Information for prosecuting advocates

News and Updates

• Letter to Leaders of the Bar - changes to the CPS fee schemes - 14 April 2023
• Advocate Fee Payments – withdrawal of temporary changes to CPS fee scheme - 23 September 2021
• Letter to the CBA and Bar Council on the CPS Briefing Principles and Diversity and Inclusion Statement for the Bar, 30 June 2021
• DPP Speech to the Bar Council, 24 April 2021
• DPP Speech to the Bar Council, 14 July 2020
• COVID-19: Changes to Advocate Fee Payments - letter to the Bar from the Chief Executive, 30 March 2020
• COVID-19: Crown Prosecution Service planning and preparation
• Review of Prosecution Fees

CPS Fee Schemes and Remunerations

• CPS Fees Bulletins
• CPS Fees - Appeals Committee Decisions
• Graduated Fee Scheme C - Manual of Guidance
• Graduated Fee Scheme D - Manual of Guidance
• Graduated Fee Scheme E - Manual of Guidance
• Graduated Fee Scheme F - Manual of Guidance
• Very High Cost Cases
• Service standard on the timely claim and payment of advocate fees (PDF document)

Advocacy Policy and Guidance

• CPS 2025 Advocacy Strategy
• Instructions for prosecuting advocates
• Service Level Agreement - External Advocates: Magistrates’ Court
• CPS Casework Quality Standards
• Farquharson Guidelines: Role of Prosecuting Advocates
• CPS National Standards of Advocacy
• Statement of Ethical Principles for the Public Prosecutor
• CPS Diversity and Inclusion Statement for the Bar
• CPS Briefing Principles
• Process to enable external prosecution advocates to seek instructions from the Crown Prosecution Service prior to a hearing whilst at Crown Court

Errant Conduct and Poor Performance by External Advocates

This document sets out the framework to be followed by Chief Crown Prosecutors (CCPs) and Circuit Advocate Liaison Committees (CALCs) when considering reports of errant conduct and/or poor performance by members of the CPS Advocate Panel and other external advocates instructed by the CPS.

• Errant Conduct and Poor Performance on the CPS website