FROM 1st JANUARY 2025 SOLICITOR GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES TO INCREASE.
From 1st January 2025 the guideline hourly rates for solicitors is set to increase. This very brief explano sets out the changes and their background.
HMCTS SOLICITOR GUIDELINE RATES FOR 2025
These rates are published on the Gov.Uk website and can be accessed by clicking here.
SOLICITOR GRADE:
| LONDON 1 | LONDON 2 | LONDON 3 | NATIONAL 1 | NATIONAL 2 | |
A: | Solicitors & Legal Execs. >8 years litigation exp.
| £566 | £413 | £312 | £288 | £282 |
B: | Solicitorswith >4 years experience | £385 | £319 | £256 | £242 | £242 |
C: | Other Solicitors & Legal Execs with less experience | £299 | £269 | £204 | £197 | £196 |
D: | Trainee Solicitors & Paralegals:
| £205 | £153 | £143 | £139 | £139 |
WARNING: The above rates do not apply to barristers. Should your barrister’s fees seem excessive, speak to a Solicitor-Advocate. You can find our contact details on the homepage.
WHAT? 3 LONDONS? – I DON’ T WANT TO LIVE ON THIS ISLAND ANYMORE!!!
Do not be alarmed. To reflect the varying costs of operating an office in London depending on your post code, the HMCTS divides the UK Capital into 3 ‘Bands’
It applies the same arbitrary distinction to the rest of the Nation.
LONDON
London Band 1: This covers very heavy commercial and corporate work by centrally based London Firm. It is not restricted by postcode.
London Band 2: City and Central London. Postcodes EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4, W1, WC1, WC2 and SW1
London Band 3: Outer London. All other London boroughs plus Dartford and Gravesend.
NATIONAL BAND 1:
This covers the counties of: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire (and Isle of Wight), Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Wiltshire
And: Birkenhead, Birmingham (Inner), Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff (Inner), Leeds (Inner), Liverpool, Manchester (Central), Newcastle City, Norwich City and Watford.
NATIONAL BAND 2:
This covers all places not included in London 1 - 3 and National 1.
SCOTLAND
Scotland is its own legal jurisdiction and should you require services there you speak to a legally qualified Scot.
COMMENT
We were going to highlight the percentage increases on the above chart but at the time of publication, it’s a bank holiday. We will bring this information to you, another time.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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