Very High Cost Cases – Determination of representatives' fees17.
(1)
Costs in respect of work done in a Very High Cost Case shall be assessed and determined by the taxing master in accordance with this rule and having regard to such directions and guidance as may be issued by the Lord Chancellor.
(2)
When assessing the costs payable under paragraph (1), the taxing master shall have regard, among the matters which are relevant, to –
(a)
the Basic Trial Fee, the Guilty Plea 1 Fee or the Guilty Plea 2 Fee which would otherwise be payable if the case in question were not a Very High Cost Case, as appropriate to the representative (including the category of advocate instructed, as applicable) and the offence for which the assisted person was tried, and
(b)
the rates of payment set out in Schedule 2.
(3)
The provisions of rules 4, 7, 8(1) and (3), 9, 10, 11(1) and (3), 12, 13, 14 and 15 shall apply with the necessary modifications to the costs payable under this rule.