Paragraph 6 I1

Paragraph 4 (advice and assistance and advocacy assistance by a court duty solicitor and advocacy assistance at the virtual court) is amended as follows.

For the table following sub-paragraph (1), substitute—

“

Advice and Assistance and Advocacy Assistance by a court Duty Solicitor

	London (£)	National (£)
Standard hourly rate (attendance and waiting at a magistrates’ court)	57.87	56.51
Enhanced hourly rate (only payable in respect of work done on a day which is not a Business Day)	72.30	70.62
Travelling hourly rate (only payable where the Duty Solicitor is called out (including being called to return) to the court from the Office or attends on a day that is not a Business Day. Reasonable travel expenses may also be claimed (where relevant)).	27.60	27.60

”

For the table following sub-paragraph (2), substitute—

“

Advocacy Assistance at the Virtual Court

	London (£)	National (£)
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Business Hours	209.88	157.41
Virtual Court Fixed Fee where the hearing is held during Unsocial hours	251.85	188.89

”