Article 24 Payment of fees to litigators – Crown Court

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 24(1A) inserted by Criminal Defence Service (Funding) 2007 art. 21(a)
art. 24(2)(a) word substituted by Criminal Defence Service (Funding) 2007 art. 21(b)
art. 24(3) words omitted by Criminal Defence Service (Funding) 2007 art. 21(c)
art. 24(4) omitted by Criminal Defence Service (Funding) 2007 art. 21(d)

(1)

Having determined the fees payable to a litigator in accordance with Schedule 2, the appropriate officer must authorise payment accordingly.

(2)

Where, as a result of any redetermination or appeal made or brought pursuant to articles 29 to 31—

(a)

the fees payable under paragraph (1) are increased, the appropriate officer must authorise payment of the increase; and

(b)

the fees payable under paragraph (1) are decreased, the litigator must repay the amount of such decrease.

(3)

Where the payment of any fees of the litigator is ordered under article 30(12) or paragraph 14(5) of Schedule 2 or article 31(8), the appropriate officer must authorise payment.

(4)

This article does not apply to a Very High Cost Case which is the subject of an individual contract for the provision of funded services.