The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

For the Schedules to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991^f1 there shall be substituted, in respect of work done onor after 1st April 1992, the following new Schedules—

SCHEDULE 1

CARE PROCEEDINGS

PART 1

PREPARATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	High Court	County Court or Magistrates' Court
ITEM
1 Writing routine letters	£4.15 per item	£3.60 per item
2 Receiving routine letters	£2.05 per item	£1.80 per item
3 Routine telephone calls	£4.15 per item	£3.60 per item
4 All other preparation work including any work which was reasonablydone arising out of or incidental to the proceedings, interviews withclient, witnesses, and other parties; obtaining evidence; preparationand consideration of, and dealing with, documents, negotiations andnotices; dealing with letters written and received and telephone callswhich are not routine	£64.50 per hour (£68.75 per hour	£57.25 per hour £60.25 per hour
	for a fee-earner whose office is situated within legal aid area 1)
5 Travelling and waiting time in connection with the above matters	£31.50 per hour	£28.75 per hour

PART II

conferences with counsel

6 Attending counsel in conference	£36.50 per hour	£32.00 per hour
7 Travelling and waiting	£31.50 per hour	£28.75 per hour

PART III

attendances

8 Attending with counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or thehearing of any summons or other application at court, or otherappointment	£36.50 per hour	£32.00 per hour
9 Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause orthe hearing of any summons or other application at court, or otherappointment	£63.00 per hour	£63.00 per hour
10 Travelling and waiting	£31.50 per hour	£28.75 per hour

PART IV

fees for junior counsel

11 With a brief on an unopposed application for an injunction, orprocedural issue	Standard £87.00	£75.00
	Maximum £144.00	£125.00
12 With a brief on the trial of a cause or matter or on the hearing ofan application where the hearing lasts for
(a) one hour	Standard £131.50	£112.50
	Maximum £264.00	£225.00
(b) a half day	Standard £182.00	£157.00
	Maximum £300.00	£264.00
(c) a full day	Standard £363.00	£313.00
	Maximum £576.00	£501.00
(d) more than a full day	Discretionary	Discretionary
13 For each day or part of a day on which the trial of a cause ormatter, or the hearing of an ancillary application, or a childrenappointment, is continued after the first day	Discretionary	Discretionary
14 Conference (including time reasonably spent in preparation andconference, but not otherwise remunerated)	Standard £20.00 per P hour	Standard £17.50 per P hour
15 (a) Complex items of written work (such as advices on evidence, opinionsand affidavits of a substantial nature, requests for particulars oranswers)	Standard £94.75 per item	Standard £81.50 per item
(b) All other written work	Standard £56.25 per item	Standard £49.50 per item
16 Except where the court is within 40kilometres of Charing Cross orwhere there is no local Bar in the court town, or within 40kilometresthereof, for travelling time	Standard £18.25 per hour036 expenses	Standard £15.65 per hour036 expenses

PART V

taxation and review of taxation (high court and county court only)

17 Preparing the bill (where allowable) and completing the taxation(excluding preparing for and attending the taxation)	£31.50 — £88.00	£31.50 — £50.25
18 Preparing for and attending the taxation (including travelling andwaiting)	Discretionary	Discretionary
19 Review by district judge or judge (including preparation)	Discretionary	Discretionary

SCHEDULE 2

PRESCRIBED FAMILY PROCEEDINGS

(a) High Court and county court proceedings

PART I

preparation

Column 1	Column 2 High Court	Column 3 County Court
	High Court	County Court
ITEM
1 Writing routine letters	£4.15 per item	£3.60 per item
2 Receiving routine letters	£2.05 per item	£1.80 per item
3 Routine telephone calls	£4.15 per item	£3.60 per item
4 All other preparation work including any work which was reasonablydone arising out of or incidental to the proceedings, interviews withclient, witnesses, and other parties; obtaining evidence; preparationand consideration of, and dealing with, documents, negotiations andnotices; dealing with letters written and received and telephone callswhich are not routine	Where the proceedings were conducted in the divorceregistry or in another court on the South-Eastern Circuit at the timewhen the relevant work was done:
	£46.00 per hour	£40.25 per hour
	All other circuits:
	£43.00 per hour	£38.20 per hour
5 In addition to items 1—4 above, to cover the general careand conduct of the proceedings	+50%	+50%
6 Travelling and waiting time in connection with the above matters	£31.50 per hour	£28.75 per hour

PART II

conferences with counsel

7 Attending counsel in conference	£36.50 per hour	£32.00 per hour
8 Travelling and waiting	£31.50 per hour	£28.75 per hour

PART III

attendances

9 Attending with counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or thehearing of any summons or other application at court, or otherappointment	£36.50 per hour	£32.00 per hour
10 Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause orthe hearing of any summons or other application at court, or otherappointment	£55.00 per hour	£52.00 per hour
11 Travelling and waiting	£31.50 per hour	£28.75 per hour

PART IV

fees for junior counsel

12 With a brief on an unopposed application for an injunction, orprocedural issue	Standard £87.00	£75.00
	Maximum £144.00	£125.00
13 With a brief on the trial of a cause or matter or on the hearing ofan ancillary application or on a children appointment where the hearinglasts for
(a) one hour	Standard £131.50	£112.50
	Maximum £264.00	£225.00
(b) a half day	Standard £182.00	£157.00
	Maximum £300.00	£264.00
(c) a full day	Standard £363.00	£313.00
	Maximum £576.00	£501.00
(d) more than a full day	Discretionary	Discretionary
14 For each day or part of a day on which the trial of a cause ormatter, or the hearing of an ancillary application, or a childrenappointment, is continued after the first day	Discretionary	Discretionary
15 Conference (including time reasonably spent in preparation andconference, but not otherwise remunerated)	Standard £20.00 per P hour	Standard £17.50 per P hour
16 (a) Complex items of written work (such as advices on evidence, opinionsand affidavits of a substantial nature, requests for particulars oranswers)	Standard £94.75 per item	Standard £81.50 per item
(b) All other written work	Standard £56.25 per item	Standard £49.50 per item
17 Except where the court is within 40kilometres of Charing Cross orwhere there is no local Bar in the court town, or within 40kilometresthereof, for travelling time	Standard £18.25 per hour036 expenses	Standard £15.65 per hour036 expenses

PART V

taxation and review of taxation

18 Preparing the bill (where allowable) and completing the taxation(excluding preparing for and attending the taxation)	£31.50 — £88.00	£31.50 — £50.25
19 Preparing for and attending the taxation (including travelling andwaiting)	Discretionary	Discretionary
20 Review by district judge or judge (including preparation)	Discretionary	Discretionary

(b) Magistrates' court proceedings

Class of work	Rate
Preparation	£43.25 per hour—(£46.00 per hour for a fee-earner whoseoffice is situated within legal aid area 1)
Advocacy	£54.50 per hour
Attendance at court where counsel assigned	£29.50 per hour
Travelling and waiting	£24.25 per hour
Routine letters written and routine telephone	£3.35 per item—(£3.50 per item for a fee-earner whoseoffice is situated within legal aid area 1)

(This note is not part of the Regulations)