Once the matter is finished, please complete a CRMClaim11 and complete a Schedule of Time Spent and send this, with your full file of papers to the Criminal Finance Team within the Nottingham Legal Aid Agency Office.
Please note that Counsels fees must be submitted with the Instructing Solicitors claim and we require a completed CRM8 and Note of Taxation from Counsel.
Assigned Counsel Rates can be claimed at £70 per hour for attendances, preparation and advocacy under the Standard Crime Contract Part B 10.108.
Legal Aid Agency,Fothergill House, 16 King Street NG1 2AS
Legal Aid Agency, DX 10035 Nottingham 1
All billing enquiries in relation to contempt proceedings should be sent to ACLS.Contempt@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk or alternatively please contact 0300 200 2020.
Prior Authority
Prior Authority can be claimed by way of a letter to The National Crime Team at the above address or via email to Nottingham.NCT@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk. Please ensure the letter or email is clearly marked as a contempt matter. You should include the clients CNTP number and details of the expert to be instructed along with the quote for the work to be done.
Further Breaches of the same Representation Order
Please note that a further breach of the same order will be treated as a series of offences and an amendment will be made to the existing representation order. Please contact NCT Nottingham by letter or email and provide evidence of any further alleged breach.
Work started before 1st March 2014
Representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act
- 7. (1) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for representation in the Crown Court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act (other than an appeal from a magistrates’ court) are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £1,500.
- Representation in Prescribed Proceedings in a Magistrates’ Court
| London (£) | National (£) | |
| Routine letters written and telephone calls per item | 4.05 | 3.90 |
| Preparation hourly rate | 52.55 | 49.70 |
| Advocacy hourly rate | 62.35 | 62.35 |
| Travelling and waiting hourly rate | 26.30 | 26.30 |
- (2) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for representation in the High Court or a county court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph.
Representation in Prescribed Proceedings in the High Court or a County Court
| London (£) | National (£) | |
| Routine letters out per item | 7.50 | 6.60 |
| Routine telephone calls per item | 4.15 | 3.65 |
| All other preparation work hourly rate | 75.00 (79.50 where Provider’s office is in London) | 66.00 (70.00 where Provider’s office is in London) |
| Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment- hourly rate | 37.00 | 32.50 |
| Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate | 75.00 | 66.00 |
| Travelling and waiting hourly rate | 33.25 | 29.20 |
Work from the 20th March 2014 and on or after the 1st of April 2016
Representation in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act
- 7(2) The fixed amounts and hourly rates for representation in the High Court, the family court or a county court in proceedings prescribed as criminal proceedings under section 14(h) of the Act (except where paragraph 5A or paragraph 10 applies) are specified in the table following this sub-paragraph and this Unit of Work is subject to an Upper Limit of £1,368.75.
Representation in Prescribed Proceedings in a Magistrates’ Court
| London (£) | National (£) | |
| Routine letters written and telephone calls per item | 3.70 | 3.56 |
| Preparation hourly rate | 47.95 | 45.35 |
| Advocacy hourly rate | 56.89 | 56.89 |
| Travelling and waiting hourly rate | 24.00 | 24.00 |
Representation in Prescribed Proceedings in the High Court or a County Court
| London (£) | National (£) | |
| Routine letters out per item | 6.84 | 6.02 |
| Routine telephone calls per item | 3.79 | 3.33 |
| All other preparation work hourly rate | 68.44 (72.54 where Provider’s office is in London) | 60.23 (63.88 where Provider’s office is in London) |
| Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment – hourly rate | 33.76 | 29.66 |
| Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate | 68.44 | 60.23 |
| Travelling and waiting hourly rate | 30.34 | 26.65 |
Work from the 1st July 2015
Representation in Prescribed Proceedings in a Magistrates’ Court
| London (£) | National (£) | |
| Routine letters written and telephone calls per item | 3.34 | 3.22 |
| Preparation hourly rate | 43.35 | 41.00 |
| Advocacy hourly rate | 51.44 | 51.44 |
| Travelling and waiting hourly rate | 21.70 | 21.70 |
Representation in Prescribed Proceedings in the High Court or a County Court
| London (£) | National (£) | |
| Routine letters out per item | 6.19 | 5.45 |
| Routine telephone calls per item | 3.42 | 3.01 |
| All other preparation work hourly rate | 61.88 (65.59 where Provider’s office is in London) | 54.45 (57.75 where Provider’s office is in London) |
| Attending counsel in conference or at the trial or hearing of any summons or application at court or other appointment – hourly rate | 30.53 | 26.81 |
| Attending without counsel at the trial or hearing of any cause or the hearing of any summons or other application at court or other appointment – hourly rate | 61.88 | 54.45 |
| Travelling and waiting hourly rate | 27.43 | 24.09 |