Article 3 Amendments to the 2007 Order

After paragraph 24 of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Order insert—

“Very High Cost Cases

25.

(1)

This paragraph applies where, in a Very High Cost Case, a litigator instructs an advocate who is not a member of a Very High Cost Case (Crime) Panel, in accordance with the contract.

(2)

The litigator may claim payment from the Commission in respect of work undertaken by the advocate and authorised in accordance with the contract.

(3)

Where such a claim is made, the Commission must pay the litigator at rates no higher than the rates set out in the tables following this paragraph.

(4)

In this paragraph “the contract” means the Very High Cost Case contract for panel members, made between the Commission and panel members and dated 2nd April 2008^f1.

(5)

In the tables following this paragraph—

(a)

a reference in the first table to a category is a reference to that category as defined in the contract;

(b)

a reference in the first table to a level A or B solicitor-advocate is a reference to a level A or B solicitor-advocate as defined in the contract;

(c)

a reference in the second table to a junior includes a solicitor-advocate.

Preparation (hourly rates)	Category 1 £	Category 2 £	Category 3 £	Category 4 £
Counsel
QC	145	113	91	91
Leading junior	127	100	79	79
Led junior	91	73	61	61
Junior alone	100	82	70	70
2nd led junior	63	50	43	43
Solicitor-advocate
Leading level A	145	113	91	91
Led level A	127	100	79	79
Leading level B	127	100	79	79
Led level B	104	86	66	66
Level A alone	131	109	88	88
Level B alone	113	95	75	75
Second advocate	63	50	43	43

Advocacy	Preliminary hearing £	Half day £	Full day £
QC	113	238	476
Leading junior	86	195	390
Led junior	58	126	252
Junior alone	67	143	285
Second led junior	34	64	128
Noter	29	55	109

Travelling, waiting and mileage
£25 per hour for travelling (up to a maximum of four hours in one day) or waiting
£0.45 per mile for mileage

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