The Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) (Amendment) Regulations 1987
These Regulations amend the Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings (Costs) Regulations 1982 and increase the rates of remuneration (apart from standard fees) for legal aid work in criminal proceedings for work done on or after 1st April 1987. The overall increase is in the order of 5% for barristers and 6% for solicitors. There are also some minor changes to Part I of Schedule 2 to the 1982 Regulations which governs the structure of standard fee payments to counsel so as to provide a slightly higher rate of remuneration where there has been an abortive hearing (new paragraphs 4 and 5) or where disposal of a guilty plea requires more than one hearing (new paragraph 6).