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Graduated Fee Scheme C - Manual of Guidance

Guidance on the operation of the advocates fees payment scheme.

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.

Very High Cost Cases - Forms and Letters

Very High Cost Cases - Terms of Appointment

This document defines the services which the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) expects of counsel in the preparation of cases and invoicing of fees which fall to be paid in accordance with the Very High Cost Case Fee Scheme.

CPS Fees Bulletins

Update bulletins for changes, clarifications or practical assistance in CPS Counsel Fees. This will be updated regularly with bulletins issued by the CPS Court Business Unit. Please check for the latest updates.

Fees Bulletin 1 of 2012 - GFS Scheme C Photographs served electronically

Clarification of paragraph 74 of the Manual of Guidance (MoG) in so far as it relates to photographs

Fees Bulletin 2 of 2012 - Clarification of GFS scheme C MoG paragraph 208 and 209

Clarification of the Manual of Guidance (MoG) in relation to: Paragraph 94(a) Mixed Pleas, Multiple Main Hearings, concurrent & consecutive hearings and Paragraphs 208 and 209 in so far as payment is concerned

Fees Bulletin 3 of 2012 - Graduated Fee Scheme, Very High Cost Case Scheme and other fee schemes - Long Stop Date

This guidance is provided in order to assist with the practical application of the Crown Prosecution Service Fee Schemes with reference to the Long Stop Date (1st August 2012).

Fees Bulletin 4 of 2012 - Clarification of GFC scheme C Mog paragraph 208 and 286

This document is intended to clarify the Manual of Guidance (MoG) in relation to:

Fees Bulletin 1 of 2013 - Assistance with the more complex fee scenarios

This document is intended to assist with the payment of the more complex fee scenarios in Graduated Fee Scheme C.

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