# The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1988, Paragraph 9


Where counsel is instructed to appear in a court which is not within 25 miles of his chambers, the appropriate authority may allow an amount in respect of counsel’s attendance at that court to cover any travelling and hotel expenses actually and reasonably incurred and necessarily and exclusively attributable to counsel’s attendance at that court; provided that the amount allowed shall not be greater than the amount, if any, which would be payable to counsel practising from the nearest local Bar unless counsel can justify his attendance having regard to all the relevant circumstances of the case.
TABLE
Type of proceedings
Standard fee
Jury trials (including any case prepared for trial in which no jury is sworn)
£170
Guilty pleas
£90
Appeals against conviction
£90
Appeals against sentence
£57
Committals for sentence
£57
Standard appearance fee
£35
Standard refresher fee
(1) Half day
£62
(2) Full day
£120
(3) More than a full day
£182

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/423/schedule/2/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-criminal-proceedings-costs-regulations-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-9
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