{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/222",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "TABLE\nPreparation\nType of Proceedings\nLower standard fee\nLower fee limit\nPrincipal standard fee\nUpper fee limit\nCrown Court trials (including any case prepared for trial which was otherwise disposed of)\n£129·50\n£179·00\n£249·50\n£312·00\nGuilty pleas\n£81·50\n£110·00\n£175·00\n£226·00\nAppeals to the county court against conviction\n£51·00\n£68·00\n£153·00\n£233·00\nAppeals to the county court against sentence\n£36·25\n£52·00\n£93·00\n£131·00\nProceedings of the type described in paragraph 1(2)(d)\n£42·50\n£51·00\n£97·75\n£141·00\nClass of Work\nGrade of fee-earner\nRate\nADVOCACY\nSenior solicitor\n£64·50 per hour\nSolicitor\n£56·00 per hour\nATTENDANCE AT COURT WHERE COUNSEL ASSIGNED\nSenior solicitor\n£42·25 per hour\nSenior solicitor Solicitor or fee-earner of equal experience\n£42·25 per hour £34·00 per hour\nAn apprentice or a pupil to a solicitor or fee- earner of equivalent experience\n£20·50 per hour\nTRAVELLING AND WAITING\nSenior solicitor\n£24·75 per hour\nSolicitor or fee-earner of equivalent experience\n£24·75 per hour\nAn apprentice or a pupil to a solicitor or fee- earner of equivalent experience\n£12·50 per hour",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/222/schedule/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:35:43.281221+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."
}