Counsel Fees Manual of Guidance - Very High Cost Cases

The Very High Cost Case (VHCC) fee scheme has been developed by the CPS, working with the Legal Services Commission and the Bar Council, to ensure that the work undertaken by counsel in the preparation and presentation of cases in the Crown Court, Higher Court and at the advice stage is actively managed by the reviewing lawyer, and expenditure in the most complex, serious and expensive cases is subject to proper audit.

Counsel Fees Manual of Guidance - Very High Cost Cases PDF

Annexes

1. Terms of Appointment - see Very High Cost Case Fee Scheme - Terms of Appointment
2. Fee Selection Criteria - see Very High Cost Case Fee Scheme - Terms of Appointment
3. Sample letter - Advice cases estimated to cost less than 5,000
4. Sample letter - Court of Appeal/Higher Court cases estimated to cost less than 5,000
5. Case Plan
6. Sample letter - Advice cases estimated to cost in excess of 5,000
7. Sample letter - Very High Cost Case
8. Stage Plan
9. Sample letter - Court of Appeal/Higher Court case estimated to cost in excess of 5,000
10. Sample letter - work done between committal and PCMH/before third counsel instructed
11. Guidance on disclosure counsel
12. Workbook
13. Sample letter - Magistrates' Court trials estimated to last 4 or more days
14. Notification of Heavy Fraud & other Complex Criminal Case form

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