The Magistrates’ Courts and County Court Appeals (Criminal Legal Aid) (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2009

Northern Ireland Statutory Rule 2009 No. 313 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 29 August 2009
In force from: 30 September 2009
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Rules) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

These Rules prescribe the remuneration for solicitors and counsel assigned under Articles 28, 28A or 30 of the Legal Aid, Advice and Assistance (Northern Ireland) Order 1981. The main body of the Rules deals with the manner in which costs are to be determined and paid. Those provisions draw to a large extent on the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1992, which relate to criminal representation provided under Part III of the 1981 Order, and which are being superseded by these Rules insofar as they prescribe the costs payable for Magistrates’ Courts cases and County Court appeals. Schedule 1 deals with the standard fees which shall be payable for most cases to solicitors and counsel respectively. Rules 9 and 10, together with Schedule 2, provide for special rates of payment in Very High Cost Cases. Initial determinations will be undertaken by the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission. Provision is made for solicitors and counsel to appeal to the taxing master to challenge the fees determined in a particular case.

Offences created by this instrument

For the purposes of this Schedule— a the terms “summary offence”, “hybrid offence”, “I/TS offence” and “indictable… paragraph 2 of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability
c attempts, conspiracy or incitement to commit an offence fall within the same category as the substantive offence to… paragraph 2(c) of SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Strict liability

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