We aim to charge a fair and reasonable fee for our services, taking into account the nature of the work and other relevant factors, such as complexity.
Our charges are usually based on the time we spend on a matter for you, calculated with regard to an hourly rate, unless otherwise agreed with you.
We will aim to agree an estimate with you prior to commencing work, however this can be subject to a range of external factors which may require the estimate to be revised from time to time. We will keep you informed of anything which may affect our original estimate.
It may also, from time to time, become necessary to also incur the fees of third parties on your behalf (for example, a barrister) or to pay court fees. Prior to incurring any such fees, we will obtain your agreement to them.
In certain cases, we may be able to consider acting for you on conditional fee basis. This would mean deferring our fees to the conclusion of a case and in consideration for the payment of a success fee over and above our usual fee. Third party fees, such as barrister or court fees, would still be payable in advance. This would be subject to certain terms and would need to be agreed at the outset.
We would also recommend checking any personal or business insurance policies which you hold (home, motor, business etc.) to ee whether they cover for you any legal expenses which you may need to incur.
All of our fees are subject to VAT at the prevailing UK rate.
