Criminal Defence Service

Very High Cost Criminal Cases

  • Important letters to the Bar Council
  • Letter to the Bar Council (1) 17 Jan 08 (31.4 kb)
  • Letter to the Bar Council (2) 17 Jan 08 (33.5 kb)
  • Panel members: final documents
  • Panel members: contract annexes 1-17 (final) - Jan 08 (184 kb)
  • Panel members: contract annexes 18.1 (final) - Jan 08 (38kb)
  • Panel members: contract annexes 18.2 (final) - Jan 08 (395 kb)
  • Panel members contract: addendum - Jan 08 (14 kb)
  • Panel advocates: final documents
  • Panel advocates: contract standard terms (final) - Jan 08 (131 kb)
  • Panel advocates: contract annexes 1-13 (final) - Jan 08 (196 kb)
  • Panel members: tracked changes
  • Panel members: Contract standard terms (tracked) - Jan 08 (101 kb)
  • Panel members: contract annexes 1-17 (tracked) - Jan 08 (199 kb)
  • Panel members: contract annexes 18.1 - Jan 08 (20 kb)
  • Panel members: contract annexes 18.2 (tracked) - Jan 08 (487 kb)
  • Panel advocates: tracked changes
  • Panel advocates: contract standard terms (tracked) - Jan 08 (97kb)
  • Panel advocates: contract annexes 1-13 (tracked) - Jan 08 (210 kb)
  • Table of amendments
  • Table of amendment provisions - Jan 08 (26 kb)
  • Contract Appeal Decisions Mar 2005 (189kb)

    • General Criminal Contract documents

    This section contains outdated criminal contract documents and notices.

  • Contract Notice: Letter to Providers - Aug 06 (38 kb)
  • Contract Notice: 2 Oct amendments - Aug 06 (175 kb)
  • October 06 Contract notice - Aug 06 (83 kb)
  • October 2006 contract notice : covering letter - Aug 06 (36 kb)
  • Funding - Warrants for Further Detention - 25 July 2006 (27.1kb)
  • General Criminal Contract - effective 17 May 2006 (revision marked) (1.56mb)
  • Contract Notice: 17 May 2006 - Apr 06 (114 kb)
  • Covering Letter: 31 March 2006 - Apr 06 (58 kb)
  • Letter re: London Competitive Tendering and the Carter Review - Dec 05 (28 kb)
  • CDS eligibility changes from 31 October 2005
  • Letter – 25 October 2005 – revisions to Contract NoticeCDS eligibility changes from 31 October 2005
  • Notice of Contract October 2005 Covering Letter (28kb)
  • Contract notice October 2005 Crime (222kb)
  • Changes to Claim Codes - April 2005 (72kb)
  • Letter re: Managed competition and an extension to the General Criminal Contract - Dec 04 (30 kb)
  • General Criminal Contract October 2004
  • Covering Letter to Practitioners October 2004(57KB)
  • Contract Amendments October 2004 (55KB)
  • Amendments to contract specification from 1 July 2004 (127kb)
  • Notification of change sent to CDS Suppliers 17 May 2004 (110kb)
  • Covering letter to practitioners (79kb)
  • Notice of Contract amendment 17 May 2004 (218kb)
  • Revision marked Contract Specification showing 17 May 2004 amendments (703 kb)
  • Background to outcome code changes (52kb)
  • Guidance on revised outcome codes 17 May 2004 (83kb)

    • PDF Icon Guidance on revised outcome codes 17 May 2004 (83kb) (Archived date: 24/04/2007)

  • General Criminal Contract (1.08mb)
  • Criminal Contract Rates (391kb)
  • Monthly Payment Rules

    • CDS Tenders

    Old documents from CDS tenders are stored here.

  • CDS Direct Open Meeting: Presentation - Nov 06 (40 kb)
  • CDS Direct Open Meeting: Commentary - Nov 06 (132 kb)
  • CDS Direct Open Meeting: Handouts - Nov 06 (20 kb)

    • Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor Cost Assessment Manual

    Early versions of the manual are archived here.

  • Criminal Bills Assessment Manual - effective 17 May 2006 (revision marked) (1.65mb)
  • Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor Cost Assessment Manual - effective 17 May 2006 (revision marked) (457kb)
  • Criminal Bills Assessment Manual - 31 October 2005 (revision marked)
  • Criminal Bills Assessment Manual Revision Marked 30 April 2005
  • Changes to the Criminal Bills Assessment Manual (April 2005)(412kb)
  • Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor Cost Assessment Manual - 31 October 2005 (revision marked)
  • Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor Cost Assessment Manual (revised May 2004)
  • Criminal Bills Assessment Manual (1.38mb)
  • Duty Solicitor Manual - 31 October 2005 (Revision Marked)(506kb)
  • Duty Solicitor Manual (amended 30 April 2005)(1.1MB)
  • Police Station and Court Duty Solicitor Costs Assessment Manual (507kb)

    • Public Defender Service (PDS) Annual Reports

  • PDS Second Annual Report

    • PDF Icon PDS First Annual Report (Archived date: 02/01/2002)

    PDF Icon Cover page to PDS First Annual Report (Archived date: 02/01/2002)


    Statutory Arrangements

  • Duty Solicitor Arrangements 2001 (amended 2 October 2006) (129 kb)
  • Legal Services Commission Regional Legal Services Committees Arrangements 2000 (75kb)
  • Review Panel Arrangements 2000 - amended Oct 06 (46 kb)

    • Minutes of CCCG Meetings

    All previous CCCG meetings are archived in this section.

  • CCCG minutes May 2006
  • CCCG minutes April 2006
  • CCCG minutes March 2006
  • CCCG minutes January 2006
  • 05 October 2005
  • 07 September 2005
  • 08 June 2005
  • 06 April 2005
  • 19 January 2005
  • 21 December 2004
  • 17 November 2004
  • 28 September 2004
  • 31 March 2004 (61kb)
  • 21 July 2004 ( 68kb)
  • 09 December 2003 (64kb)
  • 18 November 2003 (58kb)
  • 24 September 2003 (59kb)
  • 15 July 2003 (47kb)
  • 23 July 2003 (68kb)
  • 24 April 2003 (55kb)
  • 20 March 2003 (61kb)
  • 20 February 2003 (61kb)
  • 22 January 2003 (64kb)
  • 12 December 2002 (54kb)
  • 25 April 2002 (16kb)
  • 03 April 2002 (15kb)
  • 07 February 2002 (13kb)
  • 30 November 2001 (14kb)
  • 08 November 2001 (11kb)
  • 03 October 2001 (16kb)
  • 31 August 2001 (12kb)
  • 27 July 2001 (18kb)
  • 01 June 2001 (18kb)

    • Last updated: 05 February 2008

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