{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-legal-aid-remuneration-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-7.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/3/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Litigators' fees for proceedings in the Court of Appeal",
  "text": "(1) For proceedings in the Court of Appeal the appropriate officer must allow fees for work by litigators at the following prescribed rates—\nClass of work\nGrade of fee earner\nRate\nVariations\nPreparation\nSenior solicitor\n£61.17 per hour\n£64.35 per hour for a litigator whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£51.94 per hour\n£54.55 per hour for a litigator whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£34.34 per hour\n£39.25 per hour for a litigator whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\nAdvocacy\nSenior solicitor\n£73.88 per hour\nSolicitor\n£64.65 per hour\nAttendance at court where more than one representative assigned\nSenior solicitor\n£48.76 per hour\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£39.25 per hour\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£23.67 per hour\nTravelling and waiting\nSenior solicitor\n£28.57 per hour\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£28.57 per hour\nTrainee or fee earner of equivalent experience\n£14.43 per hour\nRoutine letters written and routine telephone calls\n£3.98 per item\n£4.16 per item for a litigator whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough\n(2) In respect of any item of work, the appropriate officer may allow fees at less than the relevant prescribed rate specified in the table following sub-paragraph (1) where it appears to the appropriate officer reasonable to do so having regard to the competence and despatch with which the work was done.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 7(1) table substituted (22.12.2025) by The Criminal Legal Aid (General and Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1251), reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 1 (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/435/schedule/3/paragraph/7",
    "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."
}