Pay rates and fee schemes

On this page:

Payment options
Civil (non family) Fees
Family Fees from 2010
Tailored Fixed Fees
Family Graduated Fees
Additional Pay Rates Guidance

Payment options

Providers have options about how they get paid for Civil (Legal Help) work. These are explained in the guidance document on the right.

Civil (non family) Fees

Please see the payment annex to the 2010 Standard Civil Contract for details of pay rates and schemes for civil (non family) categories of work.

The ‘Principles of Mental Health Fees’ document has further guidance on the Mental Health Fee Scheme. We also have a dedicated Mental Health Unit who may be able to help further. Call them on 0151 242 5350 or email Liverpool@legalservices.gsi.gov.uk.

Family Fees from 2010

The Unified Contract (Civil) 2007 has been extended until midnight on 30 November 2011 for the suppliers who deliver 'family only' and 'family and housing' publicly funded legal services.

For family fees, refer to the payment annex to the 2007 Unified Contract (Civil).

Tailored Fixed Fees

Tailored Fixed Fees were replaced with standard fee schemes from October 2007 (1 January 2008 for mental health cases).

An archive of information relating to tailored fixed fees can be found on the LSC’s archived website.

Family Graduated Fees

The documents panel on the right contains details of the Family Graduated Fees (FGF) scheme.

Guidance on the Family Graduated Fee scheme can be found in the following Narrative and Guidance document.

Additional pay rates guidance

The documents panel contains the following guidance documents:

Guidance on submitting bills for assessment in the public law care fixed fee scheme
Guidance on the Care Proceedings fee scheme
Guidance on the Family Help (Private) fee scheme
Questions and Issues from Family Fees Seminars
Principles of Mental Health Fees

The 2007 Provider Training Pack can be found on our archived website.

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Last updated: 19 January 2012