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Crown Court fee guidance

Crown Court legal aid graduated fee guidance for barristers and solicitors.

Updates to this page

From:
Legal Aid Agency
Published:
1 June 2014
Last updated:
22 July 2026
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  1. Guidance updated

  2. Updated Crown Court Fee Guidance (for cases with a representation order dated on or after 30 September 2022).

  3. Document updated.

  4. Updated Crown Court Fee Guidance published.

  5. Publication of version 1.12 of the Crown Court Fee Guidance.

  6. An updated version of the Crown Court Fee Guidance (with revisions to Appendix R) has been published.

  7. Version 1.10 of the Crown Court Fee Guidance and FAQ published.

  8. Versions 1.7 and 1.8 of the Crown Court Fee Guidance have been replaced with versions 1.7A and 1.9 to reflect that the LGFS PPE threshold has changed back to 10,000 pages.

  9. Versions 1.7 and 1.8 of the Crown Court Fee Guidance have been replaced with versions 1.7A and 1.9 to reflect reinstatement of the LGFS 10,000 PPE threshold.

  10. New Crown Court fee guidance and revised AGFS FAQ published.

  11. Guidance updated.

  12. Guidance updated.

  13. Crown Court fee guidance updated.

  14. Better Case Management Q&A updated.

  15. Q & A for better case management added

  16. Better case management guidance updated.

  17. Updated to include better case management guidance.

  18. First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Crown Court Fee Guidance (for cases with a representation order dated on or after 30 September 2022)

PDF, 1.63 MB, 135 pages

Crown Court Fee Guidance (for cases with a representation order dated between 17 September 2020 and 29 September 2022 and with a main hearing on or after 31 October 2022

PDF, 1.13 MB, 119 pages

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Fee uplift scenarios guidance

PDF, 113 KB, 3 pages

Crown Court Fee Guidance (for cases with a representation order dated between 17 September 2020 and 29 September 2022)

PDF, 499 KB, 126 pages

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Crown Court Fee Guidance (use this version for cases with a representation order dated between 31 December 2018 - 16 September 2020)

PDF, 1.53 MB, 118 pages

Banding of Offences in the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (Version 1.2) (Use this spreadsheet to find the correct banding for an offence for AGFS claims with a representation order dated on or after 31 December 2018)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/banding-of-offences-in-the-advocates-graduated-fee-scheme

Revised FAQ (This provides additional information about the revisions to the Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme introduced on 31 December 2018).

PDF, 780 KB, 15 pages

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Crown Court fee guidance (Use this guidance for claims with a representation order dated on or after 1 April 2018)

PDF, 1.51 MB, 114 pages

Banding of Offences for the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (Use this spreadsheet to find the correct banding for an offence for AGFS claims with a representation order dated on or after 1 April 2018)

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/banding-of-offences-in-the-advocates-graduated-fee-scheme

Revised AGFS FAQ (This provides additional information about the revised Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme, which was implemented on 1 April 2018)

PDF, 760 KB, 15 pages

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Guidance: offence classification and type for AGFS and LGFS claims (Use this spreadsheet to find the correct class for an offence for all LGFS claims and for AGFS claims with a representation order dated earlier than 1 April 2018)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 317 KB

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Crown Court fee guidance (graduated fees) (Use this guidance for claims with a representation order dated earlier than 1 April 2018)

PDF, 1.58 MB, 118 pages

Details

Crown Court fee guidance

This guidance covers all aspects of Crown Court legal aid fees under the Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS) and Litigators’ Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS).

Offence classification and type for AGFS and LGFS claims

A guide to offence classification and type for AGFS and LGFS claims.

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