{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1987/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/369",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done on or after 1st April 1987 —\n“1 Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the appropriate authority shall allow fees for work allowed by it under regulation 5 at the following standard rates:\n(a) Magistrates' court proceedings\nClass of work\nRate\nPreparation\n£32.50 per hour\n— (£33.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within a London postal district)\nAdvocacy\n£40.50 per hour\nAttendance at court where counsel assigned\n£21.50 per hour\nTravelling and waiting\n£19.00 per hour\nRoutine letters written and routine telephone calls\n£2.50 per item\n(b) Crown Court and Court of Appeal proceedings\nClass of work\nGrade of fee-earner\nRate\nPreparation\nSenior solicitor\n£38 per hour\n£39.50 —\n} per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within a London postal district\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience }\n£32.50 per hour\n£33.50 —\nArticled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience }\n£21.50 per hour\n£24.50 —\nAdvocacy\nSenior solicitor\n£40.50 per hour\nSolicitor\n£40.50 per hour\nAttendance at court where counsel assigned\nSenior solicitor\n£31.00 per hour\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience }\n£24.50 per hour\nArticled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience }\n£15.50 per hour\nTravelling and waiting\nSenior solicitor\n£19 per hour\nSolicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience }\n£19 per hour\nArticled clerk or fee-earner of equivalent experience }\n£ 9.50 per hour\nRoutine letters written and routine telephone calls\n£ 2.50 per item\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/369/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:30:59.468610+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."
}