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Cracked trials and guilty pleas where the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off

7.—(1) Where in a cracked trial or guilty plea the number of pages of prosecution evidence exceeds the PPE Cut-off specified in the tables following paragraph 4(1) as appropriate to the offence with which the assisted person is charged, the total fee payable to the litigator will be—

(a) the final fee, calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph;

(b) the defendant uplift, if any, calculated in accordance with the table following paragraph 9; and

(c) the adjustment for transfers and retrials, if any, calculated in accordance with paragraph 10.

(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the final fee payable to a litigator in a cracked trial or guilty plea will be calculated in accordance with the following formula—

• F = I + (D x i)

(3) In the formula in sub-paragraph (2)—

• F is the amount of the final fee;

• I is the initial fee specified in the tables following this paragraph, as appropriate to the type of case, the offence with which the assisted person is charged and the number of pages of prosecution evidence;

• D is the difference between—

(a) the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case; and

(b) the lower number in the PPE range as specified in the tables following this paragraph, as appropriate to the type of case, the offence with which the assisted person is charged and the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case;

i is the incremental fee per page of prosecution evidence specified in the tables following this paragraph, as appropriate to the type of case, the offence with which the assisted person is charged and the number of pages of prosecution evidence in the case.