Guidance

Graduated fee calculators

For use in calculating claims under the Litigators' Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS) and Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).

• From: Legal Aid Agency
• Published: 1 June 2014
• Last updated: 19 May 2026
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  1. 19 May 2026

     Document updated

  2. 31 December 2018

     Scheme 11 AGFS Calculator published.

  3. 3 October 2018

     Version 10 of the LGFS calculator has been removed as the LGFS 10,000 PPE threshold has been reinstated, and the 'Which calculator to use' document has been updated accordingly.

  4. 2 October 2018

     Version 10 of the LGFS calculator was removed as it referred to the previous threshold of 6,000 PPE, and a related amendment was made to the 'Which calculator to use' document.

  5. 23 April 2018

     AGFS (Scheme 10) for trials, cracked trials, guilty pleas, and fixed fee cases: rep orders on or after 1 April 2018 calculator published.

  6. 28 February 2018

     LGFS calculator 20% VAT (December 2017) published and guidance updated.

  7. 6 February 2017

     Which LGFS calculator to use document updated.

  8. 10 September 2015

     LGFS calculator 20% VAT (July 2015) published.

  9. 3 November 2014

     Updated document added

  10. 1 June 2014

      First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Which LGFS calculator to use

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LGFS Calculator 20% VAT (March 2026)

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LGFS calculator 20% VAT (September 2022)

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LGFS calculator 20% VAT (September 2020)

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LGFS calculator 20% VAT (April 2016)

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Which AGFS calculator to use

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AGFS (scheme 13): rep orders on or after 30 September 2022

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AGFS (Scheme 12) for accelerated measures: rep orders on or after 17 September 2020

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AGFS (Scheme 11) for trials, cracked trials, guilty pleas, and fixed fee cases: rep orders on or after 31 December 2018

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AGFS (Scheme 10) for trials, cracked trials, guilty pleas, and fixed fee cases: rep orders on or after 1 April 2018

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AGFS (scheme 9) for full trials - rep orders on or after 1 April 2012

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AGFS (scheme 9) guilty pleas and cracks in first third - rep orders on or after 1 April 2012

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AGFS (scheme 9) cracked trials in the last two thirds - rep orders on or after 1 April 2012

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AGFS (scheme 9) fixed fees - rep orders on or after 1 April 2012

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Details

Calculators for use in submitting claims under the Litigators’ Graduated Fee Scheme (LGFS) and Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).

Our calculators work best if you save them to your computer first rather than working online.