The Criminal Defence Service (Very High Cost Cases) (Funding) Order 2013 No. 2804

SCHEDULE 1

PART 2

Table 1

Preparation (hourly rates)

	Category 1 £	Category 2 £	Category 3 £	Category 4 £	Standard rates £
Solicitor
Level A	152.50	119.00	95.50	95.50	55.75
Level B	133.00	104.50	83.50	83.50	47.25
Level C	88.50	69.00	54.00	54.00	34.00
Pupil/junior	48.00	38.50	31.50	31.50
Counsel
QC	152.50	119.00	95.50	95.50
Leading junior	133.00	104.50	83.50	83.50
Led junior	95.50	76.00	65.00	65.00
Junior alone	104.50	85.50	74.00	74.00
2nd led junior	67.00	53.00	46.00	46.00
Solicitor Advocate
Leading level A	152.50	119.00	95.50	95.50
Led level A	133.00	104.50	83.50	83.50
Leading level B	133.00	104.50	83.50	83.50
Led level B	110.00	90.50	69.00	69.00
Level A alone	138.00	115.00	93.50	93.50
Level B alone	116.00	99.50	78.50	78.50
Second advocate	67.00	53.00	46.00	46.00

Table 2 Advocacy

	Preliminary hearing £	Half day £	Full day £
QC	119.00	250.00	500.00
Leading junior	90.50	205.25	410.50
Led junior	61.00	132.75	265.50
Junior alone	70.00	150.00	300.00
2nd led junior	35.50	67.50	135.00
Noting junior	30.50	57.50	115.00

Table 3 Attendance at court with Counsel (hourly rates for solicitors)

	£
Level A	42.25
Level B	34.00
Level C	20.50

Table 4 Travelling, waiting and mileage

	£
Travelling	25 per hour (up to a maximum of 4 hours in one day)
Waiting	25 per hour
Mileage	0.45 per mile