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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-funding-amendment-no2-order-2011/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2066",
  "legislation_title": "The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No.2) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/community-legal-service-funding-amendment-no2-order-2011",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 6\nExperts’ Fees and Rates\nArticle 5\nSection 1\nTable\nExpert\nNon- London Hourly Rate or fixed fee\nLondon Hourly Rate or fixed fee\nComments\nA&E consultant\n£126\n£135\nAccident reconstruction\n£90\n£68\nAccountant\n£50 - £135\n£50 - £144\nPartner £144, Manager £108, Accountant £80, General staff £50\nAnaesthetist\n£135\n£135\nArchitect\n£99\n£90\nCardiologist\n£144\n£144\nCell telephone site analysis\n£90\n£90\nChild psychiatrist\n£135\n£90\nChild psychologist\n£126\n£90\nComputer expert\n£90\n£90\nConsultant engineer\n£90\n£68\nDentist\n£117\n£117\nDermatologist\n£108\n£108\nDisability consultant\n£68\n£68\nDNA (per person) – testing of sample\n£315 per test\n£315 per test\nDNA (per person) – preparation of report\n£90\n£90\nDoctor (GP)\n£99\n£90\nEmployment consultant\n£68\n£68\nEnquiry agent\n£32\n£23\nENT surgeon\n£126\n£126\nGeneral surgeon\n£135\n£90\nGeneticist\n£108\n£108\nGP (records report)\n£63 fixed fee\n£90 fixed fee\nGynaecologist\n£135\n£90\nHaematologist\n£122\n£90\nHandwriting expert\n£90\n£90\nInterpreter\n£32\n£25\nLip reader / Signer\n£72\n£41\nMediator\n£126\n£126\nMedical consultant\n£135\n£90\nMedical microbiologist\n£135\n£135\nMeteorologist\n£126\n£180 fixed fee\nMidwife\n£90\n£90\nNeonatologist\n£135\n£135\nNeurologist\n£153\n£90\nNeuropsychiatrist\n£158\n£90\nNeuroradiologist\n£171\n£171\nNeurosurgeon\n£171\n£90\nNursing expert\n£81\n£81\nObstetrician\n£135\n£135\nOccupational therapist\n£68\n£68\nOncologist\n£140\n£140\nOrthopaedic surgeon\n£144\n£144\nPaediatrician\n£135\n£90\nPathologist\n£153\n£540 fixed fee\nPharmacologist\n£122\n£122\nPhotographer\n£32\n£23\nPhysiotherapist\n£81\n£81\nPlastic surgeon\n£135\n£135\nProcess server\n£32\n£23\nPsychiatrist\n£135\n£90\nPsychologist\n£117\n£90\nRadiologist\n£135\n£135\nRheumatologist\n£135\n£135\nRisk assessment expert\n£63\n£63\nSpeech therapist\n£99\n£99\nSurveyor\n£50\n£50\nTelecoms expert\n£90\n£90\nToxicologist\n£135\n£135\nUrologist\n£135\n£135\nVet\n£90\n£90\nVoice recognition\n£117\n£90\nSection 2\n(Provisions relating to experts)\nPayment of expert services of a type not listed in Section 1\n1. (1) This paragraph applies where the Commission receives a request for funding of an expert service of a type not listed in Section 1.\n(2) In considering the rate at which to fund the expert service the Commission—\n(a) must have regard to the rates set out in Section 1; and\n(b) may require a number of quotes for provision of the service to be submitted to the Commission.\nMeaning of exceptional circumstances in article 5(2)(e)(ii)\n2. For the purposes of article 5(2)(e)(ii), exceptional circumstances are where 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.\nGeneral provisions relating to experts\n3. (1) The costs and expenses relating to experts listed at sub-paragraph (2) are not payable by the Commission as disbursements.\n(2) The costs and expenses are—\n(a) any administration fee charged by an expert, including (but not limited to)—\n(i) a fee in respect of office space or provision of a consultation room;\n(ii) a fee in respect of administrative support services, such as typing services;\n(iii) a fee in respect of courier services; and\n(iv) a subsistence fee;\n(b) any cancellation fee charged by an expert, where the notice of cancellation was given to the expert more than 72 hours before the relevant hearing or appointment.\n4. The maximum amount that the Commission may pay as a disbursement in respect of an expert’s vehicle mileage is £0.45 per mile.\n5. The maximum amount that the Commission may pay as a disbursement in respect of an expert’s travel time is £40.00 per hour.\nSCHEDULE 7\nRemuneration of barristers in independent practice\nArticle 5C\nTable\nCategory\nHourly Rate\nJunior counsel in the County Court\n£112.50 (Non-London Rate)\n£135 (London Rate)\nSenior counsel alone or leading in the High Court\n£135\nLed junior counsel in the High Court, 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 Commission) 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 Commission) in the Supreme Court\n£225\nNoter/Pupil/2nd led junior counsel\n£36\n”",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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