	£549

F20Table 4(aa): Immigration and Asylum Standard Fees – online system appeals

Immigration and Asylum: online procedure appeals

Type of matter	Stage 2d (appeals without a hearing)	Stage 2e (appeals with a hearing)
Asylum	£808	£1,219
Immigration – non asylum	£759	£1,033

Table 4(b): Additional Payment – F21UKVI Interview

Representation at UKVI Interview

F22£360

F23Table 4(ba): Additional Payment – National Referral Mechanism

National Referral Mechanism Advice

F24£203

F25Table 4(c): Additional Payments for Advocacy (including Online Procedure Advocacy) Services

Activity	Advocacy Services Standard Fee
Oral Case Management Review Hearing	£183
Telephone Case Management Review Hearing	£99
Substantive Hearing in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal	Asylum - £332
Substantive Hearing in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal	Immigration - £261
Additional Day Substantive Hearing	Asylum - £177
	Immigration - £177

F26Table 4(ca)

Immigration and Asylum Online Procedure Advocacy Services Standard Fees

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F27Table 4(d): Immigration Removal Centres Standard Fees (for Exclusive Schedule Holders only)
On Site Surgery – advising 5 or more clients	£497
On Site Surgery – advising 4 clients or fewer	£249
Standby Payment	£47

Table 5(a): Basic Fees

Mental Health

Basic Fees	Value
Mental Health – non Tribunal	£253
Level 1 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£129
Level 2 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£321
Level 3 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£294

Table 5(b): Additional Fees

Additional Fees	Value
Adjourned Hearing Fee	£117
Remote Travel Payment: Level 1 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£69
Remote Travel Payment: Non-Tribunal, Level 2 (Mental Health Proceedings), Level 3 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£138

F28Table 6: Standard Fee

Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme

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F29Table 6(a): Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS)

Activity	Standard Fee	Escape Fee Threshold
HLPAS Stage One: early legal advice	£223	£669
HLPAS Stage Two: in-court duty scheme	£108 (London rate)	N/A
	£102 (Non-London rate)

Table 7: Standard Fee

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 omitted (23.3.2015) by virtue of The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(i)
F2: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 substituted (23.9.2024) by The Civil Legal Aid (Standard Civil Contract - Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/889), regs. 1(2), 5(4)(b)
F3: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 1 substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)(i) (with reg. 4)
F4: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 1 substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(b)(ii) (with reg. 4)
F5: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 1 substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c)(i) (with reg. 4)
F6: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 1 substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(c)(ii) (with reg. 4)
F7: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 inserted (23.3.2015) by The Civil and Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)(ii)
F8: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 substituted (1.5.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/415), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)
F9: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 1 substituted (1.5.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/415), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)
F10: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 2(c) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(3) (with regs. 3-7)
F11: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 2(c) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(a) (with reg. 4)
F12: Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(b) heading substituted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/237), Sch. para. 7(3) (with reg. 3); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2
F13: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(f) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(4) (with regs. 3-7)
F14: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(f) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(b) (with reg. 4)
F15: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(g) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(5) (with regs. 3-7)
F16: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(g) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(c) (with reg. 4)
F17: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(h) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/586), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(6) (with regs. 3-7)
F18: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 3(h) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Act 2018 (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provision) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/100), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 14(3)(d) (with reg. 4)
F19: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(a) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(d) (with reg. 4)
F20: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(aa) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(e) (with reg. 4)
F21: Word in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 4(b) substituted (1.4.2023) by The Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews (Exceptions) and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1379), regs. 1(1), 4(5)
F22: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(b) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(f) (with reg. 4)
F23: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 4(ba) inserted (1.4.2023) by The Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews (Exceptions) and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1379), regs. 1(1), 4(6)
F24: Sum in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(ba) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(g) (with reg. 4)
F25: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(c) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(h) (with reg. 4)
F26: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(ca) omitted (22.12.2025) by virtue of The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(i) (with reg. 4)
F27: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 4(d) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(j) (with reg. 4)
F28: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 6 omitted (22.12.2025) by virtue of The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(k) (with reg. 4)
F29: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 3 Table 6(a) substituted (22.12.2025) by The Civil Legal Aid (Procedure and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1248), regs. 1(2), 3(2)(l) (with reg. 4)
F30: Sch. 1 Pt. 1 Table 7 omitted (1.5.2025) by virtue of The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/415), regs. 1(2), 2(4) (with reg. 3)

Marginal citations

M1: The contract is available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1: Sch. 1 modified (24.3.2022) by The Early Legal Advice Pilot Scheme Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/397), arts. 1(1), 3(1), Sch. para. 3(3) (with arts. 3(2), 4)

Notes on Part 1

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 Pt. 1 heading omitted (1.4.2023) by virtue of The Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews (Exceptions) and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1379), regs. 1(1), 4(2)