# The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013, Paragraph 12: Defendant uplifts


(1) The defendant uplift payable to a litigator is calculated in accordance with the table following this paragraph.
(2) Only one defendant uplift is payable in each case.
(3) In the table following this paragraph, the total fee means—
(a) in a cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence does not exceed the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1), the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 6(2);
(b) in a trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence does not exceed the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2), the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 7(2) plus the length of trial proxy specified in the table following paragraph 7(3);
(c) in a cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1), the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(2); and
(d) in a trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2), the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 9(2);
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) ...
Defendant uplifts
Total number of defendants represented by litigator
Percentage uplift to total fee
2-4
20%
5+
30%

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/435/schedule/2/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-12
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