§ The Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What amounts were paid to individual counsel and firms of solicitors in R v Saunders, R v Kellard and R v Levy.
§ The Lord ChancellorTotal Crown Court legal aid payments, including additional costs approved on appeal to the Taxing Master, to individual counsel and solicitor firms inR v Saunders & Others, R v Kellard & Others and R v Levy & Others, were as follows:
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Counsel and solicitor firms & £ R v Saunders & Others Landau & Landau Solicitors 46,901 Pannone Blackburn Solicitors 665,513 R. Ferguson QC Counsel 315,987 A. Shaw QC Counsel 257,833 R v Kellard & Others (Britannia Parks) Offenbach & Co Solicitors 1,389,158 Smith Partnership Solicitors 174,566 Daynes Hills & Perks Solicitors 117,371 Warren & Allen Solicitors 12,408 D. Day QC Counsel 460,299 R. Offenbach Counsel 322,803 N. Purnell QC Counsel 1,725 L. Kershen QC Counsel 5,282 D. McEvoy QC Counsel 419,337 C. B. Nicholls Counsel 278,218 R. Gibbs QC Counsel 11,546 J. Orrell Counsel 2,300 J. Stobart Counsel 34,848 A. T. Smith QC Counsel 68,156 N. Mylne QC Counsel 365,012 S. Clayton Counsel 269,118 C. Donnellan Counsel 173,138 J. Goldring QC Counsel 25,290 N. Godsmark Counsel 17,638 R v Levy & Others (Barlow Clowes) Burton Copeland Solicitors 2,080,795 Kingsley Napley Solicitors 606,967
Counsel and solicitor firms £ Walker Morris Turnbull Solicitors 1,282,335 Peters & Peters Solicitors 283,987 Pickering Kenyon Solicitors 84,926 B. D. Laddie Solicitors 72,731 A. Hacking QC Counsel 261,014 M. Steiger QC Counsel 185,854 A. Glass QC Counsel 315,641 P. Ader Counsel 210,746 R. Rhodes QC Counsel 332,144 M. H. K. Hamer Counsel 171,560 D. Whitehouse QC Counsel 309,312 J. Blair-Gould Counsel 206,569 S. Solley QC Counsel 28,750 C. Salmon Counsel 41,617 R. Marshall-Andrews QC Counsel 30,218 R. O'Rourke Counsel 24,894 These amounts have been assessed as reasonable by the appropriate taxing authorities. They include VAT, disbursements and other necessary expenses incurred.
§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether legal aid payments to counsel and solicitors in R v Saunders, R v Kellard and R v Levy were increased on appeal to the Taxing Masters.
§ The Lord ChancellorAdditional costs were awarded by the Taxing Master as follows to counsel and solicitors inR v Saunders & Others. R v Kellard & Others and R v Levy & Others:
Counsel and solicitor firms £ R v Sounders & Others Pannone Blackburn Solicitors 140,623 R. Ferguson QC Counsel 86,114 A. Shaw QC Counsel 83,521 R v Kellard & Others (Britannia Parks) D. Day QC Counsel 110,608 R. Offenbach Counsel 79,521 D. McEvoy QC Counsel 95,448 C. B. Nicholls Counsel 63,791 N. Mylne QC Counsel 100,758 S. Clayton Counsel 71,469 R v Levy & Others (Barlow Clowes) D. Whitehouse QC Counsel 75,056 J. Blair-Gould Counsel 51,073