Fee Schedule 1 – Lump sum and other fees payable in criminal law matters

This fee schedule is effective from 1 January 2015.

Index

• Conditions for paying lump sum fees in criminal law matters
• Principles applying to payment of preparation fees to solicitors
• Summary criminal proceedings
  • Table A – Fees for summary criminal proceedings
• Table B – Lump sum fees for bail applications in the Magistrates’ Court and in the Criminal Division of the Children’s Court
• Table C – Lump sum fees for bail applications in the County Court
• Table D – Lump sum fees for bail applications in the Supreme Court
• Principles applying to Magistrates' Court stage of indictable matters fees
  • Table E – Lump sum fees for Magistrates’ Court stage of an indictable crime matter
• Principles applying to payment of fees for the County or Supreme Court stage of an indictable crime matter
  • Table F – Lump sum fees for County Court and Supreme Court stage of an indictable crime matter
• Table F(i) – Lump sum and other fees for serious indictable crime matters in the Children’s Court
• Table G – Lump sum fees for sentence appeals in the County Court
• Table H – Lump sum fees for appeals against sentence and conviction in the County Court
• Table J – Lump sum fees for County Court breach matters
• Table K – Lump sum fees for appeals to the Court of Appeal
• Table K(i) – Lump sum fees for appeal by the Director of Public Prosecutions to the Court of Appeal
• Table K(ii) – Lump sum fees for interlocutory appeal
• Table L – Lump sum fees for criminal appeals in the High Court
• Table NN – Circuit fees for committals and bail, pleas and appeals in the County Court and solicitor out-of-office fees for trials

See also:

• Table S – Expert reports and court attendances by psychologists and psychiatrists in criminal matters
• Table T – Counsel’s fees in Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act matters
• Table Z – Fees for applications and reviews in Serious Sex Offender (Detention and Supervision) Act proceedings

Fees prior to 1 January 2015

All appearances and additional preparation completed prior to 1 January 2015 attract the old fees – see Costs payable in criminal law matters in the VLA Handbook (December 2014).

For all other fees payable prior to 1 January 2015, see Archived versions of the Handbook.