Paragraph 4 Calculation of Graduated Fees

England and Wales

The amount of the graduated fee for a single trial advocate representing one assisted person being tried on one indictment in the Crown Court in a trial F1... must be calculated in accordance with the following formula—

G F = B F + (D \times D A F)

F2Where—

GF is the amount of the graduated fee;

BF is the basic fee specified as appropriate to the band of the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate (see paragraph 5);

D is the number of days or parts of a day on which the advocate attends at court by which the trial exceeds 1 day;

DAF is the fee payable in respect of daily attendance at court for the number of days by which the trial exceeds 1 day, as appropriate to the band of the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the category of trial advocate (see paragraph 5A).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4 omitted (1.4.2018) by virtue of The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/220), regs. 1, 9(a) (with reg. 34)
F2: Words in Sch. 1 para. 4 substituted (1.4.2018) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/220), regs. 1, 9(b) (with reg. 34)