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Part 4 F1

Table 1

Preparation (hourly rates)

	Category 1 (£)	Category 2 (£)	Category 3 (£)	Category 4 (£)	Standard Rates (£)
Litigator
Level A	116.73	90.97	73.26	73.26	44.88
Level B	102.24	80.50	63.60	63.60	38.04
Level C	67.62	52.33	41.06	41.06	28.18
Pupil/Junior	36.23	28.98	24.15	24.15
Barrister
QC	101.50	79.10	63.70	63.70
Leading junior	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30
Led junior	63.70	51.10	42.70	42.70
Junior alone	70.00	57.40	49.00	49.00
2^nd Led junior	44.10	35.00	30.10	30.10
Solicitor Advocate
Leading level A	101.50	79.10	63.70	63.70
Led level A	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30
Leading level B	88.90	70.00	55.30	55.30
Led level B	72.80	60.20	46.20	46.20
Level A alone	91.70	76.30	61.60	61.60
Level B alone	79.10	66.50	52.50	52.50
Second advocate	44.10	35.00	30.10	30.10

Table 2

Advocacy rates

	Preliminary hearing (£)	Half day (£)	Full day (£)
QC	79.10	166.60	333.20
Leading junior	60.20	136.50	273.00
Led junior	40.60	88.20	176.40
Junior alone	46.90	100.10	199.50
2^nd Led junior	23.80	44.80	89.60
Noting junior	20.30	38.50	76.30

Table 3

Attendance at court with Advocate (hourly rates for litigators)

	£
Level A	34.02
Level B	27.37
Level C	16.50

Table 4

Travelling, waiting and mileage

	£
Travelling (hourly rates)	28.75 (up to a maximum of 4 hours in one day)
Waiting (hourly rates)	28.75
Mileage	00.45 per mile

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 6 Pt. 4 inserted (30.9.2022) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/848), reg. 1(1), Sch. 6 para. 2 (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))

Notes on Schedule 6

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 6 inserted (2.12.2013) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2803), regs. 1, 3(8), Sch. 2 (with reg. 4)