Fee survey to inform the Ministry of Justice’s Consultation

The Ministry of Justice acknowledges its proposals are based on very little hard data. The UK Register of Expert Witnesses has been collating data on fees since 1995 which provides an unrivalled insight into the change in expert witness fee rates over time. However, our bi-annual surveys do not gather data that partitions fee rates between public and private case funding or across the civil, criminal and family arenas.

In order to inform our response to the MoJ we are conduct this quick snap shot survey that will give us the specific insight we need. Whether or not you do work funded by the LSC (i.e. legally aided or publicly funded) and regardless of your split between civil, criminal and family work, your input to this survey will be very helpful.

The other ways in which you can respond to the Consultation Paper are to:

• send us your written response
• send your written response direct to the Ministry of Justice.

We will treat all information you provide on this questionnaire in the strictest confidence and nothing we publish will allow your individual responses to be identified. You may submit this information anonymously if you wish, but if you are willing to identify yourself please enter your name or JSP reference if you have one.

Name: JSP reference: JSP/U

What percentage of your workload is expert witness work? %

		Publicly Funded Cases	Private Funded Cases
		Include all cases where your fee is paid by the Legal Services Commission out of the legal aid budget	Include all other cases, e.g private client, insurance, union, etc.
	What percentage of your expert witness workload is:
	Civil cases	%	%
	Criminal cases	%	%
	Family cases	%	%
	What is your average hourly charging rate for report writing in:
	Civil cases	£	£
	Criminal cases	£	£
	Family cases	£	£
	What is your average daily charging rate for court appearances in:
	Civil cases	£	£
	Criminal cases	£	£
	Family cases	£	£

	Send your response
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	If you wish to expand on any of your answers, please do so in a separate email to moj09@jspubs.com