{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-1.json",
  "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/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraph 2, where the expert service is of a type listed in the Table, the Lord Chancellor must pay remuneration to the provider for the expert service at the fixed fees or at rates not exceeding the rates set out in the Table.\nTable\nExpert\nNon-London - hourly rate unless stated to be a fixed fee\nLondon - hourly rate unless stated to be a fixed fee\nA&E consultant\n£100.80\n£108\nAccident reconstruction\n£72\n£54.40\nAccountant\n£64\n£64\nAccountant (general staff)\n£40\n£40\nAccountant (manager)\n£86.40\n£86.40\nAccountant (partner)\n£108\n£115.20\nAnaesthetist\n£108\n£108\nArchitect\n£79.20\n£72\nCardiologist\n£115.20\n£115.20\nCell telephone site analysis\n£72\n£72\nChild psychiatrist\n£108\n£108\nChild psychologist\n£100.80\n£100.80\nComputer expert\n£72\n£72\nConsultant engineer\n£72\n£54.40\nDentist\n£93.60\n£93.60\nDermatologist\n£86.40\n£86.40\nDisability consultant\n£54.40\n£54.40\nDNA (testing of sample)\n£252 per test\n£252 per test\nDNA (preparation of report)\n£72\n£72\nDoctor (GP)\n£79.20\n£72\nEmployment consultant\n£54.40\n£54.40\nEnquiry agent\n£25.60\n£18.40\nENT surgeon\n£100.80\n£100.80\nGeneral surgeon\n£108\n£72\nGeneticist\n£86.40\n£86.40\nGP (records report)\n£50.40 fixed fee\n£72 fixed fee\nGynaecologist\n£108\n£72\nHaematologist\n£97.60\n£72\nHandwriting expert\n£72\n£72\nInterpreter\n£28\n£25\nLip reader/Signer\n£57.60\n£32.80\nMediator\n£100.80\n£100.80\nMedical consultant\n£108\n£72\nMedical microbiologist\n£108\n£108\nMeteorologist\n£100.80\n£144 fixed fee\nMidwife\n£72\n£72\nNeonatologist (non-clinical negligence cerebral palsy case)\n£108\n£108\nNeonatologist (clinical negligence cerebral palsy case)\n£180\n£180\nNeurologist (non-clinical negligence cerebral palsy case)\n£122.40\n£72\nNeurologist (clinical negligence cerebral palsy case)\n£200\n£200\nNeuropsychiatrist\n£126.40\n£72\nNeuroradiologist (non-clinical negligence cerebral palsy case)\n£136.80\n£136.80\nNeuroradiologist (clinical negligence cerebral palsy case)\n£180\n£180\nNeurosurgeon\n£136.80\n£72\nNursing expert\n£64.80\n£64.80\nObstetrician\n£108\n£108\nOccupational therapist\n£54.40\n£54.40\nOncologist\n£112\n£112\nOrthopaedic surgeon\n£115.20\n£115.20\nPaediatrician\n£108\n£72\nPathologist\n£122.40\n£432 fixed fee\nPharmacologist\n£97.60\n£97.60\nPhotographer\n£25.60\n£18.40\nPhysiotherapist\n£64.80\n£64.80\nPlastic surgeon\n£108\n£108\nProcess server\n£25.60\n£18.40\nPsychiatrist\n£108\n£108\nPsychologist\n£93.60\n£93.60\nRadiologist\n£108\n£108\nRheumatologist\n£108\n£108\nRisk assessment expert\n£50.40\n£50.40\nSpeech therapist\n£79.20\n£79.20\nSurveyor (housing disrepair)\n£85\n£115\nSurveyor (non-housing disrepair)\n£40\n£40\nTelecoms expert\n£72\n£72\nToxicologist\n£108\n£108\nUrologist\n£108\n£108\nVet\n£72\n£72\nVoice recognition\n£93.60\n£72",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 table substituted (2.12.2013) by The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2877), regs. 1, 2(6), Sch. 2 (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/422/schedule/5/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."
}