The Community Legal Service (Funding) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2011 has been made, implementing the 10% fee cuts from 3 October 2011. A copy of the Order with the revised fee schedules can be downloaded here [pdf].
The Order affects new Legal Helps and certificates from 3 October 2011. Existing matters remain on the old fee rates.
The draft Order contained a proposal to limit surveyor/EHO expert fees to £225 for a report. This would have made it impossible to run disrepair claims or counterclaims on legal aid. After vigorous lobbying, not least by HLPA, this has been removed. Instead surveyor/EHO fees are limited to £50 per hour, with no set fee for a report.