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In English law, a refresher is an additional fee paid to counsel in a prolonged case. Such fees are also paid under the law of Hong Kong.

The fee applies when a case on trial is adjourned from one term or sitting to another, or when a term extends over more than one day (if the first or subsequent day(s) occupy more than five hours without being concluded).

Refresher fees were often controversial.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Refresher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 29–30.
  • Halsbury's Laws of England. First Edition. Volume 2. pp 421 & 422.
  • Graham J Graham-Green. "Refresher fees". Criminal Costs and Legal Aid. Second Edition. Butterworths. London. 1969. Pages 137 and 138. See also pages 54, 75, 83, 223, 224, 229, 265, 277, 281 and 288.
  • Kevin Cheng. The Timing of Guilty Pleas: Lessons from Common Law Jurisdictions. Cambridge University Press. 2023. pp 75 to 77.
  • Thomas Snow, Charles Burney and Francis A Stringer. "Refresher fees". The Annual Practice 1897. Fifteenth Edition. Sweet and Maxwell. Stevens and Sons. Volume 1. pp 1195 and 1196.
  • "Refresher Fees" (1892) 36 The Solicitors' Journal 147 (2 January 1892)
  • "Refresher Fees" (1893) 37 The Solicitors' Journal 228 (4 February 1893)
  • "Counsel's Fees - Refreshers" (1881) 70 The Law Times 292 (26 February 1881); 2 The Australian Law Times lxxxviii (No 40, 14 May 1881)
  • "Proceedings affecting the Profession" (1888) 84 The Law Times 230 (No 2339, 28 January 1888)
  • "Re Counsel's Right to a Refresher in a Criminal Case" (1914) 59 Solicitors Journal 150 (19 December 1914)
  1. Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. Cheng. The Timing of Guilty Pleas. pp 75 to 77
  3. David Foxton. The Life of Thomas E Scrutton. Cambridge University Press. 2013. p 93.


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