{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1174",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Rates for preparation",
  "text": "(1) The hourly rates for preparation payable under this Schedule are the rates specified in the Table following this paragraph.\n(2) In circumstances where the Commission considers the preparation undertaken not to be of the exceptional nature appropriate to a Very High Cost Case, the standard rates of pay set out in column 6 of the Table following this paragraph will apply.\nHourly rates for preparation\nCategory 1 cases\nCategory 2 cases\nCategory 3 cases\nCategory 4 cases\nStandard rates\n£ per hour\n£ per hour\n£ per hour\n£ per hour\n£ per hour\nLitigator\nLevel A\n160\n125\n100\n100\n55.75\nLevel B\n140\n110\n90\n90\n47.25\nLevel C\n100\n80\n70\n70\n34.00\nBarrister\nQC\n160\n125\n100\n100\nLeading junior\n140\n110\n90\n90\nLed junior\n100\n80\n70\n70\nJunior acting alone\n110\n90\n80\n80\nSecond led junior\n70\n55\n50\n—\nPupil or other junior\n50\n40\n35\n35\nSolicitor Advocate\nLeading level A\n160\n125\n100\n100\nLed level A\n140\n110\n90\n90\nLeading level B\n140\n110\n90\n90\nLed level B\n115\n95\n75\n75\nLevel A alone\n145\n120\n100\n100\nLevel B alone\n125\n105\n85\n85\nSecond led solicitor advocate\n70\n55\n50\n50",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2007/3552",
      "affecting_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) (Amendment) Order 2007"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1174/schedule/3/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:55:19.074834+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."
}