Block fees

Issue

Fee Paid

Notes

1.

Guilty Plea

$680

This fee will be paid if one or all charges authorized on a certificate have resulted in a guilty plea.

2.

Withdrawal/Stay

$945

This fee will be paid if one or more charges authorized on a certificate have been withdrawn or stayed.

3.

Bail Review

$350

LAO may adjust this fee based on experience.

4.

Gladue Submission

$350

LAO has limited data on its new Gladue tariff. As a result, LAO may adjust this fee based on experience.

5.

Mental Health Fee

TBD

LAO is developing a block fee to fund additional services to clients with serious mental health issues.

6.

Included Disbursements

n/a

The block fee price factors in a payment for the most common disbursements. As a result, lawyers will not have to record or claim these disbursements on block fee accounts.

7.

Excluded Disbursements

LAO will pay “excluded disbursements” (as defined in the Tariff and Billing Handbook) as per existing LAO policies.

8.

Change of Solicitor

$250

LAO will pay a reduced block fee to a lawyer who has been taken off the record on a block fee-eligible matter. The subsequent lawyer is eligible for a full block fee.

9.

Guaranteed Daily Rate (GDR)

The Guaranteed Daily Rate will be paid on block fee accounts as per existing LAO policies.

10.

Northern Incentives

Northern Incentives will be paid on block fee accounts as per existing LAO policies.

11.

Travel

Paid as per existing LAO policies.

12.

Acknowledgement Fee

n/a

The acknowledgement fee has been included in the basic block fee.

13.

Trials

Trials are not included in phase one of the block fee program. As a result, trials will be paid according to regular criminal tariff.

14.

Multiple charge certificate with two or more block fee charges

One block fee will be paid according to the block fee schedule.

15.

Multiple charge certificate where the block fee charge is the most serious charge

One block fee will be paid according to the block fee schedule.

16.

Multiple charge certificate where a non-block fee charge is the most serious charge

Paid according to the regular criminal tariff.

17.

Indictable Charges

Paid according to the regular criminal tariff

18.

YCJA Charges

Paid according to the regular criminal tariff

19.

Hybrid changes where the Crown proceeds by way of indictment

Paid according to the regular criminal tariff.

20.

BCM Cases

Paid according to BCM budget and policies.

21.

Appeals

Paid according to the regular tariff.

22.

ORB Proceedings

Paid according to the regular tariff.