Article 12 Amendments to the Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007

After paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 insert—

“Case ceasing to be Very High Cost Case

24A.

(1)

Where a case ceases to be a Very High Cost Case, the trial advocate must be paid in accordance with Part 2 or Part 3 but, where applicable, must repay to the Commission any sum payable to the advocate for work done during the period when the case was a Very High Cost Case (except for any fee payable under sub-paragraph (2)).

(2)

Where—

(a)

a case ceases to be a Very High Cost Case, and

(b)

the case manager was an advocate,

the Commission must pay to the case manager an administration fee in respect of work done to comply with the administrative requirements of the Very High Cost Case contract.

(3)

The fee referred to in sub-paragraph (2) is to be calculated as a fee for three hours’ work for every stage (except for stage 0) or part of a stage up to the date on which the case ceased to be a Very High Cost Case.

(4)

In this paragraph, “stage” and “case manager” have the same meanings as in the Very High Cost Case contract.”.