The Criminal Defence Service (Funding) Order 2007

Rates for preparation

5.—(1) The hourly rates for preparation payable under this Schedule are the rates specified in the Table following this paragraph.

(2) In circumstances where the Commission considers the preparation undertaken not to be of the exceptional nature appropriate to a Very High Cost Case, the standard rates of pay set out in column 6 of the Table following this paragraph will apply.

Hourly rates for preparation

	Category 1 cases	Category 2 cases	Category 3 cases			Category 4 cases	Standard rates
	£ per hour	£ per hour	£ per hour			£ per hour	£ per hour
Litigator
Level A	160	125		100	100		55.75
Level B	140	110		90	90		47.25
Level C	100	80		70	70		34.00
Barrister
QC	160	125		100	100
Leading junior	140	110		90	90
Led junior	100	80		70	70
Junior acting alone	110	90		80	80
Second led junior	70	55		50	—
Pupil or other junior	50	40		35	35
Solicitor Advocate
Leading level A	160	125		100	100
Led level A	140	110		90	90
Leading level B	140	110		90	90
Led level B	115	95		75	75
Level A alone	145	120		100	100
Level B alone	125	105		85	85
Second led solicitor advocate	70	55		50	50