Legal Aid Guidance

You will find the following resources of assistance. If you are looking for documents related to the Standard Criminal Contract, then click here.

• Defendant's expenses - claims for
• Grant of Legal Aid for QC and Junior - principles that apply
• Application for 2 advocates or QC alone - fact sheet
• Transfer of Legal Aid (R v Khan) - principles that apply (approved in R v Ulcay), see also: R v Iqbal 2011 and R v Napoli (20 October 2011)
• Litigator fee guidance (updated Feb 2011)
• Special preparation (Fact sheet)
• Advocate fee guidance (updated Feb 2011)
• Police station fixed fee guidance (note that the 2010 contract does affect the position greatly and that this guidance is in need of updating)
• Guideline hourly rates
•  Experts - guideline rates
• Integrated Criminal Bills Assessment Manual (again note that parts are now out of date)
• Legal Aid Manual - April 2011 update and the IOJ criteria
• SCCO Guidance Manual (3rd Edition), and Appellants Notice of Appeal
• Practice Direction - Costs in Criminal Proceedings July 2010
• Costs in Criminal Cases (General) Regulations 1986
• Funding of pre-charge bail variation

The following are the calculators for Scheme 7 claims from April 2011:

The following fee calculators are available for advocate fees prior to 1 April 2011:

The following calculator is available for litigator fees: