{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-funding-order-2007/schedule-3/paragraph-7.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/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Daily rates for advocates",
  "text": "(1) The daily rates payable to advocates under this Schedule are the rates specified in the Table following this paragraph.\n(2) Solicitor advocates will be paid the appropriate rate for a leading junior, a led junior, or a junior alone, as appropriate, as set out in the Table following this paragraph.\n(3) The full daily rate in the Table following this paragraph may be allowed if the advocate is in court for more than 3 hours 30 minutes; and half that rate will be allowed if he is in court for 3 hours 30 minutes or less.\nDaily rates for advocates\nCategory 1 cases (£ per day)\nCategory 2 cases (£ per day)\nCategory 3 cases (£ per day)\nCategory 4 cases (£ per day)\nQC\n525\n525\n525\n525\nLeading junior\n450\n450\n450\n450\nLed junior\n300\n300\n300\n300\nJunior alone\n330\n330\n330\n330\nSecond led junior\n150\n150\n150\n—\nNoter\n125\n125\n125\n125",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}