Fees & Funding
Our purpose is to ensure access to justice and to facilitate this, we offer a range of flexible fees & funding arrangements tailored to suit your individual needs. All our quotes are bespoke following an initial risk assessment.
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The following prices are a guideline only.
To maximize our client's financial recovery while mitigating the risk, we provide a range of Fixed Fees, Conditional Fee Agreements, Damages Based Agreements, Partial CFAs and Hourly Rate Private Retainers.
Legal Costs Explained:
Regardless of your retainer, legal costs in England & Wales are commonly broken down into 3 distinct categories which become payable upon the occurrence of a specific event:
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Solicitors Fees: This is money paid directly to your solicitor for their work. Under a CFA, you do not pay any solicitors fees as if successful, your solicitor sends the bill to the losing side whom settles it directly and should your claim fail, all the solicitor fees are written off. On a DBA, your 'solicitors fees' i.e. the Success Fee, is paid out of your compensation and with all other retainers, the money that you have paid to your solicitor is recovered from you opponent at the end of the dispute subject to cost assessment.
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Disbursements: This is money paid or owed to a third party during the course of litigation. Common disbursements include court fees, barrister fees and any expert fees (e.g. medical practitioner, engineers, or surveyors). To protect you from the burden of having to pay disbursements and wherever possible, your solicitor will take out an After-The-Event (ATE) insurance policy. The insurer will pay your disbursements upfront in return for a premium being paid from your compensation.
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Success Fee: This is an additional fee charged by solicitors acting on a CFA or DBA to account for the risk that they may not be paid anything at all. It is usually charged as a percentage of the damages/compensation recovered. The specific percentage is dependent on the case itself and reflective of the risk involved.
Our Business is finding the best price for you and recovering it from your opponent.
So you and your business are free to thrive.
Fixed-Fees
For: Civil Litigation, Construction and Debt Recovery.
The simplest way for clients to be clear as to what their case will cost. Fixed monthly billing with the benefit of a total cap and no hidden costs.
The cost of legal advice is determined by the value and the complexity of the dispute. The more complex the dispute; the greater the variables and increasing changes in the scope of the work.
OUR SERVICE:
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We offer a bespoke service tailored to your individual needs and objectives. All instructions enjoy the benefit of a detailed review, risk assessment and case plan to account for future developments and ensure protections are in place. This includes but is not limited to:
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Taking instruction and reviewing documentation.
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Undertaking extensive due diligence to confirm your opponent has the insurance/assets to satisfy a judgement for damages and costs.
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Pre-litigation correspondence including letters of action and where applicable, statutory demands.
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Alternative Dispute Resolution for any debts >£5'000.
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Litigation through to costs assessment.
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Enforcement.
V A L U E
L E G A L C O S T S
> £2500
10% of the debt + disbursements (unlikely to be any).
Assumed low complexity | < 6 months work.
£2500 - £10'000
25% of the debt + Refundable disbursements (est. £100) .
Assumed low complexity | 6 months - 1 years' work including a court hearing.
£10'000 - £25'000
£2500 - £7500 + ATE Premium (payable only if successful)
Assumed medium complexity | 1 year - 18 months' work including a court hearing.
£25'000 - £50'000
£7500 - £17'500 + ATE Premium (payable only if successful)
Assumed medium complexity | 1 year - 2 years' work including a trial.
£50'000 - £100'000
£17'500 - £32'500 + ATE Premium & Success Fee (payable only if successful)
Assumed medium - high complexity | 2 years' work including a trial and cost assessment.
£100'000 - £250'000
£32'500 - £65'000 + ATE Premium & Success Fee (payable only if successful)
Assumed high complexity | 2 - 4 years work including a trial and cost assessment.
>£250'000
These disputes require an indepth review.
Presumed high complexity | 2 - 4 years work including a trial and costs assessment.
* All the above figures are exclusive of VAT.
Before incurring the cost of any disbursement we will discuss these with you and to assist with your cashflow we usually pay these up front. The disbursements are then be included in our invoice and we seek recovery of them together with the total cost from your opponent at the successful conclusion of the dispute. The costs associated with enforcement of orders will be recovered from the debtor.
E N F O R C E M E N T
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It is a common misconception that court judgements are automatically enforced. They are not.
Our unique service offering includes enforcement of all judgement debts as part of our standard retainers. This ensure that following judgement, our clients are free to thrive having recovered their financial loss in full.
Unlike the vast majority of the legal sector, we do not leave you with an empty wallet, our bill and the contact number for the local bailiffs.
Fixed-Fees
For: Court Advocacy, Document Review and Document Drafting
Gavin Renwick is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Senior Civil Courts of England & Wales. He has the higher rights of audience equal to a barrister and is instructed to attend court hearings, prepare pleadings and to advise on the legal prospects of individual cases.
Pursuant to these instructions, we do not have 'conduct of the litigation' on behalf of a party but instead are instructed by an individual to represent them at a court hearing, draft a document (e.g. the Defence) or to advise upon the prospects of a specific legal issue, such as the liability of a company director.
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In all these cases, we will provide you with a provisional estimate in line with the below guidance and upon receipt of the papers, will supply a fixed quote for your agreement. That quote will then be payable in line with our standard terms & conditions upon conclusion of the work.
* The below fee structure assumes a dispute of >£10'000 damages and the drafting of a short skeleton if required.
Hearing
< 1 hour
1 - 2 hours
>3 hours
Interim Court Hearings
£600
£1000
Virtual or by Telephone
n/a
Interim Court Hearings
£750 + Travel
£1200 + Travel
In person
£2500 + Travel
* All the above figures are exclusive of VAT.
Trials
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Any court trial would require consideration of the papers before a quote can be supplied. However, we should expect our fee for a 1 day trial to begin at £2500 + VAT.
Document Review & Drafting
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Our fees for review & drafting depend on the type of document and the amount of background information required. However, as a rough guide:
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Powers of Attorney: £120 + VAT
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Witness Statements: £550 + VAT
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Pleadings & Interim Applications: £750 + VAT
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Contract review, advice and drafting: approx. £1000 + VAT (this would include an interview of up to 1 hour and any amendments).
Clear & Concise Costs
Traditional Retainer
Trusted Law Society Rates
Solicitor's Hourly Rates
For: Civil Litigation, Construction and High value Debt disputes on a private retainer.
We utilise the H.M. Courts & Tribunal Services Guideline hourly rates. This ensures that you never pay a higher rate for legal advice than for what you are likely to recover.
Should your agreement be subject to an hourly rate then whenever possible this practice adopts the HM Courts & Tribunal Services Guideline hourly rates. These are guideline figures employed by the courts when carrying out a summary assessment of court costs listed by pay bands and grade for different parts of England & Wales. (Please note, Scotland and Northern Ireland are separate legal jurisdictions).
A copy of the guidelines hourly rates can be accessed directly from the government website by clicking here.
At the time of publication, the recommended guidelines are as follows:
Solicitor Grade
London 1
London 2
London 3
National 1
National 2
A
Solicitors and Legal Executives with >8 years' litigation experience.
£512
£373
£282
£261
£255
B
Solicitors and Legal Executives with >4 years experience
£348
£289
£232
£218
£218
C
Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience
£270
£244
£185
£178
£177
D
Trainee Solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners
£186
£139
£129
£126
£126
LONDON
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London Band 1: This covers very heavy commercial and corporate work by centrally based London Firm. It is not restricted by postcode.
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London Band 2: City and Central London. Postcodes EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, W1, WC1, WC2 and SW1
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London Band 3: Outer London. All other London boroughs plus Dartford and Gravesend.
NATIONAL BAND 1:
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This covers the counties of: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire (and Isle of Wight), Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire
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And: Birkenhead, Birmingham (Inner), Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff (Inner), Leeds (Inner), Liverpool, Manchester (Central), Newcastle City, Norwich City and Watford.
NATIONAL BAND 2:
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This covers all places not included in London 1 - 3 and National 1.
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For a full breakdown of the National Grades by area, click here.
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M A K E A N E N Q U I R Y
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You can find us at:
40 Caversham Road.
Reading, RG1 7EB
+44 (0)118 206 9005
Mon - Fri
Saturday
​Sunday
Bank Holidays​
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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