Article 11 Proceedings for contempt

A representative may, when he claims remuneration for work done in respect of proceedings referred to in section 12(2)(f) of the Act, claim that there are exceptional circumstances which justify remuneration greater than the standard fee specified in article 10.

If the appropriate officer decides that there are such exceptional circumstances, he may allow the representative such fee as appears to him to be reasonable (having regard to the standard fee) for such work as appears to him to have been reasonably done.

If the appropriate officer decides that there are no such exceptional circumstances, the standard fee shall apply.

The fee allowed to a representative (other than an advocate) under this article shall not exceed the rates set out in Schedule 2 as appropriate to the type of work, the court in which the proceedings took place, the grade and the situation of the office of the fee-earner who did the work.

In the application of paragraph (4), the rates appropriate to the Crown Court shall apply to proceedings in all courts other than the magistrates' courts.

Where a court grants representation to a person for the purposes of proceedings for contempt, it may assign to him, for the purposes of those proceedings, any representative who is within the precincts of the court.

Where the fee-earner who did the work was not assigned by the court under sub-paragraph (6), the fee allowed for his work shall not exceed the rate set out in Schedule 2 as appropriate to the lowest grade of fee-earner which the appropriate officer considers would have been competent to do the work.

The total of the fees allowed to an advocate under this article in respect of proceedings covered by any one representation order shall not exceed the amounts set out in Schedule 3 as appropriate to a single junior counsel instructed in an appeal to the Crown Court against conviction.