A new ‘Criminal Cases Unit’ will be created on 1 September 2016 following an internal restructure.

The current Teams work closely together; and this merger will allow us to streamline our claims processes, leading to a more efficient service.

Remit of the team

The new unit will cover the same portfolio of work as the current 2 teams, including:

• very high cost cases
• Proceeds of Crime Act bills
• defendant’s cost orders
• special preparation
• direct access claims
• inter partes applications
• escaped graduated fee cases
• private prosecutions
• S36/S38 claims

Submitting work

The unit will be based across four of the existing sites: London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. Please continue to submit work to the usual offices.

However, all work previously submitted to the Birmingham National Taxing Team should be sent to Manchester:

Further information

Claim back costs from cases in the criminal courts

High cost cases: crime