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Clause type: Approval
Aid approved to attend on your client with counsel at prison/place of confinement (other than a watch house). The fees on this grant are fixed fees irrespective of the number of visits made in accordance with the attached proforma invoices. Reasonable travelling expenses will be paid but not travelling time. (PV2) The fee is NOT claimable where the attendance on the defendant is in the court/police cells or via video-link
Aid has been approved as a result of your solicitor requesting more funding in relation to your matter.
A decision to refuse a request for a prison visit may be appealed to a senior grants officer.
The prison visit fee is not available where the attendance on the defendant is in the court/police cells or via video-link.
The prison visit fee is designed to compensate the practitioner for the time spent travelling to the prison and for managing the administrative arrangements associated with the prison visit. The actual conference time is covered in the base preparation fee for the case.
When conducting a prison visit an articled clerk is paid at 50% of the solicitor’s rates.