Regulation 13 Amendment of Schedule 1 (advocates’ graduated fee scheme)
For paragraph 8 (tables of fees), substitute—
“Basic fees for guilty pleas and cracked trials
8.Subject to, and for the purposes of, paragraph 7, in relation to the offence concerned, the basic fee—
(a)where there is a guilty plea, or where the trial cracks in the first third or the second third, is the amount set out in Table A following this paragraph; or
(b)where the trial cracks in the final third, is the amount set out in Table B following this paragraph,
which corresponds with the band within which the offence falls (as set out in column (1) of the relevant table) and the category of the advocate concerned (as set out in columns (2) to (4) of the relevant table).
Table A
Basic fees where there is a guilty plea or where the trial cracks in the first third or the second third
(1) Band of offence Amount of basic fee per category of trial advocate (2) Junior Alone or Led Junior (3) Leading Junior (4) Queen’s Counsel 1.1 £4,250 £6,375 £8,500 1.2 £2,125 £3,190 £4,250 1.3 £1,275 £1,915 £2,550 1.4 £1,065 £1,595 £2,125 2.1 £4,250 £6,375 £8,500 2.2 £1,275 £1,915 £2,550 3.1 £1,750 £2,625 £3,500 3.2 £1,000 £1,500 £2,000 3.3 £500 £750 £1,000 3.4 £375 £565 £750 3.5 £300 £450 £600 4.1 £1,000 £1,500 £2,000 4.2 £700 £1,050 £1,400 4.3 £500 £750 £1,000 5.1 £900 £1,350 £1,800 5.2 £700 £1,050 £1,400 5.3 £500 £750 £1,000 6.1 £4,000 £6,000 £8,000 6.2 £2,500 £3,750 £5,000 6.3 £1,000 £1,500 £2,000 6.4 £375 £565 £750 6.5 £325 £490 £650 7.1 £700 £1,050 £1,400 7.2 £400 £600 £800 7.3 £375 £565 £750 8.1 £600 £900 £1,200 9.1 £2,500 £3,750 £5,000 9.2 £2,000 £3,000 £4,000 9.3 £1,500 £2,250 £3,000 9.4 £1,000 £1,500 £2,000 9.5 £800 £1,200 £1,600 9.6 £600 £900 £1,200 9.7 £400 £600 £800 10.1 £1,100 £1,650 £2,200 11.1 £600 £900 £1,200 11.2 £340 £505 £675 12.1 £1,000 £1,500 £2,000 12.2 £600 £900 £1,200 12.3 £400 £600 £800 13.1 £650 £975 £1,300 14.1 £750 £1,125 £1,500 15.1 £700 £1,050 £1,400 15.2 £375 £565 £750 15.3 £300 £450 £600 16.1 £1,100 £1,650 £2,200 16.2 £800 £1,200 £1,600 16.3 £500 £750 £1,000 17.1 £275 £415 £550 Table B
Basic fees where the trial cracks in the final third
(1) Band of offence Amount of basic fee per category of trial advocate (2) Junior Alone or Led Junior (3) Leading Junior (4) Queen’s Counsel 1.1 £7,225 £10,840 £14,450 1.2 £3,615 £5,420 £7,225 1.3 £2,170 £3,250 £4,335 1.4 £1,805 £2,710 £3,615 2.1 £7,225 £10,840 £14,450 2.2 £2,170 £3,250 £4,335 3.1 £2,975 £4,465 £5,950 3.2 £1,700 £2,550 £3,400 3.3 £850 £1,275 £1,700 3.4 £640 £955 £1,275 3.5 £510 £765 £1,020 4.1 £1,700 £2,550 £3,400 4.2 £1,190 £1,785 £2,380 4.3 £850 £1,275 £1,700 5.1 £1,530 £2,295 £3,060 5.2 £1,190 £1,785 £2,380 5.3 £850 £1,275 £1,700 6.1 £6,800 £10,200 £13,600 6.2 £4,250 £6,375 £8,500 6.3 £1,700 £2,550 £3,400 6.4 £640 £955 £1,275 6.5 £555 £830 £1,105 7.1 £1,190 £1,785 £2,380 7.2 £680 £1,020 £1,360 7.3 £640 £955 £1,275 8.1 £1,020 £1,530 £2,040 9.1 £4,250 £6,375 £8,500 9.2 £3,400 £5,100 £6,800 9.3 £2,550 £3,825 £5,100 9.4 £1,700 £2,550 £3,400 9.5 £1,360 £2,040 £2,720 9.6 £1,020 £1,530 £2,040 9.7 £680 £1,020 £1,360 10.1 £1,870 £2,805 £3,740 11.1 £1,020 £1,530 £2,040 11.2 £575 £860 £1,150 12.1 £1,700 £2,550 £3,400 12.2 £1,020 £1,530 £2,040 12.3 £680 £1,020 £1,360 13.1 £1,105 £1,660 £2,210 14.1 £1,275 £1,915 £2,550 15.1 £1,190 £1,785 £2,380 15.2 £640 £955 £1,275 15.3 £510 £765 £1,020 16.1 £1,870 £2,805 £3,740 16.2 £1,360 £2,040 £2,720 16.3 £850 £1,275 £1,700 17.1 £470 £705 £940 ”.