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<p>The Treasury Solicitor conducts most, but not all, litigation on behalf of government
departments. For example, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs normally conducts its
own litigation. In 2014 the Treasury Solicitor acted in about 17846 judicial reviews.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department does not hold central records
on the external legal fees paid in each individual case or on the outcome of each
such case. Such information could not be created without examining every case file
and thus incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation
to external fees, the Attorney General maintains five panels of junior counsel to
undertake civil and EC work for all Government Departments. There are three London
panels (an A panel for senior juniors, a B panel for middle juniors and a C panel
for junior juniors) together with a Regional panel and a Public International Law
panel. This is in addition to First Treasury Counsel (FTC) who exclusively does Government
work, and to the Standing Counsel to certain Departments. <br></p><p> </p><p>The hourly
rates for panel counsel are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>First Treasury
Counsel - £230</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A panel - £120</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>B panel - £80</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>C panel - £60 if under 5 years
call and £80 if over 5 years call.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to outcomes,
the Ministry of Justice publish figures on the number of Judicial Reviews by each
Department up to 2012:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>See Table 4.3 at the link below:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/267408/additional-court-tables-2012.xls</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This shows the number of cases each year where Government departments
were named as first defendant and where the judicial review was granted following
a substantive hearing.</p><p> </p>
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