The Billing of Police & Magistrates Court Work in 2023

Introduction

This webinar will be of interest to anyone recently given the task of billing police station or Magistrate’s Court work as well as those involved in such work who want to ensure that they are not under-claiming.

It will cover police station claims including the circumstances in which two fees may be claimed when dealing with the same client. It will deal with the standard and non-standard fee regime for making claims on your Magistrate’s Court cases.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• The importance of appreciating the date of the Representation Order
• The 15% increase in fees - the circumstances in which the fee increase applies
• One police station fixed fee or more than one police station fixed fee when dealing with the same client
• Fixed fees and escape fee thresholds
• Working out whether you can claim a lower standard fee or a higher standard fee or a non-standard fee on a CRM 7 in the case
• The circumstances under your 2022 Standard Crime Contract Specification document in which you may claim a category 2 fee in the case rather than a category 1 fee
• Designated and un-designated areas
• ‘Uplifts’ on your Magistrate’s Court work
• One case or more than one case when you come to make your claim
• CRM 1, 2 and 3
• Moving from one category to another category in order to claim a higher fee

This webinar was recorded on 16th May 2023