The Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2014

1.—(1) In paragraph 1(3), after “the High Court”, insert “other than a judge of High Court judge level acting as a judge of the family court”.

(2) Part 1 (Civil Standard and Graduated Fees) of Schedule 1 to the 2013 Regulations is amended as follows.

(3) For Table 2(c) (Legal representation – section 31 Children Act 1989 Care or Supervision proceedings only) substitute—

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

Party	Person before whom proceedings are heard	Number of clients	Midlands	North	London and South	Wales
Child	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	1	£1,754	£1,438	£2,013	£1,965
Child	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	2 or more	£2,630	£2,156	£3,020	£2,948
Child	Judge of High Court judge level	1	£2,332	£1,913	£2,678	£2,613
Child	Judge of High Court judge level	2 or more	£3,498	£2,869	£4,015	£3,919
Joined Party	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge		£930	£718	£1,081	£1,171
Joined Party	Judge of High Court judge level		£1,237	£956	£1,437	£1,557
Parent	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	1	£2,300	£1,911	£2,616	£2,370
Parent	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	2	£2,876	£2,388	£3,270	£2,962
Parent	Judge of High Court judge level	1	£3,059	£2,541	£3,479	£3,152
Parent	Judge of High Court judge level	2	£3,824	£3,177	£4,349	£3,940”.

(4) For Table 3(f) (Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Children) substitute—

“Table 3(f): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Children

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£424	£302
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£509	£362
Non-London	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£353	£251
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£424	£302”.

(5) For Table 3(g) (Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Finance) substitute—

“Table 3(g): Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Finance

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Family help (higher) Standard Fee	Family help (higher) Settlement Fee	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£471	£95	£374
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£565	£113	£449
Non-London	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£392	£78	£311
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£471	£95	£374”.

(6) For Table 3(h) (Higher Standard Fee Scheme – Domestic Abuse Proceedings) substitute—

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

Region	Person or court before whom proceedings are heard	Legal representation Standard Fee
London	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£608
London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£729
Non-London	Assistant to a justices’ clerk, justices’ clerk, lay justice, judge of district judge level, judge of circuit judge level or costs judge	£507
Non-London	Judge of High Court judge level or Court of Protection	£608”.