# The Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 S.I. 1992/596 · made 9 March 1992 These Regulations increase the rates of remuneration for work done under a legal aid certificate in family proceedings to which prescribed rates apply by an overall 3% Made under: Legal Aid Act 1988 (Section 34, Section 43) ## Introductory text LEGAL AID AND ADVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES Made 9th March 1992 Laid before Parliament 11th March 1992 Coming into force 1st April 1992 The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 34 and 43 of the Legal Aid Act 1988, having had regard to the matters specified in section 34(9) and consulted the General Council of the Bar and the Law Society, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations: ## 1 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. ## 2 For the Schedules to the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings (Remuneration) Regulations 1991 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) ## Signature Mackay of Clashfern, C. Dated 6th March 1992 We consent, Gregory Knight Irvine Patnick Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 9th March 1992 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations increase the rates of remuneration for work done under a legal aid certificate in family proceedings to which prescribed rates apply by an overall 3% --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/596 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-in-family-proceedings-remuneration-amendment-regulations-1992 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.