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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/422",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Schedule—\n“junior counsel” means a barrister in independent practice of less than 10 years call; and\n“senior counsel” means a barrister in independent practice of 10 years call or more.\nTable 1: Rates in the County Court, High Court or Upper Tribunal other than for Queen’s Counsel\nCategory\nHourly Rate\nPreparation and attendance in the High Court or Upper Tribunal\n£71.55 (London rate)\n£67.50 (Non-London rate)\nPreparation and attendance in the County Court\n£63.00 (London rate)\n£59.40 (Non-London rate)\nAttendance at court or conference in the High Court or Upper Tribunal\n£33.30\nAttendance at court or conference in the County Court\n£29.25\nAdvocacy in the High Court or Upper Tribunal\n£67.50\nAdvocacy in the County Court\n£59.40\nTravel and waiting in the High Court or Upper Tribunal\n£29.93\nTravel and waiting in the County Court\n£26.28\nTable 2: Rates in the Court of Appeal or Supreme Court and for Queen’s Counsel (in any court)\nCategory\nHourly Rate\nLed junior counsel in the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court\n£112.50\nLeading senior counsel in the Court of Appeal\n£157.50\nQueen’s Counsel (where approved for briefing or instruction by the Lord Chancellor) in the High Court or Court of Appeal\n£180\nLeading senior counsel in the Supreme Court\n£180\nQueen’s Counsel (where approved for briefing or instruction by the Lord Chancellor) in the Supreme Court\n£225\nNoter/Pupil/2nd led junior counsel in the Court of Appeal or Supreme Court\n£36",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 substituted (2.12.2013) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2877), regs. 1, 2(5), Sch. 1 (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/422/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:06.516167+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}