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Article 9

SCHEDULE 2N.I.ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE

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PART 1N.I.General

1.  This Schedule applies to the determination of the remuneration payable to solicitors for providing advice and assistance, including those matters in which the Director has granted an extension under regulation 32 of the General Regulations.N.I.

2.  Where the remuneration or fees properly chargeable for the advice and assistance including charges for disbursements exceed any contribution payable by the client to the solicitor under Part 3 of the Financial Regulations together with the value of any charge arising under Article 17(7) of the 2003 Order, the solicitor shall submit a claim to the Department requesting payment of the deficiency.N.I.

3.—(1) The Department shall determine the claim submitted under Article 8 in accordance with the rates or fees set out in Part 2 or 3 of this Schedule, as applicable, and pay the assessed deficiency, if any, to the solicitor.N.I.

(2) In this paragraph “assessed deficiency” means the amount by which the sum allowed to the solicitor by the Department in assessing the claim under sub-paragraph (1) exceeds any contribution payable by the client to the solicitor under Part 3 of the Financial Regulations together with the value of any charge arising under Article 17(7) of the 2003 Order.

[F1(3) In respect of any claims for costs made for work done under Tables 2 and 3 of Part 2 of this Schedule, a solicitor may claim for mileage only at the rate of 35.7p per mile. No claim shall be entertained for travel and waiting time.

(4) Unless otherwise prescribed by this Schedule, travel and waiting time may be claimed at the rate of £24.25 per hour and mileage may be claimed at the rate of 35.7p per mile for matters falling within this Schedule.]

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PART 2N.I.[F2Matters other than those relating to PACE, Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 or Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019]

Table 1:

Solicitor – Hourly Rates

Work TypeRate
Advice£43.25 per hour
[F3Letters/Emails/Telephone Calls] [F4£3.35 per item / call]
F5. . .F5. . .
F6. . .F6. . .

Guide to Case Management in Public Law Children Order Proceedings (Article 50)

Table 2:
Solicitor – Composite Fees
Work TypeComposite Fee
Advice given to parent in relation to Letter Before Proceedings (LBP)£144
Preparation and Attendance with Parent at Pre-Proceedings Meeting (PPM)£347

All preparation work up to, and including, review of case by a single Parole Commissioner under Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008

M1Table 3:
Solicitor – Standard Fees
Work Type – Stage 1Standard Fee
Prisoner serving a Determinate Custodial
Sentence (DCS)£350
Prisoner serving an Extended Custodial
Sentence (ECS)£500
Prisoner serving an Indeterminate Custodial
Sentence (ICS)£700

Marginal Citations

PART 3N.I.Police and Criminal Evidence (PACE) matters[F7, Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 matters or Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 matters]

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Table 1:

Solicitor – Hourly Rates

1 This work relates to interviews conducted under the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) 1989 – S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12) [F8, Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 or Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019]

2 Unsocial hours are defined as between 7.00pm and 9.00am on any weekday, or any time on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday

Work Type1Rate
Normal Hours
Advice£51.90 per hour
[F3Letters/Emails/Telephone Calls]£4.02 per item
Telephone advice£23.70 per call
Travel and waiting time£29.10 per hour
Mileage rate42.8p per mile
Unsocial Hours2
Advice£69.20 per hour
[F3Letters/Emails/Telephone Calls]£5.36 per item
Telephone advice£31.60 per call
Travel and waiting time£38.80 per hour
Mileage rate42.8p per mile

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