# The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007, Paragraph 5: Rates for preparation


(1) The hourly rates for preparation payable under this Schedule are the rates specified in the Table following this paragraph.
(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.
Hourly rates for preparation
Category 1 cases
Category 2 cases
Category 3 cases
Category 4 cases
Standard rates
£ per hour
£ per hour
£ per hour
£ per hour
£ per hour
Litigator
Level A
160
125
100
100
55.75
Level B
140
110
90
90
47.25
Level C
100
80
70
70
34.00
Barrister
QC
160
125
100
100
Leading junior
140
110
90
90
Led junior
100
80
70
70
Junior acting alone
110
90
80
80
Second led junior
70
55
50
—
Pupil or other junior
50
40
35
35
Solicitor Advocate
Leading level A
160
125
100
100
Led level A
140
110
90
90
Leading level B
140
110
90
90
Led level B
115
95
75
75
Level A alone
145
120
100
100
Level B alone
125
105
85
85
Second led solicitor advocate
70
55
50
50

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1174/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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