It is very important to know what we can claim and where to find the relevant fee and, if anything, the profession tends to under bill thereby losing fee income that could validly be claimed. This course will be of enormous benefit to anyone either billing or performing fee income work in the area of criminal law.
Topics include:
- * Defendants Costs Orders and costs against the other party
- Committal fees - where are we now?
- Police station fees - more than one and the "escape"
- Crown Court Contribution Orders - how is it all working
- The billing of work on Magistrates' Court files, including enhancements
- Understanding the litigator fixed and graduated fee scheme
- An understanding of the advocates' fee scheme
- Hourly rates on Crown Court work