{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-notification-of-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2000/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-notification-of-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2000/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1801",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Aid (Notification of Very High Cost Cases) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/legal-aid-notification-of-very-high-cost-cases-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Notification of Very High Cost Cases",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to Very High Cost Cases where representation is provided under Part V of the Legal Aid Act 1988.\n(2) A Very High Cost Case is a case with regard to which:\n(a) if the case proceeds to trial, that trial would be likely to last for 25 days or longer; or\n(b) the defence costs with regard to any one defendant (or group of defendants represented by the same firm of solicitors) are likely to amount to £150,000 or greater (such sum to include the solicitor’s costs and counsel’s fees and VAT).\n(3) Any solicitor who has conduct of a case which is a Very High Cost Case shall notify the Legal Services Commission in writing accordingly as soon as is practicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1801/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:13.234519+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."
}