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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-very-high-cost-cases-funding-order-2013/schedule-2/part-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-very-high-cost-cases-funding-order-2013/schedule-2/part-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2804",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) (Funding) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-defence-service-very-high-cost-cases-funding-order-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Table 1\nPreparation (hourly rates)\nCategory 1\n£\nCategory 2\n£\nCategory 3\n£\nCategory 4\n£\nStandard rates\n£\nLitigator\nLevel A\n145.00\n113.00\n91.00\n91.00\n55.75\nLevel B\n127.00\n100.00\n79.00\n79.00\n47.25\nLevel C\n84.00\n65.00\n51.00\n51.00\n34.00\nPupil/junior\n45.00\n36.00\n30.00\n30.00\nBarrister\nQC\n145.00\n113.00\n91.00\n91.00\nLeading junior\n127.00\n100.00\n79.00\n79.00\nLed junior\n91.00\n73.00\n61.00\n61.00\nJunior alone\n100.00\n82.00\n70.00\n70.00\n2nd led junior\n63.00\n50.00\n43.00\n43.00\nSolicitor Advocate\nLeading level A\n145.00\n113.00\n91.00\n91.00\nLed level A\n127.00\n100.00\n79.00\n79.00\nLeading level B\n127.00\n100.00\n79.00\n79.00\nLed level B\n104.00\n86.00\n66.00\n66.00\nLevel A alone\n131.00\n109.00\n88.00\n88.00\nLevel B alone\n113.00\n95.00\n75.00\n75.00\nSecond advocate\n63.00\n50.00\n43.00\n43.00\nTable 2\nAdvocacy\nPreliminary hearing\n£\nHalf day\n£\nFull day\n£\nQC\n113.00\n238.00\n476.00\nLeading junior\n86.00\n195.00\n390.00\nLed junior\n58.00\n126.00\n252.00\nJunior alone\n67.00\n143.00\n285.00\n2nd led junior\n34.00\n64.00\n128.00\nNoting junior\n29.00\n55.00\n109.00\nTable 3\nAttendance at court with Counsel (hourly rates for solicitors)\n£\nLevel A\n42.25\nLevel B\n34.00\nLevel C\n20.50\nTable 4\nTravelling, waiting and mileage\n£\nTravelling\n25 per hour (up to a maximum of 4 hours in one day)\nWaiting\n25 per hour\nMileage\n0.45 per mile",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2804/schedule/2/part/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:35:53.091917+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."
}