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
Annexes
- Terms of Appointment - see Very High Cost Case Fee Scheme - Terms of Appointment
- Fee Selection Criteria - see Very High Cost Case Fee Scheme - Terms of Appointment
- Sample letter - Advice cases estimated to cost less than 5,000 (PDF format)
- Sample letter - Court of Appeal/Higher Court cases estimated to cost less than 5,000 (PDF format)
- Case Plan (Word format)
- Sample letter - Advice cases estimated to cost in excess of 5,000 (PDF format)
- Sample letter - Very High Cost Case (PDF format)
- Stage Plan (Word format)
- Sample letter - Court of Appeal/Higher Court case estimated to cost in excess of 5,000 (Word format)
- Sample letter - work done between committal and PCMH/before third counsel instructed (PDF format)
- Guidance on disclosure counsel (PDF format)
- Workbook (Word format)
- Sample letter - Magistrates' Court trials estimated to last 4 or more days (PDF format)
- Case Management Panel / Sensitive Case Referral form (Word format)
