The Billing of Police Station & Magistrates’ Court Work

Introduction

Are you tasked with billing police station or Magistrates’ Court work? Or perhaps you're involved in this area and want to ensure you are not under-claiming.

This webinar will cover police station claims, including the circumstances in which two fees may be claimed when dealing with the same client. It will also deal with the Standard and Non-standard Fee regime for making claims on your Magistrates’ Court cases - both Adult Magistrates’ Court and Youth Court work.

It will also deal with the important amendments that were made as regards the billing of police station and the billing of Youth Court work introduced for new work on or after the 6 December 2024.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• New police station fixed fees for London and new police station fixed fees for non-London - £223.52 and £264.45 respectively - with effect from 6 December 2024
• The new concept of payment for travel to police stations (and disbursements) where the travel is to a Destination Duty Scheme station by a person on an Attending Duty Scheme
• The circumstances in which you just might be able to claim two police station Fixed Fees for what was essentially the same case
• The new Escape Thresholds as a result of Statutory Instrument 2024 No. 1163
• The new considerably increased rates for Lower Standard Fees and Higher Standard Fees when dealing with serious cases in the Youth Court with effect from 6 December 2024
• The hourly rates payable for new Youth Court work with effect from the 6 December 2024
• The circumstances in which you may claim the additional fee of £598.59 for new work commencing on or after 6 December 2024
• The Sending Fee for Youth Court work
• How many cases do you have when you come to bill your Magistrates’ Court files? Remember, you can have a fee per case
• The definitions of Category 1A and Category 2A cases when dealing with Youth Court work
• The definitions of Category 1B and Category 2B cases when dealing with Youth Court work

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 11th March 2025

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