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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2001/schedule-2/part-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/855",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2001",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, for proceedings in the Crown Court and Court of Appeal the appropriate officer shall allow fees for work allowed by it under paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 at the following prescribed rates:\nClass of work\nGrade of fee-earner\nRate\nPreparation\nSenior solicitor\n£53.00 per hour—\n(£55.75 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within the London region of the Commission)\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience\n£45.00 per hour—\n(£47.25 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within the London region of the Commission)\nTrainee or fee-earner of equivalent experience\n£29.75 per hour—\n(£34.00 per hour for a fee-earner whose office is situated within the London region of the Commission)\nAdvocacy (other than in the Crown Court)\nSenior solicitor\nSolicitor\n£64.00 per hour\n£56.00 per hour\nAttendance at court where more than one representative assigned\nSenior solicitor\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience\nTrainee or fee-earner of equivalent experience\n£42.25 per hour\n£34.00 per hour\n£20.50 per hour\nTravelling and waiting\nSenior solicitor\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience\nTrainee or fee-earner of equivalent experience\n£24.75 per hour\n£24. 75 per hour\n£12.50 per hour\nRoutine letters written and routine telephone calls\n£3.45 per item—\n(£3.60 per item for a fee-earner whose office is situated within the London region of the Commission)",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (with transtl provns)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/389",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2621",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2621",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/855/schedule/2/part/1/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:57:33.921504+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}