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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-2",
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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/5/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Exceptional circumstances",
  "text": "(1) The Lord Chancellor may increase the fixed fees or rates set out in the Table after paragraph 1 if the Lord Chancellor considers it reasonable to do so due to exceptional circumstances.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “exceptional circumstances” mean that the expert's evidence is key to the client's case and either—\n(a) the complexity of the material is such that an expert with a high level of seniority is required; or\n(b) the material is of such a specialised and unusual nature that only very few experts are available to provide the necessary evidence.",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/422/schedule/5/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}