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THE BILLING OF POLICE STATION AND MAGISTRATES' COURT WORK​ - OCT 2020

 

 

 

​CONTENT

 

The following topics will be under consideration

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  • Court Appointments (important case-law)

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  • Certificates for Counsel

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  • Enhancements

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  • The importance of entering ‘mixed pleas’ wherever possible (Category 2)

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  • The new fee for ‘Sendings’

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  • Deciding how many ‘cases’ you have when it comes to billing them

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  • The circumstances in which 2 fees may be claimed when dealing with one client at the police station

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  • Conflict and the effect upon fees

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  • The circumstances in which the claim must always be on a CRM 7

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  • Enhanced rates

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  • The ‘Great Escape’

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  • Time periods for billing

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  • Being the second firm on the police station case

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  • The huge distinction (and the difference in the Fee!) Between being ‘sent’ to the Crown Court and being ‘committed for sentence’ to the Crown Court

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  • Escaping Standard Fees and claiming a Non-Standard Fee

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  • Moving from the Lower Standard Fee to the Higher Standard Fee

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  • The importance of Statutory Instrument 2016 No.313,

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  • The importance of the Standard Crime Contract – Specification Document (all important documents will appear in the course materials)

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