Increases to Crown Court Legal Aid Fees from 3 March - With Colin Beaumont

Introduction

This short webinar will examine Statutory Instrument 2026 No. 106 which brought about increases to criminal legal aid for Crown Court work with effect from 3 March 2026.

It is important that fee earners and anyone responsible for the billing of criminal legal aid work are fully up to date with these changes which will affect new cases i.e. those cases where the ‘relevant determination’ has been made on or after the date mentioned in the Statutory Instrument.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The ‘harmonisation’ in relation to Crown Court Fees
• The increases to certain Basic Fees in the Classification of Offences
• The meaning of ‘relevant determination’
• Amendments to the Fees regarding Guilty Pleas or Cracked Trials with a page count below the average for that type of case
• Amendments to the Fees regarding Trials with a page count below the average for that type of case
• Amendments to the Fees regarding Guilty Pleas or Cracked Trials with a page count above the average for that type of case
• Amendments to the Fees regarding Trials with a page count above the average for that type of case
• The new Fixed Fee for appeals against sentence from the Magistrates’ Court to the Crown Court
• The new Fixed fee for appeals against conviction from the Magistrates’ Court to the Crown Court
• The new Fixed Fee for committals for sentence from the Magistrates’ Court to the Crown Court
• The proposals mentioned in the Leveson Review as regards a totally different way of remuneration for Crown Court work!
• The new Fees payable to Assigned Counsel in the Youth Court and the Adult Magistrates’ Court
• The new Fixed Fee for hearings subsequent to sentence in the Crown Court

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Wednesday 22nd April 2026

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