Crown Prosecution Service Fees Update

23 November 2011

The Bar Council invites criminal barristers to submit their views on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Graduated Fee Scheme. A representative group from the Bar has been engaged in discussions with the CPS, and soundings have been taken on these proposals from across the Circuits. Click here to read a document from the Bar Council setting out the details of those discussions.

This document also examines the proposed restructuring of the Scheme. Full details of the proposals are set out in three CPS documents:

CPS Remuneration Proposals - Advocates' Fees
CPS Remuneration Proposals - Advocates' Fees: Addendum, and
Draft CPS Graduated Fee Scheme, Scheme C, Manual of Guidance.

All criminal barristers wishing to contribute their views are invited to email their comments to me by 14:00 on Thursday 1 December 2011, so that final feedback can be provided by the Bar Council to the CPS on Friday 2 December 2011.

Adrian Vincent
Head of Remuneration and Policy
Tel: 020 7611 1312