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The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/855 · Made 8 March 2001

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LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 8th March 2001

Laid before Parliament 12th March 2001

Coming into force 2nd April 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 13(3), 14(3), and 105 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 14 to, the Access to Justice Act 1999f1, having had regard to the matters specified in section 25(3) and having consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Funding of services—Lord Chancellor
  4. 4Funding of services—Lord Chancellor
  5. 5Funding of services—Lord Chancellor
  6. 6Funding of services—Lord Chancellor
  7. 7Funding of services—Legal Services Commission
  8. 8Funding of services—Legal Services Commission
  9. 9Funding of services—Legal Services Commission
  10. 10Proceedings for contempt
  11. 11Proceedings for contempt
  12. 12Proceedings for contempt
  13. 13Proceedings for contempt
  14. 14Very High Cost Cases—assignment of cases to categories and solicitors to levels
  15. Signature
  16. Schedule 1
  17. 1General
  18. 2Interim payment of disbursements
  19. 3Interim disbursements and final determination of costs
  20. 4Interim payments in cases awaiting determination
  21. 5Amount of interim payments in cases awaiting determination
  22. 6Staged payments in long Crown Court cases
  23. 7Interim payments for attendance at trial and refreshers
  24. 8Advance payments for early preparation in Crown Court cases
  25. 9Hardship payments
  26. 10Computation of final claim
  27. 11Claims for costs by solicitors
  28. 12Determination of solicitors' fees
  29. 13Determination of solicitors' disbursements
  30. 14Claims for fees by an advocate
  31. 15Determination of advocate’s fees
  32. 16Determination of advocate’s fees
  33. 17Payment of costs
  34. 18Recovery of overpayments
  35. 19Notification of costs
  36. 20Redetermination of costs by appropriate officer
  37. 21Appeals to a Costs Judge
  38. 22Appeals to the High Court
  39. 23Time limits
  40. 24House of Lords
  41. Schedule 2: SOLICITORS' FEES
  42. Part 1: FEES DETERMINED UNDER PARAGRAPH 12 OF SCHEDULE 1
  43. 1Paragraph 1
  44. 2Paragraph 2
  45. 3Paragraph 3
  46. 4Paragraph 4
  47. Part 2: STANDARD FEES IN THE CROWN COURT
  48. 1Application
  49. 2Allowance of standard fees
  50. 3Allowance of standard fees
  51. 4Standard fees
  52. 5Disbursements
  53. 6Re-determinations and appeals
  54. 7Re-determinations and appeals
  55. 8Re-determinations and appeals
  56. Schedule 3: COUNSEL'S FEES
  57. 1Paragraph 1
  58. 2Paragraph 2
  59. 3Paragraph 3
  60. 4Paragraph 4
  61. 5Paragraph 5
  62. Schedule 4: FEES FOR ADVOCACY IN THE CROWN COURT
  63. Part 1: DEFINITION AND SCOPE
  64. 1Paragraph 1
  65. 2Paragraph 2
  66. 3Paragraph 3
  67. 4Paragraph 4
  68. 5Paragraph 5
  69. 6Paragraph 6
  70. Part 2: GRADUATED FEES FOR TRIAL
  71. 7Paragraph 7
  72. 8Paragraph 8
  73. Part 3: GRADUATED FEES FOR GUILTY PLEAS AND CRACKED TRIALS
  74. 9Paragraph 9
  75. 10Paragraph 10
  76. Part 4: FIXED AND HOURLY FEES
  77. 11Paragraph 11
  78. 12Paragraph 12
  79. 13Paragraph 13
  80. 14Paragraph 14
  81. 15Paragraph 15
  82. 16Paragraph 16
  83. 17Paragraph 17
  84. 18Paragraph 18
  85. 19Paragraph 19
  86. 20Paragraph 20
  87. 21Paragraph 21
  88. 22Paragraph 22
  89. Part 5: MISCELLANEOUS
  90. 23Paragraph 23
  91. 24Paragraph 24
  92. 25Paragraph 25
  93. Schedule 5VERY HIGH COST CASES
  94. 1.1Paragraph 1.1
  95. 2.1Paragraph 2.1
  96. 3.1Paragraph 3.1
  97. 3.2Paragraph 3.2
  98. 4.1Paragraph 4.1
  99. Explanatory note