{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Prescribed fee rates",
  "text": "Subject to paragraphs 28 and 29, for proceedings in the Crown Court to which paragraph 26 applies the appropriate officer must allow fees for work under paragraph 26(2) at the following prescribed rates—\nClass of work\nGrade of fee earner\nRate\nVariations\nPreparation\nSenior Solicitor\n£55.61 per hour\n£58.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£47.22 per hour\n£49.59 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£31.22 per hour\n£35.68 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nConsideration of unused material in excess of 3 hours\nSenior solicitor\n£55.61 per hour\n£58.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£47.22 per hour\n£49.59 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£31.22 per hour\n£35.68 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nAttendance at court where more than one representative instructed\nSenior solicitor\n£44.33 per hour\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£35.68 per hour\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£21.52 per hour\nTravelling and waiting\nSenior solicitor\n£25.97 per hour\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£25.97 per hour\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£13.12 per hour\nWriting routine letters and dealing with routine telephone calls\n£3.62 per item\n£3.78 per item for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 27 table substituted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 19 (with reg. 3) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1035), regs. 1(1), 2(1)) (which affecting provision is amended so that the increases to certain fees apply to a wider range of cases (23.12.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1267), regs. 1(1), 3, Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/435/schedule/2/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:58.309346+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."
}