Amendments to the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 20132

1

The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) Regulations 20133 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “advocates’ meeting”, for “paragraph 10 of Practice Direction 12A (Public Law Proceedings Guide to Case Management: April 2010) to the Family Procedure Rules 2010” substitute “paragraph 1.3 of Practice Direction 12A (Care, Supervision and other Part 4 Proceedings: Guide to Case Management) to the Family Procedure Rules 20104”.

3

In regulation 8(2)(b) (remuneration: advocacy services in family proceedings), for “fees and rates set out in” substitute “provisions of”.

4

In Schedule 3 (Family Advocacy Scheme: Fees and Rates)—

a

after paragraph 1 (interpretation), insert—

Bolt on fees - advocate’s bundle2

1

The Lord Chancellor must pay a bolt-on fee at the rates set out in tables 1(d) (Public Law – bolt-on fee – advocate’s bundle payments) or 2(e) (Private Law Children and finance – bolt-on fees – advocate’s bundle payment) as applicable to an advocate providing advocacy services in family proceedings where—

a

the advocate’s bundle for a hearing exceeds 350 pages; and

b

the advocate submits a claim on a form specified by the Lord Chancellor.

2

An advocate must provide any additional information or documents requested by the Lord Chancellor as evidence that paragraph 2(1)(a) is satisfied.

3

For the purposes of this paragraph the advocate’s bundle—

a

may only include—

i

those documents relevant to the case which have been served by the parties to the proceedings to which the hearing relates; and

ii

notes of contact visits if included in the court bundle; and

b

must include a paginated index agreed by the parties to those proceedings.

4

In this paragraph, “court bundle” means the bundle prepared for the hearing to which the claim relates in accordance with Practice Direction 27A - Family Proceedings: Court Bundles (universal practice to be applied in the High Court and Family Court) to the Family Procedure Rules 20105.

b

in tables 1(d) and 2(e)—

i

in the heading of each table, for “court” substitute “advocate’s”;

ii

for “CB1”, substitute “ABP1”;

iii

for “CB2”, substitute “ABP2”; and

iv

for “CB3”, substitute “ABP3”.