Regulation 13 Determination of solicitors' fees
The appropriate officer may allow work done by fee-earners in the following classes—
preparation, including taking instructions, advising, interviewing witnesses, ascertaining the Regulator’s case, preparing and perusing documents, dealing with letters and telephone calls which are not routine, preparing for advocacy, instructing an advocate and expert witnesses, conferences and consultations;
advocacy;
attending at court where an advocate is assigned, including conferences with the advocate at court;
travelling and waiting; and
dealing with routine letters written and routine telephone calls.
The appropriate officer shall consider the claim, any further particulars, information or documents submitted by the solicitor under regulation 12 and any other relevant information and shall allow—
such work as appears to him to have been reasonably done under the legal assistance order by a fee-earner, classifying such work according to the classes specified in paragraph (1) as he considers appropriate; and
such time in each class of work allowed by him (other than routine letters written and routine telephone calls) as he considers reasonable.
In respect of all cases where the solicitor acts as advocate before the Tribunal, the appropriate officer shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of regulation 16 as if the fee-earner who did the work had been an advocate.
In respect of all other classes of work, the provisions of this regulation shall apply.
Subject to paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (6), the appropriate officer shall allow fees for work allowed by him under this regulation in accordance with Schedule 1.
The fees allowed in accordance with Schedule 1 shall be those appropriate to such of the following grades of fee-earner as the appropriate officer considers reasonable—
senior solicitor;
solicitor, legal executive or fee-earner of equivalent experience;
trainee or fee-earner of equivalent experience.