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Regulation 5

SCHEDULE 2E+WLitigators' Graduated Fee Scheme

This schedule has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

PART 1E+WDefinitions and Scope

InterpretationE+W

1.—(1) In this Schedule—

“case” means proceedings in the Crown Court against any one assisted person—

(a)

on one or more counts of a single indictment;

(b)

arising out of a single notice of appeal against conviction or sentence, or a single committal for sentence, whether on one or more charges; or

(c)

arising out of a single alleged breach of an order of the Crown Court,

and a case falling within paragraph (c) must be treated as a separate case from the proceedings in which the order was made;

“cracked trial” means a case on indictment in which—

(a)

[F1the assisted person enters a plea of not guilty to one or more counts at the first hearing at which he or she enters a plea] and—

(i)

the case does not proceed to trial (whether by reason of pleas of guilty or for other reasons) or the prosecution offers no evidence; and

(ii)

either—

(aa)

in respect of one or more counts to which the assisted person pleaded guilty, the assisted person did not so plead at the [F2first hearing at which he or she entered a plea]; or

(bb)

in respect of one or more counts which did not proceed, the prosecution did not, before or at the [F3first hearing at which the assisted person entered a plea], declare an intention of not proceeding with them; or

(b)

the case is listed for trial without a [F4hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea];

“guilty plea” means a case on indictment which—

(a)

is disposed of without a trial because the assisted person pleaded guilty to one or more counts; and

(b)

is not a cracked trial;

“main hearing” means—

(a)

in relation to a case which goes to trial, the trial;

(b)

in relation to a guilty plea, the hearing at which pleas are taken or, where there is more than one such hearing, the last such hearing;

(c)

in relation to a cracked trial, the hearing at which—

(i)

the case becomes a cracked trial by meeting the conditions in the definition of a cracked trial, whether or not any pleas were taken at that hearing; or

(ii)

a formal verdict of not guilty was entered as a result of the prosecution offering no evidence, whether or not the parties attended the hearing;

(d)

in relation to an appeal against conviction or sentence in the Crown Court, the hearing of the appeal;

(e)

in relation to proceedings arising out of a committal for sentence in the Crown Court, the sentencing hearing; and

(f)

in relation to proceedings arising out of an alleged breach of an order of the Crown Court, the hearing at which those proceedings are determined;

“Newton Hearing” means a hearing at which evidence is heard for the purpose of determining the sentence of a convicted person in accordance with the principles of R v Newton (1982) 77 Cr App R 13;

“PPE Cut-off” means the F5... number of pages of prosecution evidence for use in [F6determining] the fee payable to a litigator under this Schedule, as set out in the tables following paragraph 5(1) and (2) [F7;

“unused material” means material disclosed pursuant to the prosecutors’ obligations in Part 1 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, but does not include—

(a)

witness statements;

(b)

documentary and pictorial exhibits;

(c)

records of interviews with the assisted person; and

(d)

records of interviews with other defendants].

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, the number of pages of prosecution evidence served on the court must be determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) to (5).

(3) The number of pages of prosecution evidence includes all—

(a)witness statements;

(b)documentary and pictorial exhibits;

(c)records of interviews with the assisted person; and

(d)records of interviews with other defendants,

which form part of the F8... served prosecution documents or which are included in any notice of additional evidence.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), a document served by the prosecution in electronic form is included in the number of pages of prosecution evidence.

(5) A documentary or pictorial exhibit which—

(a)has been served by the prosecution in electronic form; and

(b)has never existed in paper form,

is not included within the number of pages of prosecution evidence unless the appropriate officer decides that it would be appropriate to include it in the pages of prosecution evidence taking into account the nature of the document and any other relevant circumstances.

(6) In proceedings on indictment in the Crown Court initiated otherwise than by [F9sending] for trial, the appropriate officer must determine the number of pages of prosecution evidence in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) or as nearly in accordance with those sub-paragraphs as possible as the nature of the case permits.

[F10(7) A reference in this Schedule to a “Class” is to the Class for the offence concerned set out in the LGFS Table of Offences.]

Textual Amendments

F5Word in Sch. 2 para. 1(1) omitted (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1369), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(7)(b)(i) (with reg. 2(2)) (as amended by S.I. 2015/2049, reg. 2)

ApplicationE+W

2.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (7), this Schedule applies to—

(a)every case on indictment;

(b)the following proceedings in the Crown Court—

(i)an appeal against conviction or sentence from the magistrates' court;

(ii)a sentencing hearing following a committal for sentence to the Crown Court;

(iii)proceedings arising out of an alleged breach of an order of the Crown Court (whether or not this Schedule applies to the proceedings in which the order was made);

(c)a sentencing hearing following a case on indictment to which this Schedule applies, where sentence has been deferred under [F11Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Sentencing Code] (deferment of sentence);

(d)any other post-sentence hearing.

F12(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F13(3) Where, at any time after proceedings are sent for trial to the Crown Court they are—

(a)discontinued by a notice served under section 23A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (discontinuance of proceedings after accused has been sent for trial), or

(b)dismissed pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (applications for dismissal),

the provisions of paragraphs 21 and 22 apply.]

(4) Where, following a case on indictment, a Newton hearing takes place—

(a)for the purposes of this Schedule the case is to be treated as having gone to trial;

(b)the length of the trial is to be taken to be the combined length of the main hearing and the Newton hearing; and

(c)the provisions of this Schedule relating to cracked trials and guilty pleas will not apply.

(5) For the purposes of this Schedule, a case on indictment which discontinues at or before [F14the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea] otherwise than—

(a)by reason of a plea of guilty being entered; or

(b)in accordance with sub-paragraph (3),

must be treated as a guilty plea.

(6) For the purposes of this Schedule, where a trial that is not a Very High Cost Case (in relation to fees claimed by litigators) lasts over 200 days, it must be treated as if it had lasted 200 days.

(7) For the purposes of this Schedule, where the number of pages of prosecution evidence in a case which is not a Very High Cost Case (in relation to fees claimed by litigators) exceeds—

(a)the PPE Cut-off figure specified in the table following paragraph 5(2) as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is to be tried and the length of trial; and

(b)[F156,000],

the case must be treated as though it had [F156,000] pages of prosecution evidence.

Textual Amendments

F11Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(1)(c) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 415(2) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Class of OffencesE+W

3.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule—

(a)every indictable offence falls within the Class under which it is listed in the [F16LGFS] Table of Offences and, subject to sub-paragraph (2), indictable offences not specifically so listed are deemed to fall within Class H;

(b)conspiracy to commit an indictable offence contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 M1 (the offence of conspiracy), incitement to commit an indictable offence and attempts to commit an indictable offence contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 M2 (attempting to commit an offence) fall within the same Class as the substantive offence to which they relate;

(c)where the [F16LGFS] Table of Offences specifies that the Class within which an offence falls depends on whether the value involved exceeds a stated limit, the value must be presumed not to exceed that limit unless the litigator making the claim under regulation 5 proves otherwise to the satisfaction of the appropriate officer;

(d)where more than one count of the indictment is for an offence in relation to which the Class depends on the value involved, that value must be taken to be the total value involved in all those offences, but where two or more counts relate to the same property, the value of that property must be taken into account once only;

(e)where an entry in the [F16LGFS] Table of Offences specifies an offence as being contrary to a statutory provision, then subject to any express limitation in the entry that entry includes every offence contrary to that statutory provision whether or not the words of description in the entry are appropriate to cover all such offences;

(f)where in a case on indictment there is a hearing to determine the question of whether an assisted person is unfit to plead or unfit to stand trial, the litigator must elect whether that hearing falls within the same Class as the indictable offence to which it relates or within Class D;

(g)where in a case on indictment a restriction order is made F17..., the offence falls within Class A, regardless of the Class under which the offence would be listed in the [F16LGFS] Table of Offences, but for this paragraph.

(2) Where a litigator in proceedings in the Crown Court is dissatisfied with the classification within Class H of an indictable offence not listed in the [F16LGFS] Table of Offences, the litigator may apply to the appropriate officer, when lodging the claim for fees, to reclassify the offence.

(3) The appropriate officer must, in light of the objections made by the litigator—

(a)confirm the classification of the offence within Class H; or

(b)reclassify the offence,

and must notify the litigator of the decision.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

PART 2E+WGraduated Fees for Guilty Pleas, Cracked Trials and Trials

ScopeE+W

[F184.—F19(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) This Part applies in all cases where the trial is a cracked trial because the prosecution offer no evidence on all counts against a defendant and the judge directs that a not guilty verdict be entered.]

Textual Amendments

Pages of Prosecution EvidenceE+W

5.—(1) For the purposes of this Part, the PPE Cut-off figures in a cracked trial or guilty plea are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph, as appropriate to the offence with which the assisted person is charged.

PPE Cut-off figures in cracked trials and guilty pleas
Class of Offence
Type of caseABCDEFGHIJK
Cracked trial or guilty plea80704080405050404080120

(2) For the purposes of this Part, the PPE Cut-off figures in a trial are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph, as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the length of trial.

PPE Cut-off figures in trials
Trial length in daysPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut offPPE Cut off
ABCDEFGHIJK
180704080405050404080120
280704080405050404080120
395105819512013813812213495186
4126139120126158173173157185126252
5156170157156195206206191232156314
6186203193186229240240225281186372
7218238230218265276276260329218433
8257274267257301310310301376257495
9293306301293333342342338420293550
10330338339330365373373374464330606
11367370378367399405405412509367663
12404402417404433437437449554404721
13440434455440467470470486598440779
14477465493477500501501523642477836
15514497531514532533533559686514894
16551535569551565564564596730551951
175875736075875985965966377745871,007
186246116466246466276276878186241,063
196616496846616966596597368626611,119
206976877226977466906907869076971,174
217427227537427877207208269437421,230
227867577857868287527528679807861,286
238307928198308687847849081,0178301,341
248748268578749088168169481,0538741,396
259178608949179488488489881,0889171,451
269618959319619888808801,0281,1249611,505
271,0059359671,0051,0289129121,0681,1601,0051,560
281,0499751,0041,0491,0689449441,1071,1961,0491,615
291,0991,0161,0411,0991,1089769761,1471,2311,0991,670
301,1501,0571,0771,1501,1481,0071,0071,1871,2671,1501,725
311,2001,0981,1141,2001,1881,0391,0391,2261,3031,2001,780
321,2511,1381,1511,2511,2281,0701,0701,2661,3491,2511,835
331,3011,1791,1871,3011,2681,1021,1021,3071,3941,3011,889
341,3521,2201,2241,3521,3081,1331,1331,3571,4391,3521,944
351,4021,2611,2621,4021,3471,1651,1651,4071,4851,4021,999
361,4531,3021,3031,4531,4351,1961,1961,4571,5301,4532,054
371,5031,3481,3451,5031,5261,2281,2281,5071,5751,5032,109
381,5541,3951,3861,5541,6171,2591,2591,5571,6211,5542,164
391,6041,4411,4281,6041,7081,2911,2911,6071,6661,6042,219
401,6521,4841,4441,6521,7451,3141,3141,6291,7041,6522,271
411,7001,5271,4611,7001,7821,3381,3381,6511,7421,7002,324
421,7481,5701,4771,7481,8201,3611,3611,6731,7801,7482,377
431,7961,6131,4941,7961,8571,3841,3841,6951,8181,7962,430
441,8441,6561,5111,8441,8951,4101,4101,7161,8561,8442,483
451,8921,6991,5271,8921,9321,4401,4401,7381,8941,8922,536
461,9391,7421,5441,9391,9701,4701,4701,7601,9321,9392,589
471,9871,7851,5601,9872,0071,5011,5011,7821,9701,9872,642
482,0391,8281,5772,0392,0451,5311,5311,8042,0082,0392,695
492,0911,8711,5942,0912,0821,5611,5611,8262,0462,0912,749
502,1441,9141,6102,1442,1201,5911,5911,8482,0842,1442,802
512,1961,9571,6272,1962,1581,6221,6221,8702,1222,1962,855
522,2492,0001,6442,2492,1951,6521,6521,8922,1602,2492,908
532,3012,0431,6602,3012,2331,6821,6821,9142,1982,3012,962
542,3542,0861,6772,3542,2711,7121,7121,9362,2362,3543,015
552,4062,1291,6942,4062,3081,7431,7431,9582,2752,4063,068
562,4592,1721,7102,4592,3461,7731,7731,9802,3132,4593,121
572,5122,2151,7272,5122,3841,8031,8032,0022,3512,5123,175
582,5642,2581,7442,5642,4221,8331,8332,0242,3892,5643,228
592,6172,3011,7602,6172,4591,8641,8642,0462,4272,6173,281
602,6692,3451,7772,6692,4971,8941,8942,0682,4652,6693,335
612,7222,3881,7942,7222,5351,9241,9242,0902,5032,7223,388
622,7752,4311,8112,7752,5721,9591,9592,1122,5422,7753,442
632,8272,4741,8272,8272,6102,0202,0202,1342,5802,8273,495
642,8802,5171,8442,8802,6482,0812,0812,1562,6182,8803,549
652,9332,5611,8612,9332,6862,1412,1412,1782,6562,9333,602
662,9852,6041,8772,9852,7232,2022,2022,2002,6942,9853,656
673,0382,6471,8943,0382,7612,2632,2632,2222,7763,0383,709
683,0912,6901,9113,0912,7992,3232,3232,2442,8653,0913,763
693,1442,7341,9273,1442,8362,3842,3842,2662,9543,1443,816
703,1962,7771,9443,1962,8742,4452,4452,2883,0433,1963,870
713,2492,8201,9613,2492,9122,5062,5062,3103,1323,2493,923
723,3022,8641,9783,3022,9502,5662,5662,3323,2213,3023,977
733,3552,9071,9943,3552,9872,6272,6272,3543,3103,3554,031
743,4072,9502,0163,4073,0252,6882,6882,3763,3993,4074,084
753,4602,9942,0403,4603,0632,7492,7492,3983,4883,4604,138
763,5133,0372,0643,5133,1012,8092,8092,4203,5773,5134,192
773,5663,0802,0893,5663,1382,8702,8702,4423,6663,5664,245
783,6193,1242,1133,6193,1762,9312,9312,4643,7553,6194,299
793,6723,1672,1373,6723,2142,9922,9922,4863,8443,6724,353
803,7243,2112,1613,7243,2513,0523,0522,5083,9333,7244,406
813,7773,2542,1853,7773,2893,1133,1132,5304,0233,7774,460
823,8303,2972,2103,8303,3273,1743,1742,5524,1123,8304,514
833,8833,3412,2343,8833,3653,2353,2352,5754,2013,8834,568
843,9363,3842,2583,9363,4023,2953,2952,5974,2903,9364,622
853,9893,4282,2823,9893,4403,3563,3562,6194,3793,9894,675
864,0423,4712,3074,0423,4783,4173,4172,6414,4694,0424,729
874,0953,5152,3314,0953,5163,4783,4782,6634,5584,0954,783
884,1483,5582,3554,1483,5533,5393,5392,6854,6474,1484,837
894,2013,6022,3794,2013,5913,5993,5992,7074,7374,2014,891
904,2543,6452,4044,2543,6293,6603,6602,7294,8264,2544,945
914,3073,6892,4284,3073,6663,7213,7212,7514,9154,3074,999
924,3603,7332,4524,3603,7043,7823,7822,7745,0054,3605,053
934,4133,7762,4774,4133,7423,8433,8432,7965,0944,4135,107
944,4663,8202,5014,4663,7803,9033,9032,8185,1834,4665,161
954,5193,8632,5254,5193,8173,9643,9642,8405,2734,5195,215
964,5723,9072,5494,5723,8554,0254,0252,8625,3624,5725,269
974,6253,9512,5744,6253,8934,0864,0862,8845,4524,6255,323
984,6793,9942,5984,6793,9304,1474,1472,9065,5414,6795,377
994,7324,0382,6224,7323,9684,2074,2072,9295,6314,7325,431
1004,7854,0822,6474,7854,0064,2684,2682,9515,7204,7855,485
1014,8384,1252,6714,8384,0444,3294,3292,9735,8104,8385,539
1024,8914,1692,6954,8914,0814,3904,3902,9955,8994,8915,593
1034,9444,2132,7204,9444,1194,4514,4513,0325,9894,9445,647
1044,9974,2572,7444,9974,1574,5124,5123,0736,0794,9975,702
1055,0514,3002,7685,0514,1954,5734,5733,1146,1685,0515,756
1065,1044,3442,7935,1044,2324,6334,6333,1556,2585,1045,810
1075,1574,3882,8175,1574,2704,6944,6943,1966,3485,1575,864
1085,2104,4322,8415,2104,3084,7554,7553,2376,4375,2105,918
1095,2644,4752,8665,2644,3454,8164,8163,2786,5275,2645,973
1105,3174,5192,8905,3174,3834,8774,8773,3196,6175,3176,027
1115,3704,5632,9145,3704,4214,9384,9383,3616,7065,3706,081
1125,4234,6072,9395,4234,4594,9994,9993,4026,7965,4236,135
1135,4774,6502,9635,4774,4965,0595,0593,4436,8865,4776,189
1145,5304,6942,9875,5304,5345,1205,1203,4846,9765,5306,244
1155,5834,7383,0125,5834,5725,1815,1813,5257,0665,5836,298
1165,6374,7823,0365,6374,6105,2425,2423,5667,1555,6376,352
1175,6904,8263,0605,6904,6475,3035,3033,6077,2455,6906,406
1185,7434,8693,0855,7434,6855,3645,3643,6487,3355,7436,460
1195,7974,9133,1095,7974,7235,4255,4253,6897,4255,7976,514
1205,8504,9573,1335,8504,7605,4865,4863,7307,5155,8506,569
1215,9045,0013,1585,9044,7985,5475,5473,7717,6055,9046,623
1225,9565,0443,1825,9564,8365,6075,6073,8127,6935,9566,677
1236,0095,0883,2066,0094,8745,6685,6683,8537,7826,0096,731
1246,0615,1313,2306,0614,9115,7295,7293,8957,8716,0616,785
1256,1145,1753,2546,1144,9495,7895,7893,9367,9596,1146,839
1266,1675,2183,2786,1674,9875,8505,8503,9778,0486,1676,892
1276,2195,2613,3026,2195,0255,9115,9114,0178,1376,2196,945
1286,2725,3043,3266,2725,0625,9715,9714,0588,2256,2726,999
1296,3245,3473,3506,3245,1006,0326,0324,0988,3146,3247,052
1306,3775,3903,3746,3775,1386,0936,0934,1398,4036,3777,106
1316,4305,4333,3986,4305,1756,1536,1534,1798,4916,4307,159
1326,4825,4763,4226,4825,2136,2146,2144,2198,5806,4827,212
1336,5355,5203,4466,5355,2516,2746,2744,2608,6696,5357,266
1346,5885,5633,4706,5885,2896,3356,3354,3008,7576,5887,319
1356,6405,6063,4946,6405,3266,3966,3964,3418,8466,6407,373
1366,6935,6493,5186,6935,3646,4566,4564,3818,9356,6937,426
1376,7455,6923,5426,7455,4026,5176,5174,4229,0236,7457,479
1386,7985,7353,5666,7985,4396,5786,5784,4629,1126,7987,533
1396,8515,7783,5906,8515,4776,6386,6384,5039,2016,8517,586
1406,9035,8213,6146,9035,5156,6996,6994,5439,2896,9037,639
1416,9565,8643,6386,9565,5536,7606,7604,5849,3786,9567,693
1427,0085,9083,6627,0085,5906,8206,8204,6249,4677,0087,746
1437,0615,9513,6867,0615,6286,8816,8814,6649,5557,0617,800
1447,1145,9943,7097,1145,6666,9426,9424,7059,6447,1147,853
1457,1666,0373,7337,1665,7047,0027,0024,7459,7337,1667,906
1467,2196,0803,7577,2195,7417,0637,0634,7869,8217,2197,960
1477,2726,1233,7817,2725,7797,1247,1244,8269,9107,2728,013
1487,3246,1663,8057,3245,8177,1847,1844,8679,9997,3248,067
1497,3776,2093,8297,3775,8547,2457,2454,90710,0877,3778,120
1507,4296,2523,8537,4295,8927,3057,3054,94810,1767,4298,173
1517,4826,2963,8777,4825,9307,3667,3664,98810,2657,4828,227
1527,5356,3393,9017,5355,9687,4277,4275,02910,3537,5358,280
1537,5876,3823,9257,5876,0057,4877,4875,06910,4427,5878,333
1547,6406,4253,9497,6406,0437,5487,5485,11010,5317,6408,387
1557,6926,4683,9737,6926,0817,6097,6095,150106197,6928,440
1567,7456,5113,9977,7456,1197,6697,6695,19010,7087,7458,494
1577,7986,5544,0217,7986,1567,7307,7305,23110,7977,7988,547
1587,8506,5974,0457,8506,1947,7917,7915,27110,8857,8508,600
1597,9036,6414,0697,9036,2327,8517,8515,31210,9747,9038,654
1607,9566,6844,0937,9566,2697,9127,9125,35211,0637,9568,707
1618,0086,7274,1178,0086,3077,9737,9735,39311,1518,0088,760
1628,0616,7704,1418,0616,3458,0338,0335,43311,2408,0618,814
1638,1136,8134,1658,1136,3838,0948,0945,47411,3298,1138,867
1648,1666,8564,1898,1666,4208,1558,1555,51411,4178,1668,921
1658,2196,8994,2138,2196,4588,2158,2155,55511,5068,2198,974
1668,2716,9424,2378,2716,4968,2768,2765,59511,5958,2719,027
1678,3246,9854,2618,3246,5348,3378,3375,63611,6838,3249,081
1688,3767,0294,2858,3766,5718,3978,3975,67611,7728,3769,134
1698,4297,0724,3098,4296,6098,4588,4585,71611,8618,4299,188
1708,4827,1154,3338,4826,6478,5188,5185,75711,9498,4829,241
1718,5347,1584,3578,5346,6848,5798,5795,79712,0388,5349,294
1728,5877,2014,3808,5876,7228,6408,6405,83812,1278,5879,348
1738,6397,2444,4048,6396,7608,7008,7005,87812,2158,6399,401
1748,6927,2874,4288,6926,7988,7618,7615,91912,3048,6929,454
1758,7457,3304,4528,7456,8358,8228,8225,95912,3938,7459,508
1768,7977,3734,4768,7976,8738,8828,8826,00012,4818,7979,561
1778,8507,4174,5008,8506,9118,9438,9436,04012,5708,8509,615
1788,9037,4604,5248,9036,9489,0049,0046,08112,6598,9039,668
1798,9557,5034,5488,9556,9869,0649,0646,12112,7478,9559,721
1809,0087,5464,5729,0087,0249,1259,1256,16212,8369,0089,775
1819,0607,5894,5969,0607,0629,1869,1866,20212,9259,0609,828
1829,1137,6324,6209,1137,0999,2469,2466,24213,0139,1139,881
1839,1667,6754,6449,1667,1379,3079,3076,28313,1029,1669,935
1849,2187,7184,6689,2187,1749,3689,3686,32313,1919,2189,988
1859,2717,7624,6929,2717,2119,4289,4286,36413,2799,27110,042
1869,3237,8054,7169,3237,2489,4899,4896,40413,3689,32310,095
1879,3767,8484,7409,3767,2859,5499,5496,44513,4579,37610,148
1889,4297,8914,7649,4297,3229,6109,6106,48513,5459,42910,202
1899,4817,9344,7889,4817,3609,6719,6716,52613,6349,48110,255
1909,5347,9774,8129,5347,3979,7319,7316,56613,7239,53410,309
1919,5878,0204,8369,5877,4349,7929,7926,60713,8119,58710,362
1929,6398,0634,8609,6397,4719,8539,8536,64713,9009,63910,415
1939,6928,1064,8849,6927,5089,9139,9136,68713,9889,69210,469
1949,7448,1504,9089,7447,5459,9749,9746,72814,0779,74410,522
1959,7978,1934,9329,7977,58210,03510,0356,76814,1669,79710,575
1969,8508,2364,9569,8507,62010,09510,0956,80914,2549,85010,629
1979,9028,2794,9809,9027,65710,15610,1566,84914,3439,90210,682
1989,9558,3225,0049,9557,69410,21710,2176,89014,4329,95510,736
19910,0078,3655,02810,0077,73110,27710,2776,93014,52010,00710,789
20010,0608,4085,05110,0607,76810,33810,3386,97114,60910,06010,842

Cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-offE+W

6.—(1) Where in a cracked trial or guilty plea the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1) as appropriate to the Class of Offence with which the assisted person is charged, the total fee payable to the litigator is—

(a)the basic fee, calculated in accordance with the table following sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph;

(b)the defendant uplift, if any, calculated in accordance with the table following paragraph 12; and

(c)the adjustment for transfers and retrials, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph 13.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the basic fee appropriate to a cracked trial or a guilty plea is specified in the table following this sub-paragraph, in accordance with the type of case and Class of Offence with which the assisted person is charged.

[F20Basic fees for cracked trials and guilty pleas (£)
Class of Offence
Type of caseABCDEFGHIJK
Cracked trial1,040.27815.52603.55988.25267.98257.86257.86272.55291.721,040.27889.94
Guilty plea782.45639.53509.35743.31212.40225.18225.18219.62200.79782.45736.97]

Textual Amendments

Trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-offE+W

7.—(1) Where in a trial the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2)  as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the length of trial, the total fee payable to the litigator is—

(a)the basic fee, calculated in accordance with the table following sub-paragraph (2);

(b)the length of trial proxy, if any, calculated in accordance with the table following sub-paragraph (3);

(c)the defendant uplift, if any, calculated in accordance with the table following paragraph 12; and

(d)the adjustment for transfers and retrials, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph 13.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the basic fee appropriate to a trial is specified in the table following this sub-paragraph, in accordance with the offence for which the assisted person is tried.

[F21Basic fees for trials (£)
Class of Offence
Type of caseABCDEFGHIJK
Trial1,687.721,262.31850.531,603.33405.63411.24411.24411.41411.061,687.721,186.59]

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the length of trial proxy is specified in the table following this sub-paragraph, in accordance with the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the length of trial.

Length of Trial Proxy
[F22Trial Length in DaysTrial length proxy ATrial length proxy BTrial length proxy CTrial length proxy DTrial length proxy ETrial length proxy FTrial length proxy GTrial length proxy HTrial length proxy ITrial length proxy JTrial length proxy K
10.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
20.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
3252.54452.88432.51239.92716.58644.94644.94703.69862.39252.54574.13
4769.79879.65843.33731.301,033.65898.77898.771,009.831,320.93769.791,140.63
51,261.161,285.081,233.611,198.101,334.861,139.901,139.901,300.641,756.541,261.161,678.81
61,761.171,695.981,621.201,673.121,617.111,386.431,386.431,589.052,200.591,761.172,181.04
72,253.872,102.222,011.032,141.181,915.451,632.831,632.831,879.512,637.652,253.872,713.26
82,746.562,508.442,400.872,609.242,213.791,875.251,875.252,169.973,074.702,746.563,245.48
93,210.922,874.042,751.713,050.382,482.292,093.452,093.452,431.383,473.433,210.923,724.49
103,675.293,239.653,102.563,491.522,750.812,311.642,311.642,692.793,872.173,675.294,203.48
114,143.103,605.743,462.933,935.943,031.662,536.062,536.062,961.384,279.024,143.104,703.99
124,607.743,971.383,823.474,377.353,312.592,760.472,760.473,229.644,686.224,607.745,204.80
135,072.394,337.024,175.804,818.773,593.152,983.982,983.983,492.075,086.285,072.395,705.63
145,537.034,702.674,528.135,260.193,865.073,203.343,203.343,754.515,486.325,537.036,206.43
156,001.685,068.314,880.465,701.594,136.153,422.693,422.694,016.955,886.376,001.686,707.21
166,466.325,433.965,232.796,143.004,407.263,642.053,642.054,279.396,286.426,466.327,207.20
176,930.965,799.605,585.126,584.424,678.353,861.413,861.414,541.826,686.476,930.967,693.86
187,395.606,165.245,937.457,025.834,949.454,080.764,080.764,804.267,086.527,395.608,180.52
197,860.256,530.886,289.777,467.245,220.544,300.124,300.125,066.697,486.577,860.258,667.17
208,324.896,896.536,642.117,908.665,491.634,519.484,519.485,329.137,886.638,324.899,153.84
218,798.407,234.276,931.618,358.475,715.664,698.944,698.945,544.968,215.378,798.409,640.50
229,271.817,571.997,221.198,808.225,939.704,878.484,878.485,760.908,544.129,271.8110,127.16
239,737.217,909.697,510.799,250.366,157.065,058.025,058.025,976.838,872.909,737.2110,613.82
2410,202.628,239.727,800.399,692.496,374.435,237.575,237.576,192.769,198.0710,202.6211,100.48
2510,668.048,569.748,088.4810,134.636,591.805,417.105,417.106,405.219,519.1510,668.0411,587.14
2611,133.448,899.778,371.5310,576.786,809.175,596.655,596.656,615.999,840.2411,133.4412,073.81
2711,598.849,229.808,654.6011,018.907,026.535,776.195,776.196,826.7610,161.3311,598.8412,560.46
2812,064.259,559.838,937.6511,461.057,243.915,955.735,955.737,037.5410,482.4112,064.2513,047.13
2912,529.679,889.869,220.7011,903.187,461.276,133.186,133.187,248.3010,803.5112,529.6713,533.78
3012,995.0710,219.889,503.7512,345.317,678.636,309.596,309.597,459.0711,124.5912,995.0714,020.44
3113,460.4810,549.919,786.8112,787.467,896.016,486.016,486.017,669.8511,445.6713,460.4814,507.11
3213,925.8810,879.9510,069.8713,229.598,113.386,662.436,662.437,880.6111,766.7613,925.8814,993.76
3314,391.3011,209.9710,352.9213,671.738,330.746,838.846,838.848,091.3912,087.8414,391.3015,480.43
3414,856.7011,540.0010,635.9714,113.878,548.117,015.267,015.268,302.1612,408.9314,856.7015,967.09
3515,322.1111,870.0310,919.0314,556.018,765.487,191.687,191.688,512.9312,730.0215,322.1116,453.75
3615,787.5212,200.0511,202.0914,998.148,982.847,368.107,368.108,723.7013,051.1015,787.5216,940.41
3716,252.9312,530.0911,485.1415,440.289,200.227,544.517,544.518,934.4813,372.1916,252.9317,427.07
3816,718.3312,860.1111,768.2015,882.429,417.587,720.937,720.939,145.2513,693.2816,718.3317,913.73
3917,183.7413,190.1312,051.2516,324.559,634.947,897.357,897.359,356.0214,014.3617,183.7418,400.40
4017,622.3813,492.1312,163.5716,741.269,722.098,027.768,027.769,447.1614,282.0017,622.3818,865.89
4118,063.4013,796.4312,277.1317,160.249,811.548,158.448,158.449,539.4014,551.2218,063.4019,334.83
4218,504.5414,100.8212,390.7317,579.329,901.048,289.128,289.129,631.6814,820.5118,504.5419,803.93
4318,945.7914,405.3112,504.3317,998.519,990.588,419.828,419.829,723.9715,089.8418,945.7920,273.20
4419,387.1514,709.8912,617.9618,417.7910,080.168,550.528,550.529,816.2815,359.2319,387.1520,742.61
4519,828.6115,014.5612,731.6118,837.1810,169.778,681.228,681.229,908.6315,628.6919,828.6121,212.18
4620,270.1815,319.3212,845.2819,256.6810,259.438,811.948,811.9410,000.9715,898.1920,270.1821,681.91
4720,711.8515,624.1812,958.9819,676.2610,349.138,942.668,942.6610,093.3516,167.7620,711.8522,151.80
4821,153.6515,929.1413,072.6920,095.9710,438.879,073.399,073.3910,185.7516,437.3821,153.6522,621.84
4921,595.5416,234.1913,186.4420,515.7610,528.649,204.129,204.1210,278.1616,707.0521,595.5423,092.04
5022,037.5316,539.3313,300.1920,935.6610,618.459,334.889,334.8810,370.6116,976.7922,037.5323,562.39
5122,479.6516,844.5613,413.9821,355.6710,708.329,465.639,465.6310,463.0617,246.5922,479.6524,032.91
5222,921.8617,149.8813,527.7821,775.7710,798.219,596.409,596.4010,555.5417,516.4322,921.8624,503.58
5323,364.1917,455.3013,641.6022,195.9910,888.159,727.169,727.1610,648.0417,786.3323,364.1924,974.41
5423,806.6217,760.8213,755.4422,616.2910,978.139,857.949,857.9410,740.5618,056.2923,806.6225,445.40
5524,249.1618,066.4213,869.3123,036.6911,068.149,988.729,988.7210,833.1018,326.3124,249.1625,916.54
5624,691.8018,372.1313,983.2023,457.2211,158.2010,119.5210,119.5210,925.6618,596.3924,691.8026,387.85
5725,134.5618,677.9214,097.1123,877.8311,248.2910,250.3210,250.3211,018.2418,866.5225,134.5626,859.31
5825,577.4218,983.8114,211.0424,298.5511,338.3910,381.1310,381.1311,110.8419,136.7125,577.4227,330.92
5926,020.3919,289.7914,325.0024,719.3811,428.4910,511.9510,511.9511,203.4719,406.9626,020.3927,802.70
6026,463.4719,595.8614,438.9725,140.2911,518.5910,642.7710,642.7711,296.1019,677.2626,463.4728,274.63
6126,906.6619,902.0314,552.9725,561.3211,608.7010,773.6010,773.6011,388.7719,947.6226,906.6628,746.72
6227,349.9420,208.3014,666.9925,982.4511,698.8010,904.4410,904.4411,481.4620,218.0427,349.9429,218.96
6327,793.3520,514.6414,781.0226,403.6911,788.9011,035.2811,035.2811,574.1620,488.5227,793.3529,691.37
6428,236.8620,821.1014,895.0926,825.0211,879.0011,166.1411,166.1411,666.8920,759.0428,236.8630,163.93
6528,680.4821,127.6315,009.1727,246.4511,969.1011,297.0111,297.0111,759.6221,029.6328,680.4830,636.65
6629,124.2021,434.2815,123.2827,667.9912,059.2011,427.8811,427.8811,852.3921,300.2829,124.2031,109.52
6729,568.0321,741.0115,237.4028,089.6312,149.3011,558.7611,558.7611,945.1721,570.9729,568.0331,582.55
6830,011.9722,047.8315,351.5528,511.3712,239.4011,689.6511,689.6512,037.9821,841.7330,011.9732,055.74
6930,456.0222,354.7415,465.7228,933.2112,329.5011,820.5411,820.5412,130.8122,112.5530,456.0232,529.08
7030,900.1722,661.7615,579.9129,355.1612,419.6011,951.4511,951.4512,223.6622,383.4230,900.1733,002.60
7131,344.4422,968.8615,694.1229,777.2212,509.7012,082.3612,082.3612,316.5322,654.3531,344.4433,476.26
7231,788.8123,276.0615,808.3530,199.3712,599.8012,213.2812,213.2812,409.4222,925.3331,788.8133,950.08
7332,233.2823,583.3515,922.6130,621.6312,689.9012,344.2112,344.2112,502.3223,196.3732,233.2834,424.05
7432,677.8723,890.7416,036.8931,043.9812,780.0012,475.1412,475.1412,595.2623,467.4732,677.8734,898.19
7533,122.5624,198.2116,151.1931,466.4312,870.1012,606.0912,606.0912,688.2123,738.6333,122.5635,372.48
7633,567.3624,505.7816,265.5031,889.0012,960.2012,737.0312,737.0312,781.1824,009.8433,567.3635,846.92
7734,012.2824,813.4516,379.8532,311.6613,050.3012,867.9912,867.9912,874.1624,281.1034,012.2836,321.53
7834,457.2925,121.2116,494.2132,734.4313,140.4012,998.9512,998.9512,967.1724,552.4334,457.2936,796.30
7934,902.4225,429.0616,608.6033,157.3013,230.5013,129.9413,129.9413,060.2124,823.8234,902.4237,271.22
8035,347.6525,737.0016,723.0033,580.2613,320.6013,260.9213,260.9213,153.2725,095.2635,347.6537,746.29
8135,792.9926,045.0416,837.4234,003.3513,410.7013,391.9013,391.9013,246.3425,366.7535,792.9938,221.52
8236,238.4326,353.1716,951.8834,426.5213,500.8013,522.9013,522.9013,339.4325,638.3036,238.4338,696.92
8336,683.9926,661.4017,066.3534,849.8013,590.9013,653.9013,653.9013,432.5525,909.9236,683.9939,172.47
8437,129.6526,969.7217,180.8335,273.1713,681.0113,784.9313,784.9313,525.6826,181.5837,129.6539,648.18
8537,575.4227,278.1317,295.3535,696.6513,771.1113,915.9413,915.9413,618.8326,453.3037,575.4240,124.04
8638,021.3027,586.6417,409.9036,120.2413,861.2114,046.9714,046.9713,712.0126,725.0938,021.3040,600.06
8738,467.2927,895.2317,524.4536,543.9313,951.3114,178.0114,178.0113,805.2126,996.9338,467.2941,076.24
8838,913.3928,203.9317,639.0336,967.7214,041.4114,309.0614,309.0613,898.4227,268.8238,913.3941,552.58
8939,359.5928,512.7117,753.6337,391.6114,131.5114,440.1014,440.1013,991.6627,540.7739,359.5942,029.07
9039,805.9028,821.6017,868.2537,815.6014,221.6114,571.1714,571.1714,084.9127,812.7839,805.9042,505.73
9140,252.3229,130.5717,982.8938,239.7014,311.7114,702.2414,702.2414,178.2028,084.8440,252.3242,982.53
9240,698.8329,439.6318,097.5638,663.9014,401.8114,833.3214,833.3214,271.4928,356.9740,698.8343,459.49
9341,145.4729,748.8018,212.2439,088.2014,491.9114,964.4014,964.4014,364.8128,629.1541,145.4743,936.62
9441,592.2130,058.0518,326.9539,512.6014,582.0115,095.4915,095.4914,458.1528,901.3841,592.2144,413.90
9542,039.0630,367.4018,441.6839,937.1014,672.1115,226.5915,226.5914,551.5229,173.6742,039.0644,891.33
9642,486.0230,676.8418,556.4440,361.7214,762.2215,357.6915,357.6914,644.8929,446.0342,486.0245,368.93
9742,933.0830,986.3818,671.2140,786.4314,852.3215,488.8115,488.8114,738.2529,718.4342,933.0845,846.68
9843,380.2531,296.0118,786.0041,211.2414,942.4215,619.9415,619.9414,831.6329,990.8943,380.2546,324.60
9943,827.5331,605.7318,900.8241,636.1515,032.5215,751.0715,751.0714,925.0030,263.4243,827.5346,802.66
10044,274.9131,915.5519,015.6542,061.1715,122.6215,882.2115,882.2115,018.3730,535.9844,274.9147,280.88
10144,722.4132,225.4619,130.5142,486.2915,212.7216,013.3616,013.3615,111.7430,808.6344,722.4147,759.26
10245,170.0132,535.4519,245.3942,911.5115,302.8216,144.5116,144.5115,205.1131,081.3145,170.0148,237.80
10345,617.7332,845.5519,360.3043,336.8415,392.9216,275.6716,275.6715,298.4831,354.0645,617.7348,716.50
10446,065.5433,155.7419,475.2143,762.2715,483.0216,406.8416,406.8415,391.8531,626.8646,065.5449,195.35
10546,513.4633,466.0319,590.1244,187.7915,573.1216,538.0216,538.0215,485.2231,899.7246,513.4649,674.36
10646,961.5033,776.4019,705.0444,613.4215,663.2216,669.2116,669.2115,578.5932,172.6446,961.5050,153.43
10747,409.6434,086.8419,819.9545,039.1515,753.3216,800.4016,800.4015,671.9632,445.6247,409.6450,632.48
10847,857.8934,397.2719,934.8745,465.0015,843.4316,931.6016,931.6015,765.3332,718.6547,857.8951,111.54
10948,306.2434,707.7120,049.7845,890.9315,933.5317,062.8217,062.8215,858.7032,991.7448,306.2451,590.60
11048,754.7035,018.1520,164.6946,316.9716,023.6317,194.0317,194.0315,952.0733,264.8848,754.7052,069.66
11149,203.2835,328.5920,279.6046,743.1216,113.7317,325.2617,325.2616,045.4433,538.0849,203.2852,548.71
11249,651.9535,639.0220,394.5147,169.3616,203.8317,456.4917,456.4916,138.8133,811.3449,651.9553,027.77
11350,100.7435,949.4520,509.4347,595.7216,293.9317,587.7317,587.7316,232.1834,084.6650,100.7453,506.84
11450,549.6336,259.8920,624.3448,022.1616,384.0317,718.9917,718.9916,325.5534,358.0350,549.6353,985.89
11550,998.6436,570.3320,739.2548,448.7016,474.1317,850.2417,850.2416,418.9234,631.4650,998.6454,464.95
11651,447.7536,880.7720,854.1748,875.3616,564.2317,981.5117,981.5116,512.2934,904.9451,447.7554,944.01
11751,896.9737,191.2020,969.0849,302.1216,654.3318,112.7818,112.7816,605.6635,178.4951,896.9755,423.07
11852,346.2937,501.6421,083.9949,728.9816,744.4318,244.0618,244.0616,699.0335,452.0952,346.2955,902.12
11952,795.7337,812.0721,198.9150,155.9416,834.5318,375.3518,375.3516,792.4035,725.7452,795.7356,381.19
12053,245.2738,122.5121,313.8250,583.0016,924.6318,506.6518,506.6516,885.7735,999.4653,245.2756,860.25
12153,694.9138,432.9521,428.7351,010.1717,014.7318,637.9518,637.9516,979.1436,273.2353,694.9157,339.30
12254,137.9138,743.3821,543.6451,431.0217,104.8318,768.6918,768.6917,072.5136,543.1754,137.9157,818.36
12354,580.9039,053.8221,658.5551,851.8717,194.9318,899.4318,899.4317,165.8836,813.1154,580.9058,297.42
12455,023.9139,360.6121,771.7952,272.7117,285.0319,030.1619,030.1617,259.2537,083.0555,023.9158,775.55
12555,466.9039,666.3921,884.9852,693.5517,375.1319,160.9019,160.9017,352.6237,353.0055,466.9059,247.42
12655,909.8939,972.1621,998.1753,114.4117,465.2319,291.6319,291.6317,445.9337,622.9355,909.8959,719.29
12756,352.9040,277.9522,111.3653,535.2517,555.3319,422.3719,422.3717,537.9137,892.8856,352.9060,191.17
12856,795.8940,583.7322,224.5553,956.1017,645.4319,553.1119,553.1117,629.8838,162.8256,795.8960,663.04
12957,238.8840,889.5122,337.7454,376.9417,735.5319,683.8519,683.8517,721.8538,432.7657,238.8861,134.92
13057,681.8841,195.2922,450.9254,797.7917,825.6319,814.5819,814.5817,813.8238,702.7057,681.8861,606.79
13158,124.8741,501.0722,564.1255,218.6317,915.7419,945.3219,945.3217,905.7938,972.6558,124.8762,078.65
13258,567.8741,806.8522,677.3055,639.4818,005.8420,076.0620,076.0617,997.7639,242.5858,567.8762,550.53
13359,010.8742,112.6322,790.4956,060.3218,095.9420,206.7920,206.7918,089.7339,512.5359,010.8763,022.41
13459,453.8642,418.4022,903.6856,481.1718,186.0420,337.5320,337.5318,181.7039,782.4759,453.8663,494.28
13559,896.8642,724.1923,016.8756,902.0118,276.1420,468.2720,468.2718,273.6640,052.4259,896.8663,966.15
13660,339.8643,029.9723,130.0757,322.8618,366.2420,599.0120,599.0118,365.6340,322.3660,339.8664,438.02
13760,782.8543,335.7523,243.2557,743.7018,456.3420,729.7420,729.7418,457.6040,592.3060,782.8564,909.90
13861,225.8543,641.5323,356.4458,164.5618,546.4420,860.4820,860.4818,549.5740,862.2461,225.8565,381.77
13961,668.8443,947.3023,469.6358,585.4018,636.5420,991.2220,991.2218,641.5441,132.1961,668.8465,853.64
14062,111.8444,253.0923,582.8259,006.2518,726.6421,121.9521,121.9518,733.5241,402.1362,111.8466,325.52
14162,554.8344,558.8623,696.0159,427.0918,816.7421,252.6921,252.6918,825.4841,672.0762,554.8366,797.38
14262,997.8244,864.6523,809.2059,847.9418,906.8421,383.4321,383.4318,917.4641,942.0162,997.8267,269.26
14363,440.8345,170.4323,922.3860,268.7918,996.9521,514.1721,514.1719,009.4342,211.9663,440.8367,741.13
14463,883.8245,476.2124,035.5860,689.6419,087.0521,644.9021,644.9019,101.3942,481.8963,883.8268,213.00
14564,326.8245,781.9924,148.7761,110.4719,177.1521,775.6421,775.6419,193.3642,751.8464,326.8268,684.88
14664,769.8246,087.7724,261.9561,531.3319,267.2521,906.3821,906.3819,285.3243,021.7864,769.8269,156.75
14765,212.8146,393.5524,375.1561,952.1719,357.3522,037.1122,037.1119,377.3043,291.7265,212.8169,628.62
14865,655.8146,699.3224,488.3362,373.0319,447.4522,167.8522,167.8519,469.2743,561.6665,655.8170,100.49
14966,098.8147,005.1024,601.5262,793.8619,537.5522,298.5922,298.5919,561.2443,831.6166,098.8170,572.37
15066,541.8047,310.8924,714.7163,214.7119,627.6522,429.3322,429.3319,653.2144,101.5466,541.8071,044.25
15166,984.7947,616.6724,827.9063,635.5619,717.7522,560.0622,560.0619,745.1844,371.4966,984.7971,516.11
15267,427.7947,922.4424,941.0964,056.4119,807.8522,690.8022,690.8019,837.1544,641.4367,427.7971,987.98
15367,870.7848,228.2325,054.2864,477.2519,897.9522,821.5422,821.5419,929.1244,911.3767,870.7872,459.86
15468,313.7848,534.0025,167.4664,898.1019,988.0522,952.2722,952.2720,021.0945,181.3268,313.7872,931.73
15568,756.7848,839.7925,280.6665,318.9420,078.1623,083.0123,083.0120,113.0545,451.2668,756.7873,403.61
15669,199.7849,145.5625,393.8465,739.7920,168.2623,213.7423,213.7420,205.0245,721.2069,199.7873,875.48
15769,642.7749,451.3425,507.0366,160.6320,258.3623,344.4923,344.4920,297.0045,991.1469,642.7774,347.34
15870,085.7749,757.1325,620.2266,581.4820,348.4623,475.2223,475.2220,388.9646,261.0970,085.7774,819.22
15970,528.7750,062.9125,733.4167,002.3320,438.5623,605.9623,605.9620,480.9346,531.0270,528.7775,291.10
16070,971.7650,368.6925,846.6167,423.1720,528.6623,736.7023,736.7020,572.9146,800.9770,971.7675,762.97
16171,414.7650,674.4625,959.7967,844.0220,618.7623,867.4323,867.4320,664.8747,070.9171,414.7676,234.84
16271,857.7550,980.2426,072.9868,264.8620,708.8623,998.1723,998.1720,756.8547,340.8571,857.7576,706.71
16372,300.7451,286.0226,186.1768,685.7220,798.9624,128.9124,128.9120,848.8247,610.7972,300.7477,178.59
16472,743.7451,591.8026,299.3669,106.5620,889.0624,259.6424,259.6420,940.7847,880.7472,743.7477,650.46
16573,186.7451,897.5926,412.5569,527.4020,979.1624,390.3824,390.3821,032.7548,150.6773,186.7478,122.33
16673,629.7352,203.3726,525.7469,948.2521,069.2624,521.1224,521.1221,124.7248,420.6273,629.7378,594.21
16774,072.7352,509.1426,638.9270,369.1021,159.3624,651.8524,651.8521,216.6948,690.5674,072.7379,066.07
16874,515.7352,814.9326,752.1270,789.9521,249.4624,782.5924,782.5921,308.6648,960.5074,515.7379,537.95
16974,958.7253,120.7026,865.3071,210.7921,339.5624,913.3324,913.3321,400.6349,230.4474,958.7280,009.83
17075,401.7253,426.4826,978.4971,631.6321,429.6625,044.0625,044.0621,492.6049,500.3975,401.7280,481.69
17175,844.7253,732.2627,091.6872,052.4921,519.7625,174.8125,174.8121,584.5749,770.3375,844.7280,953.57
17276,287.7154,038.0427,204.8772,473.3321,609.8625,305.5425,305.5421,676.5450,040.2876,287.7181,425.44
17376,730.7054,343.8327,318.0672,894.1821,699.9625,436.2825,436.2821,768.5150,310.2276,730.7081,897.32
17477,173.7054,649.6027,431.2573,315.0221,790.0625,567.0225,567.0221,860.4850,580.1677,173.7082,369.19
17577,616.7054,955.3827,544.4473,735.8721,880.1625,697.7525,697.7521,952.4450,850.1077,616.7082,841.06
17678,059.6955,261.1627,657.6374,156.7121,970.2625,828.4925,828.4922,044.4151,120.0578,059.6983,312.94
17778,502.6955,566.9427,770.8274,577.5622,060.3625,959.2325,959.2322,136.3951,389.9878,502.6983,784.80
17878,945.6955,872.7227,884.0074,998.4022,150.4726,089.9626,089.9622,228.3551,659.9378,945.6984,256.68
17979,388.6856,178.5027,997.2075,419.2522,240.5726,220.7026,220.7022,320.3251,929.8779,388.6884,728.55
18079,831.6856,484.2828,110.3875,840.0922,330.6726,351.4426,351.4422,412.3052,199.8179,831.6885,200.42
18180,274.6856,790.0728,223.5876,260.9422,420.7726,482.1726,482.1722,504.2652,469.7580,274.6885,672.30
18280,717.6757,095.8428,336.7776,681.7822,510.8726,612.9126,612.9122,596.2452,739.7080,717.6786,144.17
18381,160.6757,401.6228,449.9577,102.6422,599.6826,743.6526,743.6522,688.2153,009.6381,160.6786,616.04
18481,603.6657,707.4028,563.1577,523.4822,688.4326,874.3826,874.3822,780.1753,279.5881,603.6687,087.91
18582,046.6558,013.1828,676.3377,944.3222,777.1827,005.1327,005.1322,872.1453,549.5282,046.6587,559.79
18682,489.6658,318.9628,789.5278,365.1722,865.9327,135.8627,135.8622,964.1153,819.4682,489.6688,031.67
18782,932.6558,624.7428,902.7178,786.0222,954.6827,266.6027,266.6023,056.0854,089.4082,932.6588,503.53
18883,375.6558,930.5229,015.9079,206.8723,043.4327,397.3427,397.3423,148.0554,359.3583,375.6588,975.40
18983,818.6459,236.3029,129.0979,627.7123,132.1827,528.0627,528.0623,240.0254,629.2983,818.6489,447.28
19084,261.6459,542.0829,242.2880,048.5523,220.9327,658.8127,658.8123,331.9954,899.2384,261.6489,919.15
19184,704.6459,847.8629,355.4680,469.4123,309.6827,789.5527,789.5523,423.9655,169.1884,704.6490,391.03
19285,147.6360,153.6429,468.6680,890.2523,398.4327,920.2827,920.2823,515.9455,439.1185,147.6390,862.90
19385,590.6360,459.4129,581.8481,311.1023,487.1828,051.0228,051.0223,607.9055,709.0685,590.6391,334.76
19486,033.6260,765.2029,695.0381,731.9423,575.9228,181.7628,181.7623,699.8755,979.0086,033.6291,806.64
19586,476.6161,070.9829,808.2282,152.7923,664.6728,312.4928,312.4923,791.8456,248.9486,476.6192,278.52
19686,919.6161,376.7629,921.4182,573.6423,753.4228,443.2328,443.2323,883.8056,518.8886,919.6192,750.39
19787,362.6161,682.5430,034.6082,994.4823,842.1728,573.9628,573.9623,975.7856,788.8387,362.6193,222.26
19887,805.6061,988.3230,147.7983,415.3323,930.9228,704.7028,704.7024,067.7557,058.7687,805.6093,694.13
19988,248.6162,294.1030,260.9783,836.1724,019.6728,835.4528,835.4524,159.7257,328.7188,248.6194,166.01
20088,691.6062,599.8730,374.1784,257.0224,108.4228,966.1728,966.1724,251.6957,598.6588,691.6094,637.88]

Textual Amendments

Cracked trials and guilty pleas where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-offE+W

8.—(1)  Where in a cracked trial or guilty plea the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1) as appropriate to the offence with which the assisted person is charged, the total fee payable to the litigator is—

(a)the final fee, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph;

(b)the defendant uplift, if any, calculated in accordance with the table following paragraph 12; and

(c)the adjustment for transfers and retrials, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph 13.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the final fee payable to a litigator in a cracked trial or guilty plea is calculated in accordance with the following formula—

Where—

F is the amount of the final fee;

I is the initial fee specified in the tables following this paragraph, as appropriate to the type of case, the offence with which the assisted person is charged and the number of pages of prosecution evidence;

D is the difference between—

(i)

the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case; and

(ii)

the lower number in the PPE range as specified in the tables following this paragraph, as appropriate to the type of case, the offence with which the assisted person is charged and the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case;

i is the incremental fee per page of prosecution evidence specified in the tables following this paragraph, as appropriate to the type of case, the offence with which the assisted person is charged and the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case.

Table of final fees in cracked trials
[F23Class of OffencePPE RangeInitial Fee (£)Incremental fee per page of prosecution evidence (£)
A0-79£1,040.270
A80-249£1,040.2710.70
A250-999£2,858.586.71
A1000-2799£7,893.593.92
A2800-4599£14,956.443.92
A4600-6399£22,019.303.11
A6400-8199£27,626.043.11
A8200-9999£33,232.783.11
A10000£38,836.400
B0-69£815.520
B70-249£815.527.83
B250-999£2,224.043.66
B1000-2799£4,970.932.44
B2800-4599£9,361.882.44
B4600-6399£13,752.832.05
B6400-8199£17,444.862.05
B8200-9999£21,136.872.05
B10000£24,826.830
C0-39£603.550
C40-249£603.553.92
C250-999£1,427.492.25
C1000-2799£3,111.781.43
C2800-4599£5,686.201.43
C4600-6399£8,260.611.43
C6400-8199£10,835.031.43
C8200-9999£13,409.461.43
C10000£15,982.450
D0-79£988.250
D80-249£988.2510.14
D250-999£2,711.406.11
D1000-2799£7,292.663.61
D2800-4599£13,784.643.61
D4600-6399£20,276.612.96
D6400-8199£25,605.692.96
D8200-9999£30,930.772.96
D10000£36,254.880
E0-39£267.980
E40-249£267.984.60
E250-999£1,234.381.46
E1000-2799£2,326.490.61
E2800-4599£3,425.210.61
E4600-6399£4,523.920.61
E6400-8199£5,622.640.61
E8200-9999£6,721.360.61
E10000£7,819.460
F0-49£257.850
F50-249£257.854.42
F250-999£1,141.161.79
F1000-2799£2,484.020.70
F2800-4599£3,738.300.70
F4600-6399£4,992.570.70
F6400-8199£6,246.840.70
F8200-9999£7,501.120.70
F10000£8,754.690
G0-49£257.850
G50-249£257.854.42
G250-999£1,141.161.79
G1000-2799£2,484.020.70
G2800-4599£3,738.300.70
G4600-6399£4,992.570.70
G6400-8199£6,246.840.70
G8200-9999£7,501.120.70
G10000£8,754.690
H0-39£272.550
H40-249£272.554.26
H250-999£1,167.161.56
H1000-2799£2,333.750.70
H2800-4599£3,586.340.70
H4600-6399£4,838.920.70
H6400-8199£6,091.510.70
H8200-9999£7,344.100.70
H10000£8,595.990
I0-39£291.730
I40-249£291.735.92
I250-999£1,534.852.31
I1000-2799£3,269.960.90
I2800-4599£4,885.410.90
I4600-6399£6,500.840.90
I6400-8199£8,116.280.90
I8200-9999£9,731.720.90
I10000£11,346.250
J0-79£1,040.270
J80-249£1,040.2710.70
J250-999£2,858.586.71
J1000-2799£7,893.593.92
J2800-4599£14,956.443.92
J4600-6399£22,019.303.11
J6400-8199£27,626.043.11
J8200-9999£33,232.783.11
J10000£38,836.400
K0-119£889.940
K120-249£889.946.55
K250-999£1,740.935.02
K1000-2799£5,505.064.39
K2800-4599£13,415.124.39
K4600-6399£21,325.203.75
K6400-8199£28,070.373.75
K8200-9999£34,815.543.75
K10000£41,556.970]
[F24Table of final fees in guilty pleas
Class of OffencePPE RangeInitial Fee (£)Incremental fee per page of prosecution evidence (£)
A0-79£782.450
A80-399£782.455.62
A400-999£2,580.352.96
A1000-2799£4,358.151.89
A2800-4599£7,768.951.89
A4600-6399£11,179.741.12
A6400-8199£13,192.661.12
A8200-9999£15,205.591.12
A10000£17,217.390
B0-69£639.530
B70-399£639.534.52
B400-999£2,130.012.28
B1000-2799£3,495.171.45
B2800-4599£6,109.341.45
B4600-6399£8,723.531.06
B6400-8199£10,638.771.06
B8200-9999£12,554.021.06
B10000£14,468.200
C0-39£509.350
C40-399£509.352.66
C400-999£1,468.321.46
C1000-2799£2,342.710.79
C2800-4599£3,766.370.79
C4600-6399£5,190.050.79
C6400-8199£6,613.720.79
C8200-9999£8,037.390.79
C10000£9,460.260
D0-79£743.310
D80-399£743.315.23
D400-999£2,417.612.75
D1000-2799£4,065.321.71
D2800-4599£7,143.151.71
D4600-6399£10,220.981.06
D6400-8199£12,133.931.06
D8200-9999£14,046.861.06
D10000£15,958.740
E0-39£212.400
E40-399£212.402.92
E400-999£1,264.941.25
E1000-2799£2,016.770.46
E2800-4599£2,847.400.46
E4600-6399£3,678.030.46
E6400-8199£4,508.660.46
E8200-9999£5,339.290.46
E10000£6,169.450
F0-49£225.180
F50-399£225.182.83
F400-999£1,217.100.99
F1000-2799£1,810.580.32
F2800-4599£2,383.440.32
F4600-6399£2,956.300.32
F6400-8199£3,529.150.32
F8200-9999£4,102.010.32
F10000£4,674.550
G0-49£225.180
G50-399£225.182.83
G400-999£1,217.100.99
G1000-2799£1,810.580.32
G2800-4599£2,383.440.32
G4600-6399£2,956.300.32
G6400-8199£3,529.150.32
G8200-9999£4,102.010.32
G10000£4,674.550
H0-39£219.620
H40-399£219.622.79
H400-999£1,225.240.99
H1000-2799£1,819.390.32
H2800-4599£2,388.500.32
H4600-6399£2,957.630.32
H6400-8199£3,526.750.32
H8200-9999£4,095.870.32
H10000£4,664.650
I0-39£200.790
I40-399£200.793.12
I400-999£1,324.711.36
I1000-2799£2,142.480.51
I2800-4599£3,059.210.51
I4600-6399£3,975.940.51
I6400-8199£4,892.670.51
I8200-9999£5,809.410.51
I10000£6,725.640
J0-79£782.450
J80-399£782.455.62
J400-999£2,580.352.96
J1000-2799£4,358.151.89
J2800-4599£7,768.951.89
J4600-6399£11,179.741.12
J6400-8199£13,192.661.12
J8200-9999£15,205.591.12
J10000£17,217.390
K0-119£736.970
K120-399£736.975.26
K400-999£2,209.262.93
K1000-2799£3,965.372.73
K2800-4599£8,871.682.73
K4600-6399£13,777.992.08
K6400-8199£17,519.412.08
K8200-9999£21,260.842.08
K10000£25,000.170]

Textual Amendments

Trials where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-offE+W

9.—(1) Where in a trial the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off figure specified in the table following paragraph 5(2) as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the length of trial, the total fee payable to the litigator is—

(a)the final fee, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph;

(b)the defendant uplift, if any, calculated in accordance with the table following paragraph 12; and

(c)the adjustment for transfers and retrials, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph 13.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the final fee is calculated in accordance with the following formula—

Where—

F is the amount of the final fee;

I is the initial fee specified in the table following this paragraph as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the number of pages of prosecution evidence;

D is the difference between—

(i)

the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case; and

(ii)

the lower number in the PPE range as specified in the table following this paragraph, as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case;

i is the incremental fee per page of prosecution evidence specified in the table following this paragraph as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is tried and the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case.

Table of final fees in trials
[F25Class of OffencePPE RangeInitial Fee (£)Incremental fee per page of prosecution evidence (£)
A0-79£1687.720
A80-209£1,687.7216.58
A210-699£3,842.6812.66
A700-1049£10,045.0510.62
A1050-1999£13,763.569.21
A2000-3599£22,515.568.42
A3600-5199£35,987.178.42
A5200-6799£49,458.788.42
A6800-8399£62,930.408.42
A8400-9999£76,402.018.42
A10000£89,865.200
B0-69£1,262.310
B70-199£1,262.3112.81
B200-499£2,927.2511.44
B500-899£6,360.039.63
B900-1299£10,212.868.09
B1300-1999£13,449.687.09
B2000-3299£18,414.167.09
B3300-4999£27,633.897.09
B5000-5999£39,690.477.09
B6000-7999£46,782.587.09
B8000-8999£60,966.797.09
B9000-9999£68,058.897.09
B10000£75,143.910
C0-39£850.530
C40-299£850.5310.57
C300-799£3,597.489.23
C800-1249£8,212.687.73
C1250-1999£11,689.036.83
C2000-3199£16,811.874.72
C3200-4559£22,479.734.72
C4560-5919£28,903.324.72
C5920-7279£35,326.904.72
C7280-8639£41,750.484.72
C8640-9999£48,174.064.72
C10000£54,592.940
D0-79£1,603.330
D80-209£1,603.3315.75
D210-699£3,650.5412.03
D700-1049£9,542.8010.09
D1050-1999£13,075.388.75
D2000-3599£21,389.788.00
D3600-5199£34,187.808.00
D5200-6799£46,985.838.00
D6800-8399£59,783.878.00
D8400-9999£72,581.908.00
D10000£85,371.930
E0-39£405.630
E40-69£405.639.52
E70-129£691.118.57
E130-599£1,205.498.29
E600-1349£5,102.655.44
E1350-2999£9,184.872.39
E3000-4749£13,125.682.39
E4750-6499£17,305.322.39
E6500-8249£21,484.952.39
E8250-9999£25,664.602.39
E10000£29,841.840
F0-49£411.240
F50-229£411.247.31
F230-699£1,726.856.96
F700-1399£5,000.285.60
F1400-1949£8,919.444.32
F1950-3549£11,296.012.16
F3550-5149£14,744.052.16
F5150-6749£18,194.092.16
F6750-8349£21,643.132.16
F8350-9999£25,092.172.16
F10000£28,646.850
G0-49£411.240
G50-229£411.247.31
G230-699£1,726.856.96
G700-1399£5,000.285.60
G1400-1949£8,919.444.32
G1950-3549£11,296.012.16
G3550-5149£14,744.052.16
G5150-6749£18,194.092.16
G6750-8349£21,643.132.16
G8350-9999£25,092.172.16
G10000£28,646.850
H0-39£411.410
H40-249£411.418.60
H250-619£2,216.587.15
H620-1299£4,861.455.31
H1300-2999£8,472.404.21
H3000-4999£15,637.252.27
H5000-5999£20,183.502.27
H6000-6999£22,456.562.27
H7000-7999£24,729.692.27
H8000-8999£27,002.812.27
H9000-9999£29,275.942.27
H10000£31,546.790
I0-39£411.060
I40-369£411.069.14
I370-799£3,427.289.09
I800-1299£7,336.058.99
I1300-2699£11,832.647.08
I2700-4199£21,751.253.04
I4200-5359£26,318.143.04
I5360-6519£29,849.873.04
I6520-7679£33,381.593.04
I7680-8839£36,913.333.04
I8840-9999£40,445.053.04
I10000£43,973.730
J0-79£1,687.720
J80-209£1,687.7216.58
J210-699£3,842.6812.66
J700-1049£10,045.0510.62
J1050-1999£13,763.569.21
J2000-3599£22,515.568.42
J3600-5199£35,987.178.42
J5200-6799£49,458.788.42
J6800-8399£62.930.408.42
J8400-9999£76,402.018.42
J10000£89,865.200
K0-119£1,186.590
K120-734£1,186.598.66
K735-1289£6,510.838.72
K1290-2399£11,348.448.87
K2400-4499£21,197.308.84
K4500-7999£39,760.518.84
K8000-8399£70,699.178.84
K8400-8799£74,235.018.84
K8800-9199£77,770.858.84
K9200-9599£81,306.718.84
K9600-9999£84,842.558.84
K10000£88,369.560]

Textual Amendments

F26PART 3E+WFixed Fee for Guilty Pleas and Cracked Trials in Elected Cases

Textual Amendments

Scope of Part 3E+W

F2610.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fixed fee for guilty pleas or cracked trialsE+W

F2611.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PART 4E+WDefendant Uplifts, Retrials and Transfers

Defendant upliftsE+W

12.—(1) The defendant uplift payable to a litigator is calculated in accordance with the table following this paragraph.

(2) Only one defendant uplift is payable in each case.

(3) In the table following this paragraph, the total fee means—

(a)in a cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence does not exceed the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1), the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 6(2);

(b)in a trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence does not exceed the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2), the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 7(2) plus the length of trial proxy specified in the table following paragraph 7(3);

(c)in a cracked trial or guilty plea where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(1), the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(2); and

(d)in a trial where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following paragraph 5(2), the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 9(2);

F27(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) F28...

Defendant uplifts
Total number of defendants represented by litigatorPercentage uplift to total fee
2-420%
5+30%

Textual Amendments

Retrials and TransfersE+W

13.—(1) Where following a trial an order is made for a retrial and the same litigator acts for the assisted person at both trials the fee payable to that litigator is—

(a)in respect of the first trial, a fee calculated in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule; and

(b)in respect of the retrial, 25% of the fee, as appropriate to the circumstances of the retrial, in accordance with the provisions of this Schedule.

(2) Where—

(a)a case is transferred to a new litigator; or

(b)a retrial is ordered and a new litigator acts for the assisted person at the retrial,

the fee payable to the original litigator and the new litigator is a percentage of the total fee, calculated in accordance with the table following this paragraph, as appropriate to the circumstances and timing of the retrial, transfer or withdrawal of the section 16 determination.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2), “transfer” includes the making of a section 16 determination in favour of an individual who, immediately before the making of the section 16 determination—

(a)had represented themselves; or

(b)had been represented (otherwise than pursuant to a section 16 determination) by the litigator named in the order,

and for the purposes of that sub-paragraph the litigator is to be treated as a new litigator.

(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a case is not transferred to a new litigator where—

(a)a firm of solicitors is named as litigator in the representation order and the solicitor or other appropriately qualified person with responsibility for the case moves to another firm;

(b)a firm of solicitors is named as litigator in the representation order and the firm changes (whether by merger or acquisition or in some other way), but so that the new firm remains closely related to the firm named in the order; or

(c)a solicitor or other appropriately qualified person is named as litigator in the representation order and responsibility for the case is transferred to another solicitor or appropriately qualified person in the same firm or a closely related firm.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), where a case which has been transferred to a new litigator is transferred again, that new litigator—

(a)must be treated as the original litigator, where the transfer takes place at any time before the trial or any retrial;

(b)must be treated as a new litigator, where the transfer takes place during the trial or any retrial; and

(c)must not receive any fee, where the transfer takes place after the trial or any retrial but before the sentencing hearing.

(6) Where a section 16 determination is withdrawn before the case ends, a litigator must receive a percentage of the total fee, in accordance with the table following this paragraph, as appropriate to the circumstances and timing of a transfer.

(7) In the table following this paragraph, the total fee means—

[F29(a)in a case to which Part 1A applies, the fixed fee determined in accordance with paragraph 3AA;]

(b)in a trial [F30in a case to which Part 2 applies,] where the number of pages of prosecution evidence is less than or equal to the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following [F31paragraph 5], the basic fee specified in the table following paragraph 7(2) plus the length of trial proxy specified in the table following paragraph 7(3);

(c)in a cracked trial or guilty plea in a case to which Part 2 applies, F32... the final fee as calculated in accordance with paragraph 8(2);

(d)in a trial [F33in a case to which Part 2 applies,] where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the table following [F31paragraph 5], the final fee, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 9(2);

F34(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(8) Where a case becomes a Very High Cost Case after a section 16 determination has been made and is transferred from the litigator named on the representation order to a new litigator—

(a)the original litigator must be remunerated in accordance with the individual Very High Cost Case contract entered into by that litigator; and

(b)the new litigator must be remunerated in accordance with the individual Very High Cost Case contract entered into by that litigator.

(9) Where a case becomes a Very High Cost Case after a section 16 determination has been made and the section 16 determination is withdrawn before the end of the case, the litigator must be remunerated in accordance with the table following this paragraph as appropriate to the circumstances and timing of the withdrawal.

F35(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F36(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(12) A litigator may not be treated both as an original litigator and as a new litigator in a case.

Retrials and Transfers
ScenarioPercentage of the total feeCase type to be used to determine total feeClaim period [F37(where Part 2 applies)]
Cracked trial before retrial, where there is no change of litigator25%Cracked trial
Retrial where there is no change of litigator25%Trial
[F38Transfer at or before the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea] (original litigator)25%Cracked trial
[F38Transfer at or before the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea] – guilty plea (new litigator)100%Guilty plea
[F38Transfer at or before the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea] – cracked trial (new litigator)100%Cracked trial
[F38Transfer at or before the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea] – trial (new litigator)100%Trial
Before trial transfer (original litigator)75%Cracked trial
Before trial transfer – cracked trial (new litigator)100%Cracked trial
Before trial transfer – trial (new litigator)100%Trial
During trial transfer (original litigator)100%TrialClaim up to and including the day before the transfer
During trial transfer (new litigator)50%TrialClaim for the full trial length
Transfer after trial or guilty plea and before sentencing hearing (original litigator)100%Trial, Cracked trial or Guilty plea as appropriateClaim for the full trial length, excluding the length of the sentencing hearing
Transfer after trial or guilty plea and before sentencing hearing (new litigator)10%TrialClaim for one day or for the length of the sentencing hearing if longer than one day
Transfer before retrial (original litigator)25%Cracked trial
Transfer before cracked retrial (new litigator)50%Cracked trial
Transfer before retrial (new litigator)50%TrialClaim for the full retrial length
Transfer during retrial (original litigator)25%TrialClaim up to and including the day before the transfer
Transfer during retrial (new litigator)50%TrialClaim for the full retrial length
Transfer after retrial or cracked retrial and before sentencing hearing (original litigator)25%Trial or Cracked trial as appropriateClaim for the full retrial length, excluding the length of the sentencing hearing
Transfer after retrial or cracked retrial and before sentencing hearing (new litigator10%TrialClaim for one day or for the length of the sentencing hearing if longer than one day.

Textual Amendments

PART 5E+WFixed Fees

General provisionsE+W

14.—F39(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) Except as provided under this Part, remuneration for all work undertaken by a litigator in a case to which Part 2 applies is included within the fee set out in Part 2 of this Schedule as appropriate to—

(a)the offence for which the assisted person is charged or tried;

(b)whether the case is a cracked trial, guilty plea or trial; and

(c)the number of pages of prosecution evidence.

Textual Amendments

Fees for appeals and committals for sentence hearingsE+W

15.  The fee payable to a litigator instructed in—

(a)an appeal against conviction from a magistrates' court;

(b)an appeal against sentence from a magistrates' court; or

(c)a sentencing hearing following a committal for sentence to the Crown Court,

is that set out in the table following paragraph 19.

Fees for hearing subsequent to sentenceE+W

16.—(1) The fee payable to a litigator instructed in relation to a hearing under an enactment listed in sub-paragraph (2) is that set out in the table following paragraph 19.

(2) The enactments are—

(a)section 1CA of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 M3 (variation and discharge of orders under section 1C);

(b)[F40section 385 of the Sentencing Code] (alteration of Crown Court sentence);

(c)[F41section 387 or 388 of the Sentencing Code] (assistance by defendant: review of sentence).

Textual Amendments

F40Words in Sch. 2 para. 16(2)(b) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 415(3)(a) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

F41Words in Sch. 2 para. 16(2)(c) substituted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 415(3)(b) (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Marginal Citations

M31998 c. 37. Section 1CA was inserted by section 140 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15).

Fees for contempt proceedingsE+W

17.—(1) This paragraph applies to proceedings referred to in section 14(g) of the Act in the Crown Court.

(2) Where, in proceedings to which this paragraph applies, the contempt is alleged to have been committed by a person other than a defendant in a case to which this Schedule applies, remuneration for litigators must be at the rate set out in the table following paragraph 19.

(3) Where, in proceedings to which this paragraph applies, the contempt is alleged to have been committed by the defendant in a case to which this Schedule applies, all work undertaken by the litigator is included within—

(a)the fee payable under Part 2 of this Schedule, or

(b)in proceedings under paragraph 15 or paragraph 18, the fixed fee set out in the table following paragraph 19.

Fees for alleged breaches of a Crown Court orderE+W

18.—(1) This paragraph applies to proceedings in the Crown Court against one assisted person arising out of a single alleged breach of an order of the Crown Court.

(2) The fee payable to the litigator in respect of the proceedings to which this paragraph applies is that set out in the table following paragraph 19.

Fixed FeesE+W

19.  The table following this paragraph sets out the fixed fees payable in relation to the category of work specified in the first column of the table.

[F42Fixed Fees
Types of proceedingsParagraph providing for feeFee payable – (£ per proceedings)
Appeal against sentence from a magistrates’ court15178.62
Appeal against conviction from a magistrates’ court15401.89
Committal for sentence15267.93
Hearing subsequent to sentence16178.62
Contempt proceedings (where contempt is alleged to have been committed by a person other than the defendant)17(2)133.96
Alleged breach of a Crown Court Order18(2)89.31]

Textual Amendments

Fees for special preparationE+W

20.—(1) This paragraph applies in any case on indictment in the Crown Court—

(a)where a documentary or pictorial exhibit is served by the prosecution in electronic form and—

(i)the exhibit has never existed in paper form; and

(ii)the appropriate officer does not consider it appropriate to include the exhibit in the pages of prosecution evidence; or

(b)in respect of which a fee is payable under Part 2 (other than paragraph 7), where the number of pages of prosecution evidence, as so defined, exceeds [F436,000],

and the appropriate officer considers it reasonable to make a payment in excess of the fee payable under Part 2.

(2) Where this paragraph applies, a special preparation fee may be paid, in addition to the fee payable under Part 2.

(3) The amount of the special preparation fee must be calculated from the number of hours which the appropriate officer considers reasonable—

(a)where sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, to view the prosecution evidence; and

(b)where sub-paragraph (1)(b) applies, to read the excess pages,

and in each case using the rates specified in the table following paragraph 27.

(4) A litigator claiming a special preparation fee must supply such information and documents as may be required by the appropriate officer in support of the claim.

(5) In determining a claim under this paragraph, the appropriate officer must take into account all the relevant circumstances of the case.

Textual Amendments

F43Word in Sch. 2 para. 20(1)(b) substituted (1.12.2017) by The Criminal Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1019), regs. 1, 2(5) (with reg. 3)

[F44Fees for consideration of unused materialE+W

20A.—(1) This paragraph applies in respect of any case on indictment in the Crown Court, in respect of which a graduated fee is payable under Part 2, other than a guilty plea.

[F45(2) In any case to which this paragraph applies, a fee (“the basic consideration fee”) is payable to a litigator in respect of the consideration of unused material whether or not such consideration has actually occurred.]

F46...
F46. . .F46. . .F46. . .
F46. . .F46. . .F46. . .
F46. . .F46. . .F46. . .

[F47(2A) The basic consideration fee in sub-paragraph (2) is [F48£74.38].]

(3) This sub-paragraph applies where—

(a)a litigator has undertaken the consideration of unused material; and

(b)the litigator has spent in excess of three hours undertaking that consideration.

(4) In a case where sub-paragraph (3) applies—

(a)a fee (“the additional fee”) is payable to the litigator in addition to the basic consideration fee; and

(b)the amount of the additional fee corresponds to the grade of fee earner concerned specified in the table following paragraph 27.

(5) The additional fee is payable only where the appropriate officer considers it reasonable to make such a payment.

(6) A litigator claiming the additional fee must supply such information and documents as may be required by the appropriate officer in support of the claim.

(7) In determining whether it is reasonable to pay the additional fee, the appropriate officer must take into account—

(a)the reasonableness of the hours claimed in respect of the case taken as a whole; and

(b)the reasonableness of the hours claimed in respect of the consideration of the unused material.]

Textual Amendments

Discontinuance or dismissal of F49... proceedingsE+W

21.—[F50(1) This paragraph applies to proceedings which are sent for trial to the Crown Court.]

(2) Where proceedings to which this paragraph applies are discontinued by a notice served under section 23A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (discontinuance of proceedings after accused has been sent for trial) at any time before the prosecution serves its evidence in accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 2005 M4 the litigator must be paid 50% of the basic fee for a guilty plea, as specified in the table following paragraph 6, as appropriate to the offence for which the assisted person is charged.

(3) Where proceedings to which this paragraph applies are discontinued by a notice served under section 23A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (discontinuance of proceedings after accused has been sent for trial) at any time after the prosecution serves its evidence in accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (Service of Prosecution Evidence) Regulations 2005, the litigator must be paid a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 6, or, where appropriate, paragraph 8, as appropriate for representing an assisted person in a guilty plea.

(4) Where an application for dismissal is made under paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act [F511998] F52... and—

(a)the charge, or charges are dismissed and the assisted person is discharged; or

(b)the case is remitted to the magistrates' court in accordance with paragraph 10(3)(a), 13(2) or 15(3)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998,

the litigator instructed in the proceedings must be paid a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 6, or where appropriate, paragraph 8, as appropriate for representing an assisted person in a guilty plea.

F53(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Where, at [F54or before the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea]—

(a)the prosecution offers no evidence and the assisted person is discharged; or

(b)the case is remitted to the magistrates' court in accordance with paragraph 10(3)(a), 13(2) or 15(3)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998,

the litigator must be paid a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 6 or where appropriate paragraph 8, as appropriate for representing an assisted person in a guilty plea.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

Defendant upliftsE+W

22.—F55(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) The defendant uplift must be calculated in accordance with the table following this paragraph.

(3) In the table following this paragraph, the total fee means—

(a)the fee specified in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 21 where that sub-paragraph applies;

(b)the basic fee (B) specified in the table following paragraph 6, or, where appropriate, the initial fee specified in paragraph 8, where paragraph 21(3), (4) or (5) applies, as appropriate for the circumstances set out in that sub-paragraph; or

F56(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) F57...

Defendant uplifts
Total number of defendants represented by litigatorPercentage uplift to total fee
2-420%
5+30%

Textual Amendments

Warrant for arrestE+W

23.—(1) This paragraph applies where—

(a)the assisted person fails to attend a hearing;

(b)at that hearing the court issues a warrant for the arrest of the assisted person, pursuant to section 7(1) of the Bail Act 1976 M5 (“the warrant”); and

(c)the case does not proceed in the absence of the assisted person.

(2) Where in a case on indictment the warrant is not executed within three months of the date on which it was issued, the fee payable to the litigator is—

(a)where the warrant is issued at or before [F58the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea], the fee payable for a guilty plea in accordance with paragraph 6 or where appropriate paragraph 8;

(b)where the warrant is issued after [F58the first hearing at which the assisted person enters a plea] but before the trial, the fee payable for a cracked trial in accordance with paragraph 6 or where appropriate paragraph 8, as appropriate to the Class of Offence with which the assisted person is charged; and

(c)where the warrant is issued during the trial, and the trial is aborted as a result, the fee payable for a trial as if the trial had ended on the day the warrant was issued.

(3) Where the warrant is issued during the course of proceedings referred to in paragraph 15 or 18 the fee payable to the litigator is the fee set out in the table following paragraph 19, as appropriate to the type of proceedings.

(4) Sub-paragraph (5) applies where—

(a)a fee has been paid, or is payable, to the litigator in accordance with sub-paragraph (2);

(b)the warrant is executed within 15 months of the date on which it was issued;

(c)the case proceeds after the warrant has been executed; and

(d)the litigator submits a claim for fees for the determination of the litigator's overall remuneration in the case, in accordance with regulation 5.

(5) Where this sub-paragraph applies—

(a)the appropriate officer must deduct the amount paid or payable in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) from the amount payable to the litigator on the final determination of fees in the case; and

(b)if the fee paid or payable in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) is greater than the amount payable to the litigator on the final determination of fees in the case, the appropriate officer may recover the amount of the difference by way of repayment by the litigator.

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Marginal Citations

PART 6E+WMiscellaneous

Additional chargesE+W

24.—(1) Where an assisted person is charged with more than one offence on one indictment, the fee payable to the litigator under this Schedule must be based on whichever of those offences the litigator selects.

(2) Where a litigator selects one offence, in preference to another offence, under sub-paragraph (1) that selection does not affect the litigator's right to claim any of the fees provided for in Part 5 of this Schedule to which the litigator would otherwise have been entitled.

Assisted person unfit to plead or stand trialE+W

25.  Where in any case a hearing is held to determine the question of whether the assisted person is unfit to plead or to stand trial (a “fitness hearing”)—

(a)if a trial on indictment is held, or continues, at any time thereafter, the length of the fitness hearing is included in determining the length of the trial for the calculation of the fee in accordance with Part 2;

(b)if a trial on indictment is not held, or does not continue, thereafter by reason of the assisted person being found unfit to plead or to stand trial, the litigator must be paid—

(i)a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 7 or where appropriate paragraph 9, as appropriate to the combined length of—

(aa)the fitness hearing; and

(bb)any hearing under section 4A of the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 M6 (finding that the accused did the act or made the omission charged against him); or

(ii)a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 6, or where appropriate paragraph 8, as appropriate, for representing an assisted person in a cracked trial,

whichever the litigator elects; and

(c)if at any time the assisted person pleads guilty to the indictable offence, the litigator must be paid either—

(i)a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 7 or, where appropriate, paragraph 9, as appropriate to the length of the fitness hearing; or

(ii)a fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 6 or, where appropriate, paragraph 8, as appropriate for representing an assisted person in a guilty plea,

whichever the litigator elects.

Marginal Citations

Fees for confiscation proceedingsE+W

26.—(1) This paragraph applies to—

(a)proceedings under Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 M7 (confiscation: England and Wales);

(b)proceedings under section 2 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 M8 (confiscation orders); and

(c)proceedings under section 71 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 M9 (confiscation orders).

(2) Where this paragraph applies, the appropriate officer may allow work done in the following classes by a litigator—

(a)preparation, including taking instructions, interviewing witnesses, ascertaining the prosecution case, preparing and perusing documents, dealing with letters and telephone calls, instructing an advocate and expert witnesses, conferences, consultations and work done in connection with advice on appeal;

(b)attending at court where an advocate is instructed, including conferences with the advocate at court;

(c)travelling and waiting; and

(d)writing routine letters and dealing with routine telephone calls.

(3) The appropriate officer must consider the claim, any further particulars, information or documents submitted by the litigator under regulation 5 and any other relevant information and must allow such work as appears to him to have been reasonably done in the proceedings.

(4) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the appropriate officer must allow fees under this paragraph in accordance with paragraph 27.

(5) The appropriate officer must allow fees in accordance with paragraphs 27 to 29 as appropriate to such of the following grades of fee earner as the appropriate officer considers reasonable—

(a)senior solicitor;

(b)solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience; or

(c)trainee or fee earner of equivalent experience.

Marginal Citations

Prescribed fee ratesE+W

27.  Subject to paragraphs 28 and 29, for proceedings in the Crown Court to which paragraph 26 applies the appropriate officer must allow fees for work under paragraph 26(2) at the following prescribed rates—

[F59Class of workGrade of fee earnerRateVariations
PreparationSenior Solicitor£55.61 per hour£58.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough
Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience£47.22 per hour£49.59 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough
Trainee or fee earner of equivalent experience£31.22 per hour£35.68 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough
Consideration of unused material in excess of 3 hoursSenior solicitor£55.61 per hour£58.50 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough
Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience£47.22 per hour£49.59 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough
Trainee or fee earner of equivalent experience£31.22 per hour£35.68 per hour for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough
Attendance at court where more than one representative instructedSenior solicitor£44.33 per hour
Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience£35.68 per hour
Trainee or fee earner of equivalent experience£21.52 per hour
Travelling and waitingSenior solicitor£25.97 per hour
Solicitor, legal executive or fee earner of equivalent experience£25.97 per hour
Trainee or fee earner of equivalent experience£13.12 per hour
Writing routine letters and dealing with routine telephone calls£3.62 per item£3.78 per item for a fee earner whose office is situated within the City of London or a London borough]

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Allowing fees at less than the prescribed ratesE+W

28.  In respect of any item of work, the appropriate officer may allow fees at less than the relevant prescribed rate specified in paragraph 27 where it appears to the appropriate officer reasonable to do so having regard to the competence and despatch with which the work was done.

Allowing fees at more than the prescribed ratesE+W

29.—(1) Upon a determination the appropriate officer may, subject to the provisions of this paragraph, allow fees at more than the relevant prescribed rate specified in paragraph 27 for preparation, attendance at court where more than one representative is instructed, routine letters written and routine telephone calls, in respect of offences in Class A, B, C, D, G, I, J or K in the [F60LGFS] Table of Offences.

(2) The appropriate officer may allow fees at more than the prescribed rate where it appears to the appropriate officer, taking into account all the relevant circumstances of the case, that—

(a)the work was done with exceptional competence, skill or expertise;

(b)the work was done with exceptional despatch; or

(c)the case involved exceptional complexity or other exceptional circumstances.

(3) Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 applies to litigators in respect of proceedings in the Crown Court as it applies to advocates.

(4) Where the appropriate officer considers that any item or class of work should be allowed at more than the prescribed rate, the appropriate officer must apply to that item or class of work a percentage enhancement in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(5) In determining the percentage by which fees should be enhanced above the prescribed rate the appropriate officer must have regard to—

(a)the degree of responsibility accepted by the fee earner;

(b)the care, speed and economy with which the case was prepared; and

(c)the novelty, weight and complexity of the case.

(6) The percentage above the relevant prescribed rate by which fees for work may be enhanced must not exceed 100%.

(7) The appropriate officer may have regard to the generality of proceedings to which these Regulations apply in determining what is exceptional within the meaning of this paragraph.

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[F61PART 7E+W [F62LGFS] Table of Offences

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OffenceContrary toYear and Chapter
Class A: Homicide and related grave offences
MurderCommon law
ManslaughterCommon law
Soliciting to commit murderOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.41861 c. 100
Child destructionInfant Life (Preservation) Act 1929, s.1(1)1929 c. 34
InfanticideInfanticide Act 1938, s.1(1)1938 c. 36
Causing explosion likely to endanger life or propertyExplosive Substances Act 1883, s.21883 c. 3
Attempt to cause explosion, making or keeping explosives etc.Explosive Substances Act 1883, s.3As above
Class B: Offences involving serious violence or damage, and serious drug offences
Endangering the safety of an aircraftAviation Security Act 1982, s.2(1)(b)1982 c. 36
Racially aggravated arson (not endangering life)Crime and Disorder Act 1998, s.30(1)1998 c. 37
KidnappingCommon law
False imprisonmentCommon law
Aggravated criminal damageCriminal Damage Act 1971, s.1(2)1971 c. 48
Aggravated arsonCriminal Damage Act 1971, s.1(2), (3)As above
Arson (where value exceeds £30,000)Criminal Damage Act 1971, s.1(3)As above
Possession of firearm with intent to endanger lifeFirearms Act 1968, s.161968 c. 27
Use of firearm to resist arrestFirearms Act 1968, s.17As above
Possession of firearm with criminal intentFirearms Act 1968, s.18As above
Possession or acquisition of certain prohibited weapons etc.Firearms Act 1968, s.5As above
Aggravated burglaryTheft Act 1968, s.101968 c. 60
Armed robberyTheft Act 1968, s.8(1)As above
Assault with weapon with intent to robTheft Act 1968, s.8(2)As above
BlackmailTheft Act 1968, s.21As above
RiotPublic Order Act 1986, s.11986 c. 64
Violent disorderPublic Order Act 1986, s.2As above
Contamination of good with intentPublic Order Act 1986, s.38As above
Causing death by dangerous drivingRoad Traffic Act 1988, s.11988 c. 52
Causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink or drugsRoad Traffic Act 1988, s.3AAs above
Aggravated vehicle taking resulting in deathTheft Act 1968, s.12A1968 c. 60
Causing danger to road usersRoad Traffic Act 1988, s.22A1988 c. 52
Attempting to choke, suffocate, strangle etc.Offences against the Person Act 1861, s.211861 c. 100
Causing miscarriage by poison, instrumentOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.58As above
Making threats to killOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.16As above
Wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm etc.Offences against the Person Act 1861, s.18As above
Endangering the safety of railway passengersOffences against the Person Act 1861, ss. 32, 33, 34As above
Impeding persons endeavouring to escape wrecksOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.17As above
Administering chloroform, laudanum etc.Offences against the Person Act 1861, s.22As above
Administering poison etc. so as to endanger lifeOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.23As above
Cruelty to persons under 16Children and Young Persons Act 1933, s.11933 c. 12
Aiding and abetting suicideSuicide Act 1961, s.21961 c. 60
Prison mutinyPrison Security Act 1992, s.11992 c. 25
Assaulting prison officer whilst possessing firearm etc.Criminal Justice Act 1991, s.901991 c. 53
Producing or supplying a Class A or B drugMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.41971 c. 38
Possession of a Class A or B drug with intent to supplyMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.5(3)As above
Manufacture and supply of scheduled substancesCriminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990, s.121990 c. 5
Fraudulent evasion of controls on Class A and B drugsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.170(2)(b), (c)1979 c. 2
Illegal importation of Class A and B drugsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.50As above
Offences in relation to proceeds of drug traffickingDrug Trafficking Act 1994, ss. 49, 50, 511994 c. 37
Offences in relation to money laundering investigationsDrug Trafficking Act 1994, ss. 52, 53As above
Practitioner contravening drug supply regulationsMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, ss. 12, 131971 c. 38
Cultivation of cannabis plantMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.6As above
Occupier knowingly permitting drugs offences etc.Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.8As above
Activities relating to opiumMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.9As above
Drug trafficking offences at seaCriminal Justice (International Co-operation) Act 1990, s.181990 c. 5
Firing on Revenue vesselCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.851979 c. 2
Making or possession of explosive in suspicious circumstancesExplosive Substances Act 1883, s.4(1)1883 c. 3
Causing bodily injury by explosivesOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.281861 c. 100
Using explosive or corrosives with intent to cause grievous bodily harmOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.29As above
Hostage takingTaking of Hostages Act 1982, s.11982 c. 28
Offences against international protection of nuclear materialNuclear Material (Offences) Act 1983, s.21983 c. 18
Placing explosives with intent to cause bodily injuryOffences against the Person act 1861, s.301861 c. 100
Membership of proscribed organisationsTerrorism Act 2000, s.112000 c. 11
Support or meeting of proscribed organisationsTerrorism Act 2000, s.12As above
Uniform of proscribed organisationsTerrorism Act 2000, s.13As above
Fund raising for terrorismTerrorism Act 2000, s.15As above
Other offences involving money or property to be used for terrorismTerrorism Act 2000, ss.16-18As above
Disclosure prejudicing, or interference of material relevant to, investigation of terrorismTerrorism Act 2000, s.39As above
Weapons trainingTerrorism Act 2000, s.54As above
Directing terrorist organisationTerrorism Act 2000, s.56As above
Possession of articles for terrorist purposesTerrorism Act 2000, s.57As above
Unlawful collection of information for terrorist purposesTerrorism Act 2000, s.58As above
Incitement of terrorism overseasTerrorism Act 2000, s.59As above
Concealing criminal propertyProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.3272002 c. 29
Involvement in arrangements facilitating the acquisition, retention, use or control of criminal propertyProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.328As above
Acquisition, use or possession of criminal propertyProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.329As above
Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering: regulated sectorProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.330As above
Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering: nominated officers in the regulated sectorProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.331As above
Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money laundering: other nominated officersProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.332As above
Tipping offProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.333As above
Disclosure under sections 330, 331, 332 or 333 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 otherwise than in the form and manner prescribedProceeds of Crime Act 2002, s.339(1A)As above
Causing or allowing the death of a childDomestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, s.52004 c. 28
Class C: Lesser offences involving violence or damage and less serious drugs offences
Racially aggravated assaultCrime and Disorder Act 1998, s.29(1)1998 c. 37
Racially aggravated criminal damageCrime and Disorder Act 1998, s.30(1)As above
Robbery (other than armed robbery)Theft Act 1968, s.8(1)1968 c. 60
Unlawful woundingOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.201861 c. 100
Assault occasioning actual bodily harmOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.47As above
Concealment of birthOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.60As above
Abandonment of children under twoOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.27As above
Arson (other than aggravated arson) where value does not exceed £30,000Criminal Damage Act 1971, s.1(3)1971 c. 48
Criminal damage (other than aggravated criminal damage)Criminal Damage Act 1971, s.1(1)As above
Possession of firearm without certificateFirearms Act 1968 s.11968 c. 27
Carrying loaded firearm in public placeFirearms Act 1968, s.19As above
Trespassing with a firearmFirearms Act 1968, s.20As above
Shortening of shotgun or possession of shortened shotgunFirearms Act 1968 s.4As above
Shortening of smooth bore gunFirearms Amendment Act 1988, s.6(1)1988 c. 45
Possession or acquisition of shotgun without certificateFirearms Act 1968, s.21968 c. 27
Possession of firearms by person convicted of crimeFirearms Act 1968, s.21(4)As above
Acquisition by or supply of firearms to person denied themFirearms Act 1968, s.21(5)As above
Dealing in firearmsFirearms Act 1968, s.3As above
Failure to comply with certificate when transferring firearmFirearms Act 1968, s.42As above
Permitting an escapeCommon law
RescueCommon law
Escape from lawful custody without forceCommon law
Breach of prisonCommon law
Harbouring escaped prisonersCriminal Justice Act 1961, s.221961 c. 39
Assisting prisoners to escapePrison Act 1952, s.391952 c. 52
Fraudulent evasion of agricultural levyCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.68A(1) and (2)1979 c. 2
Offender armed or disguisedCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.86As above
Making threats to destroy or damage propertyCriminal Damage Act 1971, s.21971 c. 48
Possessing anything with intent to destroy or damage propertyCriminal Damage Act 1971, s.3As above
Child abduction by connected personChild Abduction Act 1984, s.11984 c. 37
Child abduction by other personChild Abduction Act 1984, s.2As above
Bomb hoaxCriminal Law Act 1977, s.511977 c. 45
Producing or supplying Class C drugMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.41971 c. 38
Possession of a Class C drug with intent to supplyMisuse of Drugs Act 1971 s.5(3)As above
Fraudulent evasion of controls on Class C drugsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.170(2)(b),(c)1979 c. 2
Illegal importation of Class C drugsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.50As above
Possession of Class A drugMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.5(2)1971 c. 38
Failure to disclose knowledge or suspicion of money launderingDrug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, s.26B1986 c. 32
Tipping off in relation to money laundering investigationsDrug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, s.26CAs above
Assaults on officers saving wrecksOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.371861 c. 100
Attempting to injure or alarm the SovereignTreason Act 1842, s.21842 c. 51
Assisting illegal entry or harbouring personsImmigration Act 1971, s.251971 c. 77
Administering poison with intent to injure etc.Offences against the Person Act 1861, s.241861 c. 100
Neglecting to provide food for or assaulting servants etc.Offences against the Person Act 1861, s.26As above
Setting spring guns with intent to inflict grievous bodily harmOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.31As above
Supplying instrument etc. to cause miscarriageOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.59As above
Failure to disclose information about terrorismTerrorism Act 2000, s.192000 c. 11
Circumcision of femalesProhibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985, s.11985 c. 38
Breaking or injuring submarine telegraph cablesSubmarine Telegraph Act 1885, s.31885 c. 49
Failing to keep dogs under proper control resulting in injuryDangerous Dogs Act 1991, s.31991 c. 65
Making gunpowder etc. to commit offencesOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.641861 c. 100
Stirring up racial hatredPublic Order Act 1986, ss.18-231986 c. 64
Class D: Sexual offences and offences against children
Administering drugs to obtain intercourseSexual Offences Act 1956, s.41956 c. 69
Procurement of a defectiveSexual Offences Act 1956, s.9As above
Incest other than by man with a girl under 13Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.10, 11As above
Gross indecency between male of 21 or over and male under 16Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.13As above
Indecent assault on a womanSexual Offences Act 1956, s.14As above
Indecent assault on a manSexual Offences Act 1956, s.15As above
Abuse of position of trustSexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000, s.32000 c. 44
Man living on earnings of prostitutionSexual Offences Act 1956, s.301956 c. 69
Woman exercising control over prostituteSexual Offences Act 1956, s.31As above
Living on earnings of male prostitutionSexual Offences Act 1967, s.51967 c. 60
Incitement to commit incestCriminal Law Act 1977, s.541977 c. 45
Ill-treatment of persons of unsound mindMental Health Act 1983, s.1271983 c. 20
Abduction of unmarried girl under 18 from parentSexual Offences Act 1956, s.191956 c. 69
Abduction of defective from parentSexual Offences Act 1956, s.21As above
Procuration of girl under 21Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.23As above
Permitting defective to use premises for intercourseSexual Offences Act 1956, s.27As above
Causing or encouraging prostitution of defectiveSexual Offences Act 1956, s.29As above
Sexual assaultSexual Offences Act 2003, s.32003 c. 42
Causing sexual activity without penetrationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.4As above
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a childSexual Offences Act 2003, s.11As above
Causing a child to watch a sexual actSexual Offences Act 2003, s.12As above
Child sex offence committed by person under 18Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.13As above
Meeting child following sexual groomingSexual Offences Act 2003, s.15As above
Abuse of trust: sexual activity with a childSexual Offences Act 2003, s.16As above
Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to engage in sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.17As above
Abuse of trust: sexual activity in the presence of a childSexual Offences Act 2003, s.18As above
Abuse of position of trust: causing a child to watch sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.19As above
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorderSexual Offences Act 2003, s.32As above
Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual actSexual Offences Act 2003, s.33As above
Engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a person with a mental disorderSexual Offences Act 2003, s.36As above
Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual actSexual Offences Act 2003, s.37As above
Care workers: sexual activity in presence of a person with a mental disorderSexual Offences Act 2003, s.40As above
Care workers: causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual actSexual Offences Act 2003, s.41As above
Causing or inciting prostitution for gainSexual Offences Act 2003, s.52As above
Controlling prostitution for gainSexual Offences Act 2003, s.53As above
Administering a substance with intentSexual Offences Act 2003, s.61As above
Committing offence with intent to commit sexual offenceSexual Offences Act 2003, s.62As above
Trespass with intent to commit sexual offenceSexual Offences Act 2003, s.63As above
Sex with adult relativeSexual Offences Act 2003, ss.64,65As above
ExposureSexual Offences Act 2003, s.66As above
VoyeurismSexual Offences Act 2003, s.67As above
Intercourse with an animalSexual Offences Act 2003, s.69As above
Sexual penetration of a corpseSexual Offences Act 2003, s.70As above
Class E: Burglary etc.
Burglary (domestic)Theft Act 1968, s.9(3)(a)1968 c. 60
Going equipped to stealTheft Act 1968, s.25As above
Burglary (non-domestic)Theft Act 1968, s.9(3)(b)As above
Classes F G and K: Other offences of dishonesty
The following offences are always in Class F
Destruction of registers of birth etc.Forgery Act 1861, s.361861 c. 98
Making false entries in copies of registers sent to the registrarForgery Act 1861, s.37As above
Possession (with intention) of false identity documentsIdentity Cards Act 2006, s.25(1)2006 c. 15
Possession (with intention) of apparatus or material for making false identity documentsIdentity Cards Act 2006, s.25(3)As above
Possession (without reasonable excuse) of false identity documents or apparatus or material for making false identity documentsIdentity Cards Act 2006, s.25(5)As above
The following offences are always in Class G
Undischarged bankrupt being concerned in a companyInsolvency Act 1986, s.3601986 c. 45
Counterfeiting notes and coinsForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.141981 c. 45
Passing counterfeit notes and coinsForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.15As above
Offences involving custody or control of counterfeit notes and coinsForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.16As above
Making, custody or control of counterfeiting materials etc.Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.175As above
Illegal importation: counterfeit notes or coinsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.501979 c. 2
Fraudulent evasion: counterfeit notes or coinsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.170(2)(b),(c)As above
The following offences are in Class G if the value involved exceeds £30,000, Class K if the value exceeds £100,000 and in Class F otherwise
VAT offencesValue Added Tax Act 1994, s.72(1) to (8)1994 c. 23
Fraudulent evasion of dutyCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.170(1)(b)1979 c. 2
TheftTheft Act 1968, s.11968 c. 60
Removal of articles from places open to the publicTheft Act 1968, s.11As above
Abstraction of electricityTheft Act 1968, s.13As above
Obtaining property by deceptionTheft Act 1968, s.15As above
Obtaining pecuniary advantage by deceptionTheft Act 1968, s.16As above
False accountingTheft Act 1968, s.17As above
Handling stolen goodsTheft Act 1968, s.22As above
Obtaining services by deceptionTheft Act 1978, s.11978 c. 31
Evasion of liability by deceptionTheft Act 1978, s.2As above
Illegal importation: not elsewhere specifiedCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.501979 c. 2
Counterfeiting Customs documentsCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.168As above
Fraudulent evasion: not elsewhere specifiedCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.170(2)(b),(c)As above
ForgeryForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.11981 c. 45
Copying false instrument with intentForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.2As above
Using a false instrumentForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.3As above
Using a copy of a false instrumentForgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.4As above
Custody of control of false instruments etc.Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981, s.5As above
Offences in relation to dies or stampsStamp Duties Management Act 1891, s.131891 c. 38
Counterfeiting of dies or marksHallmarking Act 1973, s.61973 c. 43
Fraud by false representationFraud Act 2006, s.22006 c. 35
Fraud by failing to disclose informationFraud Act 2006, s.3As above
Fraud by abuse of positionFraud Act 2006, s.4As above
Possession etc. of article for use in fraudsFraud Act 2006, s.6As above
Making or supplying articles for use in fraudsFraud Act 2006, s.7As above
Participation in fraudulent business carried on by a sole trader etc.Fraud Act 2006, s.9As above
Obtaining services dishonestlyFraud Act 2006, s.11As above
Class H: Miscellaneous other offences
Breach of a sexual harm prevention order or interim sexual harm prevention order Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.103I [F63 or Sentencing Code, s.354]2003 c. 42
Breach of a sexual risk order or interim sexual risk order Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.122HAs above
Breach of a criminal behaviour order Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, s.302014 c. 12
Racially aggravated public order offenceCrime and Disorder Act 1998, s.31(1)As above
Racially aggravated harassment/putting another in fear of violenceCrime and Disorder Act 1998, s.32(1)As above
Having an article with a blade or point in a public place [F64Criminal Justice Act 1988, s. 139]1988 c. 33
Breach of harassment injunctionProtection from Harassment Act 1997, s.3(6)1997 c. 40
Putting people in fear of violenceProtection from Harassment Act 1997, s.4(1)As above
Breach of restraining order [F65Sentencing Code, s.363(1)]As above
Being drunk on an aircraftAir Navigation Order 2005, article 75SI 2005/1970
Possession of offensive weaponPrevention of Crime Act 1953, s.11953 c. 14
AffrayPublic Order Act 1986, s.31986 c. 64
Assault with intent to resist arrestOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.381861 c. 100
Unlawful eviction and harassment of occupierProtection from Eviction Act 1977, s.11977 c. 43
Obscene articles intended for publication for gainObscene Publications Act 1964, s.11964 c. 74
Gross indecency between males (other than where one is 21 or over and the other is under 16)Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.131956 c. 69
Solicitation for immoral purposesSexual Offences Act 1956, s.32As above
Buggery of males of 16 or over otherwise than in privateSexual Offences Act 1956, s.12As above
Acts outraging public decencyCommon law
Offences of publication of obscene matterObscene Publications Act 1959, s.21959 c. 66
Keeping a disorderly houseCommon law: Disorderly Houses Act 1751, s.81751 c. 36
Indecent displayIndecent Displays (Control) Act 1981, s.11981 c. 42
Presentation of obscene performanceTheatres Act 1968, s.21968 c. 54
Procurement of intercourse by threats etc.Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.21956 c. 69
Causing prostitution of womenSexual Offences Act 1956, s.22As above
Detention of woman in brothel or other premisesSexual Offences Act 1956, s.24As above
Procurement of a woman by false pretencesSexual Offences Act 1956, s.3As above
Procuring others to commit homosexual actsSexual Offences Act 1967, s.41967 c. 60
Trade description offences (9 offences)Trade Descriptions Act 1968, ss.1, 8, 9, 12, 13, 141968 c. 29
Misconduct endangering ship or persons on board shipMerchant Shipping Act 1970, s.271970 c. 36
Obstructing engine or carriage on railwayMalicious Damage Act 1861, s.361861 c. 97
Offences relating to the safe custody of controlled drugsMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.111971 c. 38
Possession of Class B or Class C drugMisuse of Drugs Act 1971, s.5(2)As above
Wanton or furious drivingOffences against the Person Act 1861, s.351861 c. 100
Dangerous drivingRoad Traffic Act 1988, s.21988 c. 52
Forgery and misuse of driving documentsPublic Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, s.651981 c. 14
Forgery of driving documentsRoad Traffic Act 1960, s.2331960 c. 16
Forgery etc. of licences and other documentsRoad Traffic Act 1988, s.1731988 c. 52
Mishandling or falsifying parking documents etc.Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, s.1151984 c. 27
Aggravated vehicle takingTheft Act 1968, s.12A1968 c. 60
Forgery, alteration, fraud of licences etc.Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994, s.441994 c. 22
Making off without paymentTheft Act 1978, s.31978 c. 31
Agreeing to indemnify suretiesBail Act 1976, s.9(1)1976 c. 63
Sending prohibited articles by postPost Office Act 1953, s.111953 c. 36
Impersonating Customs OfficerCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.131979 c. 2
Obstructing Customs OfficerCustoms and Excise Management Act 1979, s.16As above
Class I: Offences against public justice and similar offences
Conspiring to commit offences outside the United KingdomCriminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998, s.51998 c. 40
Perverting the course of public justiceCommon Law
Perjuries (7 offences)Perjury Act 1911, ss.1 to 7(2)1911 c. 6
Corrupt transactions with agentsPrevention of Corruption Act 1906, s.11906 c. 34
Corruption in public officePublic Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889, s.11889 c. 69
EmbraceryCommon law
Offences of bribing another personBribery Act 2010, s.12010 c. 23
Offences relating to being bribedBribery Act 2010, s.2As above
Bribery of foreign public officialsBribery Act 1010 s.6As above
Fabrication of evidence with intent to mislead a tribunalCommon law
Personation of jurorsCommon law
Concealing an arrestable offenceCriminal Law Act 1967, s.51967 c. 58
Assisting offendersCriminal Law Act 1967, s.4(1)As above
F66. . .F66. . .F66. . .
Personating for purposes of bail etc.Forgery Act 1861, s.341861 c. 98
Intimidating a witness, juror etc.Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, s.51(1)1994 c. 33
Harming, threatening to harm a witness, juror etc.Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, s.51(2)As above
Prejudicing a drug trafficking investigationDrug Trafficking Act 1994, s.58(1)1994 c. 37
Giving false statements to procure cremationCremation Act 1902, s.8(2)1902 c. 8
False statement tendered under section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967Criminal Justice Act 1967, s.891967 c. 80
Making a false statement to obtain interim possession orderCriminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, s.75(1)1994 c. 33
Making false statement to resist making of interim possession orderCriminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, s.75(2)As above
False statement tendered under section 5B of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, s.1061980 c. 43
Making false statements to authorised officerTrade Descriptions Act 1968, s. 29(2)1968 c. 29
Class J: Serious sexual offences
RapeSexual Offences Act 1956, s.1(1)1956 c. 69
Sexual intercourse with girl under 13Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.5As above
Sexual intercourse with girl under 16Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.6As above
Sexual intercourse with defectiveSexual Offences Act 1956, s.7As above
Incest by man with a girl under 13Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.10As above
Buggery of person under 16Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.12As above
Indecency with children under 14Indecency with Children Act 1960, s.1(1)1960 c. 33
Taking, having etc. indecent photographs of childrenProtection of Children Act 1978, s.11978 c. 37
Assault with intent to commit buggerySexual Offences Act 1956, s.161956 c. 69
Abduction of woman by forceSexual Offences Act 1956, s.17As above
Permitting girl under 13 to use premises for sexual intercourseSexual Offences Act 1956, s.25As above
Allowing or procuring child under 16 to go abroad to performChildren and Young Persons Act 1933, ss.25, 261933 c. 12
Sexual intercourse with patientsMental Health Act 1959, s.1281959 c. 72
Abduction of unmarried girl under 16 from parentSexual Offences Act 1956, s.201956 c. 69
Permitting girl under 16 to use premises for intercourseSexual Offences Act 1956, s.26As above
Causing or encouraging prostitution of girl under 16Sexual Offences Act 1956, s.28As above
RapeSexual Offences Act 2003, s.12003 c. 42
Assault by penetrationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.2As above
Causing sexual activity with penetrationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.4As above
Rape of child under 13Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.5As above
Assault of child under 13 by penetrationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.6As above
Sexual assault of child under 13Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.7As above
Causing a child under 13 to engage in sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.8As above
Sexual activity with a childSexual Offences Act 2003, s.9As above
Causing a child to engage in sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.10As above
Arranging child sex offenceSexual Offences Act 2003, s.14As above
Sexual activity with a child family member, with penetrationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.25As above
Inciting a child family member to engage in sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.26As above
Sexual activity with a person with a mental disorderSexual Offences Act 2003, s.30As above
Causing or inciting a person with a mental disorder to engage in sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.31As above
Offering inducement to procure sexual activity with a person with a mental disorderSexual Offences Act 2003, s.34As above
Inducing person with mental disorder to engage in sexual activitySexual Offences Act 2003, s.35As above
Care workers: sexual activity with a person with a mental disorderSexual Offences Act 2003, s.38As above
Care workers: inciting person with mental disorder to engage in sexual actSexual Offences Act 2003, s.39As above
Paying for sexual services of a childSexual Offences Act 2003, s.47As above
Causing or inciting [F67sexual exploitation of a child]Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.48As above
Controlling a child [F68in relation to sexual exploitation]Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.49As above
[F69Arranging or facilitating sexual exploitation of a child]Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.50As above
Trafficking into UK for sexual exploitationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.57As above
Trafficking within UK for sexual exploitationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.58As above
Trafficking out of UK for sexual exploitationSexual Offences Act 2003, s.59As above
Trafficking people for sexual exploitation Sexual Offences Act 2003, s.59AAs above
Class K: Other offences of dishonesty (high value)
Class K offences are listed under Classes F and G]

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