# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2008, 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.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/957/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-amendment-order-2008/article-3
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