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Family fees from 2010
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Important Note: The Unified Contract (Civil) 2007 has now been extended until midnight on 30 November 2011 for only the suppliers who currently deliver 'family only' and 'family and housing' publicly funded legal services. As soon as further information is available on the new family fees it will be announced on our website at CLS News, the LSC Update, and communicated to representative bodies.
About the family fee schemes from 2010
The new family fee schemes will apply to all new cases started from the implementation date of the new fee schemes. In most cases the new fee schemes replace the payment of hourly rates with standard fees. These schemes are:
- A family advocacy scheme (FAS), which creates a single graduated fee scheme covering payments to both solicitor advocates and barristers for public and private family law cases.
- A fixed fee private family law representation scheme (PFLRS), which pays solicitors standard fees for work (excluding advocacy) from the issue of proceedings up to the conclusion of the final hearing
Family Fee Schemes from 2010 Guidance and Training Materials
The Family Fee Schemes from 2010 Guidance and training materials are available on the Training for Family Fees from 2010 page. For further detail on the fee schemes, please see the 2010 Family Specification (Section 7) and the Funding Code Guidance (Chapter 20).
The full Provider Pack will be available in due course.
For more information
If you have any questions, please contact the Family Team.
Last updated: 20 December 2010