The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2005 No. 112

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 N.I.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 substituted (with application in accordance with rule 3(1) of the amending Rule) by The Legal Aid for Crown Court Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/267), rule. 1, Sch. (with rule. 4)

Levels of fee earner N.I.

9.— (1) When determining solicitors’ fees under rule 17, the taxing master must assign each solicitor or other fee earner providing funded services in a Very High Cost Case to one of the three levels referred to in the Tables following paragraphs 10 and 11. N.I.

(2) In order to be assigned as a senior solicitor under sub-paragraph (1), a solicitor must provide evidence that he meets the requirements of the definition given in paragraph 3.

(3) Any question as to whether a fee earner fulfils the criteria for a particular level must be determined by the taxing master, who must consider the circumstances of the individual case.]