The Billing of Crown Court Work - The Latest with Colin Beaumont

Introduction

This webinar, presented by Colin Beaumont, will bring you completely up-to-date with the billing of your Crown Court work. It is very important that you know the various aspects of work for which a claim may be made. There is more to the billing of Crown Court work than simply pages of prosecution evidence and trial length.

This webinar will give you the figures and perhaps more importantly, direct you to the relevant documents and guidance in order to bill your Crown Court work more effectively.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The amendments made to Crown Court fees in March 2026 as a result of Statutory Instrument 2026 No 106 - ‘harmonisation’ and the increase to certain Basic fees
• The various ways in which cases arrive at the Crown Court and the effect upon the fees claimable
• Calculating your Litigator fee
• Calculating your Advocates fee
• The importance of matters being sent to the Crown Court as opposed to being committed for sentence
• Special preparation from the perspective of both Litigator and Advocate
• Unused material from the perspective of both Litigator and Advocate
• The importance of reasonableness/justification/completing a log
• Enhancements on your claim and uplifts on your claim
• Proceeds of Crime work
• Understanding when a trial starts - you want, if possible for it to be a trial and not a cracked trial
• Understanding when you can claim a cracked trial fee as opposed to a guilty plea fee

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 17th February 2027

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