Funding

We offer the following funding options:

Legal Aid / Public funding

We hold a legal aid contract for clients eligible for legal aid.

Parents whose children are subject to care and supervision order proceedings (public law) are automatically eligible for legal aid.

Legal aid is also available for other family members in care and supervision order proceedings, family/childcare/ financial relief and domestic abuse matters provided the individual applying for legal aid passes the means and merits test. The means test relates to income and the merits test relates to the relevant evidence required by the Legal Aid Agency.

Please contact us should you need to clarify the legal aid eligibility criteria further.

Initial consultation

a. Initial consultation with no follow-up - £250 plus VAT

b. Initial consultation with follow-up letter confirming advice - £350 plus VAT

Fixed fees

We offer specialist legal advice at affordable fees for our private paying clients with flexible payment plans to meet their individual financial needs. Please see our fixed fee funding options below:

i.Divorce proceedings

a. Assisting petitioner with completing petition only - £450 plus VAT

b. Assisting respondent with completing acknowledgment of service only - £250 plus VAT

c. Full representation in ‘straight forward’ divorce from start of case to conclusion:

i. Petitioner - £1500 plus VAT

ii. Respondent - £1000 plus VAT

(Please be aware that a divorce is classed as ‘straight forward’ if no additional applications outside the regular applications have to be made to progress the divorce.)

ii. Section 8 Children Act matters (Child Arrangements)

a. Assisting applicant to complete initial application form(s) only - £500 plus VAT

b. Assisting applicant or respondent to draft statement - £750 plus VAT

iii.Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders

a. Assisting applicant to complete initial application form only - £250 plus VAT

b. Assisting applicant to draft supporting statement - £750 plus VAT

c. Assisting respondent to complete form to oppose the order/s - £250 plus VAT

d. Assisting respondent to draft statement - £750 plus VAT

Our fixed fee rate packages DO NOT cover:

· Court fees and disbursements such as interpreter fees, postage etc

· Applications such as those which may become necessary in divorces such as when the Respondent does not acknowledge service

· The financial aspect of a divorce also known as Financial Relief

We shall always discuss our fees and any possible additional fees before accepting instructions.

Unbundling services

We are happy to assist in cases where an individual wants to retain control of his/her case and require our assistance to carry out particular pieces of work such as preparing statements, responding to court directions or attending some court hearings.

In these instances, our fees will be based on the amount of work to be undertaken and the hourly rates of the fee earner with conduct as set out below:

Director/solicitors (over 8 years PQE - Grade A) : £250 per hour

Other solicitors / legal executives (over 4 years PQE - Grade B): £200 per hour

Other solicitors/ legal executives or fee earners of equivalent experience - £165 per hour

Trainee Solicitors / paralegals: £120 per hour

The above hourly rates are in accordance with solicitors’ guideline hourly rates provided by the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO) available at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/solicitors-guideline-hourly-rates.

Please do not hesitate to contact us to discuss our fees.