31 October Legal Aid News [pdf, 195 KB]
...Document Protocol’ The Court of Appeal Criminal Electronic Document Protocol (the Protocol) imposes requirements on legal aid providers when preparing submissions for appeal hearings. To recognise the associated costs, the activity ‘Preparation of appeals’ activity in the ‘Schedule H: Fees schedule for Appeals to the Court of Appeal’ now includes complying with the Protocol as a task covered by the fixed fee. The revised fee schedule is in the Criminal fixed fee schedules -...