{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-no-3-order-2001/article-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/3341",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-no-3-order-2001",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001",
  "text": "For the Table following paragraph 22 substitute the following Table—\nTABLE\nType of work\nParagraph providing for fee\nFee for Queen’s Counsel\nFee for leading advocate (other than Queen’s Counsel)\nFee for Junior or sole advocate (other than Queen’s Counsel)\n£\n£\n£\nPaper Pleas and directions basic fee\n30.00\n30.00\n30.00\nPleas and directions hearing or pre-trial review – basic fee\n11(1)\n188.00\n127.00\n100.00\nAttendance where bench warrant issued\n12(1)\n250.00\n170.00\n100.00\nAppearing at listed trial that did not proceed – basic fee\n12(2)\n275.00\n187.00\n110.00\nWork for which daily or half daily fee is payable\n13 and 14\nGuilty pleas, cracked trials and trials lasting 1-10 days: 330.00 per day 185.00 per half day\nTrials lasting 11-25 days: 495.00 per day 277.50 per half day\nGuilty pleas, cracked trials and trials lasting 1-10 days: 250.00 per day 140.00 per half day\nTrials lasting 11-25 days: 375.00 per day 210.00 per half day\nGuilty pleas, cracked trials and trials lasting 1-10 days: 178.25 per day 99.50 per half day\nTrials lasting 11-25 days: 267.45 per day 149.25 per half day\nAppearing at deferred sentencing hearing\n15(2)(a)\n300.00\n204.00\n120.00\nAppearing at other sentencing hearing\n15(2)(b)\n150.00\n102.00\n60.00\nOther appearances\n16\n116.00\n79.00\n46.50\nAppearing at listed trial that did not proceed because of adjournment application\n16A\n116.00\n79.00\n55.00\nWork for which hourly fee is payable\n17, 18, 19(1) and (2), 29 and 30\nGuilty pleas, cracked trials and trials lasting 1-10 days: 62.50 per hour\nTrials lasting 11-25 days: 75.00 per hour\nGuilty pleas, cracked trials and trials lasting 1-10 days: 47.00 per hour\nTrials lasting 11-25 days: 56.40 per hour\nGuilty pleas, cracked trials and trials lasting 1-10 days: 33.50 per hour\nTrials lasting 11-25 days: 40.20 per hour\nListening to or viewing tapes etc\n19(3)\n27.15 per 10 minutes\n18.50 per 10 minutes\n10.90 per 10 minutes\nAdditional fee for unattended advocate, case within paragraph 2\n20\n38.50 per day\n38.50 per day\n38.50 per day\nAppearing in appeal against conviction\n21(1)\n292.25\n199.00\n117.00\nAppearing at a committal for sentence hearing\n21(1)\n184.50\n125.00\n85.00\nAppearing within other cases within paragraph 3\n21(1)\n184.50\n125.00\n73.50\nAdditional fee for unattended advocate\n21(2)\n19.25\n19.25\n19.25\nNoting brief\n22\n—\n—\n100.00 per day",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3341/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:27:43.161325+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."
}