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Foreword OPERATION SOTERIA Operation Soteria in the CPS Operation Soteria Bluestone and Policing Test, Learn and Evaluate Approach Our Evidence Base The operating model framework Early Partnership Working on Investigations Action Plan Monitoring No Further Action…

OverviewGuidanceThe RegulationsClasses of WitnessesPeople who cannot be paidGiving EvidenceEstimating Expense ClaimsOrdinary WitnessesProfessional WitnessesExpert WitnessesInterpretersExpenses for people accompanying or supporting witnessesProcedureDigital claim formDiscretion to Exceed…

These instructions are incorporated into every prosecution brief.Any Advocate prosecuting on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service will be expected to be familiar with the material in this document and to apply these instructions.Acceptance of PleasBailConfiscationCostsCustody Time…

National Standards of Advocacy - Introduction The CPS National Standards of Advocacy Professional ethics Planning and preparation Written advocacy Advocacy in court General Bail Guilty pleas and sentencing Trial issues The trial Applying CPS policies | …

With effect from 2 May 2023ContentsBACKGROUNDINTRODUCTIONMultiple Defendant/Multiple Indictment CasesWork RecordsRetrials ordered by the Court of AppealWarrants pre dating the implementation of scheme EProceeds of Crime Act (POCA) Restraint ProceedingsSerious Crime Prevention Orders (Serious Crime…

1. This document sets out the approach taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to paying Graduated Fee Scheme (GFS) F cases where a Crown Advocate (CA) returns a brief to an external advocate at the Bar or an external advocate at the Bar returns a brief to a CA. 2. …

This document provides a step-by-step guide to the processing of graduated fees and the appeal procedure. The case concludes at court. The Fees Clerk issues a Purchase Order which is sent to Chambers. If Chambers agree that the payment is correct, the order is accepted (flipped) and a…

Table 1: Fees for confiscation proceedings with 50 pages or less and fees for second and subsequent days in all confiscation hearings These rates apply to confiscation proceedings with 50 pages or less for each day or half day that the confiscation hearing lasts. These rates should also…

Fixed Fees for which uplifts are paid for additional defendantsNo.Fee TypeJunior or Sole AdvocateLeading JuniorKing’s CounselCode1Plea & Trial Preparation Hearing (PTPH)£145£221£291BPD2Further Case Management Hearing (FCMH)£116£175£232FCM3Full Day Admissibility, Abuse of Process, Disclosure,…

Table of Fees for Effective Trial and Cracked Trial Main Hearings Junior Alone King's Counsel Led Junior Leading Junior Table of Fees for Guilty Plea Main Hearings Junior Alone King's Counsel Led Junior Leading Junior Table of Trial Daily (refresher)…