The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 2013

Legal help and help at court

3.  In Table 1, “consumer general contract”, “employment” and “personal injury” have the same meanings as in the category definitions of the 2010 Standard Civil Contract in force on 31^st March 2013(1).

Table 1

Category Definition	Schedule Authorisation Standard Fee	Schedule Authorisation Escape Fee Threshold
Actions Against the Police	£239	£717
Clinical Negligence	£195	£585
Community Care	£266	£798
Debt	£180	£540
Education	£272	£816
Housing	£157	£471
Miscellaneous	£159 (consumer general contract) £207 (employment) £203 (personal injury) £79 (all other matters)	£477 (consumer general contract) £621 (employment) £609 (personal injury) £237 (all other matters)
Public Law	£259	£777
Welfare Benefits	£150	£450

Table 2(a): Legal help

Family Public Law

Region	Fee
National	£132

Table 2(b): Family help (lower) - section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only

Region	Fee
National	£365

Table 2(c): Legal representation – section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only

Party	Court	Number of clients	Midlands	North	London and South	Wales
Child	Other	1	£1,949	£1,598	£2,237	£2,183
Child	Other	2 or more	£2,922	£2,396	£3,355	£3,275
Child	High Court	1	£2,591	£2,125	£2,975	£2,903
Child	High Court	2 or more	£3,887	£3,188	£4,461	£4,354
Joined Party	Other		£1,033	£798	£1,201	£1,301
Joined Party	High Court		£1,374	£1,602	£1,597	£1,730
Parent	Other	1	£2,556	£2,123	£2,907	£2,633
Parent	Other	2	£3,196	£2,653	£3,633	£3,291
Parent	High Court	1	£3,399	£2,823	£3,866	£3,502
Parent	High Court	2	£4,249	£3,530	£4,832	£4,378

Table 3(a): Legal help

Family Private Law

Region	Fee
National	£86

Table 3(b): Legal help – Divorce petition only

Region	Fee
National	£146

Table 3(c): Family help (lower) - Children

Region	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£230	£138
Non-London	£199	£119

Table 3(d): Family help (lower) - Finance

Region	Fee	Settlement Fee
London	£241	£145
Non-London	£208	£125

Table 3(e): Help with family mediation

Activity	Fee
Mediation Advice	£150
Mediation Consent Order (Finance)	£200

Table 3(f): Higher Standard Fee Scheme - Children

Region	Court	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	Court other than the High Court or Court of Protection	£424	£302
London	High Court or Court of Protection	£509	£362
Non-London	Court other than the High Court or Court of Protection	£353	£251
Non-London	High Court or Court of Protection	£424	£302

Table 3(g): Higher Standard Fee Scheme - Finance

Region	Court	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	Court other than the High Court or Court of Protection	£471	£95	£374
London	High Court or Court of Protection	£565	£113	£449
Non-London	Court other than the High Court or Court of Protection	£392	£78	£311
Non-London	High Court or Court of Protection	£471	£95	£374

Table 3(h): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Domestic Abuse Proceedings

Region	Court	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	Court other than the High Court or Court of Protection	£608
London	High Court or Court of Protection	£729
Non-London	Court other than the High Court or Court of Protection	£507
Non-London	High Court or Court of Protection	£608

Table 4(a): Immigration and Asylum Standard Fees

Immigration and Asylum

Type of matter	Stage 1 (legal help)	Stage 2a (controlled legal representation)	Stage 2b (controlled legal representation)
Asylum	£413	£227	£567
Immigration – non-asylum	£234	£227	£454

Table 4(b): Additional Payment – UKBA Interview

Representation at UKBA Interview

£266

Table 4(c): Additional Payments for Advocacy Services

Oral Case Management Review Hearing	£166
Telephone Case Management Review Hearing	£90
Substantive Hearing in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal	Asylum - £302 Immigration - £ 237
Additional Day Substantive Hearing	Asylum - £161 Immigration - £161

Table 4(d): Immigration Removal Centres Standard Fees (for Exclusive Schedule Holders only)

On Site Surgery – advising 5 or more clients	£360
On Site Surgery – advising 4 clients or less	£180
Fast Track Standby Payment	£34.02

Table 5(a): Basic Fees

Mental Health

Basic Fees	Value
Mental Health – non Tribunal	£253
Level 1 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£129
Level 2 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£321
Level 3 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£294

Table 5(b): Additional Fees

Additional Fees	Value
Adjourned Hearing Fee	£117
Remote Travel Payment: Level 1 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£69
Remote Travel Payment: Non-Tribunal, Level 2 (Mental Health Proceedings), Level 3 (Mental Health Proceedings)	£138

Table 6: Standard Fee

Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme

Region	Standard Fee
London	£75.60
Non-London	£71.55

(1)

The contract is available at www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid. Copies can be inspected at the Legal Aid Agency (Head Office) at 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ.