Scenario | Percentage of the total fee | Case type used to determine total fee | Claim period |
Cracked trial before retrial, where there is no change of litigator | 25% | Cracked trial | |
Retrial where there is no change of litigator | 25% | Trial | |
Up to and including plea and case management hearing transfer (original litigator) | 25% | Cracked trial | |
Up to and including plea and case management hearing transfer – guilty plea (new litigator) | 100% | Guilty plea | |
Up to and including plea and case management hearing transfer – cracked trial (new litigator) | 100% | Cracked trial | |
Up to and including plea and case management hearing transfer – trial (new litigator) | 100% | Trial | |
Before trial transfer (original litigator) | 75% | Cracked trial | |
Before trial transfer – cracked trial (new litigator) | 100% | Cracked trial | |
Before trial transfer – trial (new litigator) | 100% | Trial | |
During trial transfer (original litigator) | 100% | Trial | Claim up to and including the day before the transfer |
During trial transfer (new litigator) | 50% | Trial | Claim for the full trial length |
Transfer after trial or guilty plea and before sentencing hearing (original litigator) | 100% | Trial, Cracked trial or Guilty plea as appropriate | Claim for the full trial length, excluding the length of the sentencing hearing |
Transfer after trial or guilty plea and before sentencing hearing (new litigator) | 10% | Trial | Claim for one day or for the length of the sentencing hearing if longer than one day |
Transfer before retrial (original litigator) | 25% | Cracked trial | |
Transfer before cracked retrial (new litigator) | 50% | Cracked trial | |
Transfer before retrial (new litigator) | 50% | Trial | Claim for the full retrial length |
Transfer during retrial (original litigator) | 25% | Trial | Claim up to and including the day before the transfer |
Transfer during retrial (new litigator) | 50% | Trial | Claim for the full retrial length |
Transfer after retrial or cracked retrial and before sentencing hearing (original litigator) | 25% | Trial or Cracked trial as appropriate | Claim for the full retrial length, excluding the length of the sentencing hearing |
Transfer after retrial or cracked retrial and before sentencing hearing (new litigator | 10% | Trial | Claim for one day or for the length of the sentencing hearing if longer than one day. |