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I OFFER FIXED FEES FOR ATTENDING CRIMINAL COURTS, CIVIL COURTS, TRIBUNALS AND MEDIATION/ARBITRATION.  

IF I QUOTE A PRICE FOR A TRIAL AND IT THEN GOES OFF FOR SENTENCE TO ANOTHER DATE THEN A FURTHER FEE WILL HAVE TO BE AGREED.  

MY FEES FOR ATTENDING COURT DO NOT INCLUDE:
i) TRAVEL COSTS TO / FROM COURT i.e. MILEAGE OR TRAIN TICKET, NOR,
ii) ANY PARKING COSTS, NOR,
iii) ACCOMODATION, WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED IF YOU HAVE A 10am CASE (WHERE WE HAVE TO BE AT COURT FOR 9am) AND THE COURT IS OVER 100 MILES AWAY FROM ME (AS I CANNOT BE LEAVING AT 4am or 5am TO TRAVEL TO COURT TO GET INTO TOWN ABOUT 8am, TO THEN MEET YOU AT COURT FOR 9am) AND BE AT MY BEST FOR A TRIAL.  

IT MAY ALSO BE THE CASE THAT NO TRAINS CAN EVEN GET ME TO THE LOCAL TRAIN STATION NEAREST TO THE COURT BY THE LATEST TIME OF 8.30am.  

IF THE CASE IS LISTED FOR MORE THAN 1 DAY I WOULD ALSO NEED ACCOMODATION AND MEALS FOR EACH OF THE ADDITIONAL DAYS. 

IF YOU INSTRUCT ME TO ATTEND TRIAL ON A CIVIL CASE, TRIBUNAL OR MEDIATION AND YOU HAVE PREPARED THE CASE YOURSELF YOU SHALL ACCEPT THAT I WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO PUT FORWARD THE CASE YOU HAVE CLAIMED OR ARE DEFENDING.

My current fees are based on me attending court for less than half a day, or attending court for 1/2 day e.g. 10am -1pm or 2pm to 4.30pm, or attending court for a full day.  

My fees will depend on the number of pages I have to read, how many witnesses you have and also how complex the case is.  

I charge slightly less if the hearing is listed by video or telephone. 

THE ONLY OTHER FIXED FEES I OFFER CLIENTS, ARE FOR SPECIFIC PIECES OF WORK – e.g. TO PREPARE A DIVORCE APPLICATION, DRAFT PARTICULARS OF CLAIM, DRAFT A DEFENCE, DRAFT A CONSENT ORDER OR DRAFT A LETTER BEFORE ACTION (“LBA”) AND THEN DISCUSS ANY REPLY TO THE LBA WITH YOU.  

If you want me to take on your case from start to finish and for me to act on the record, then I will charge my work at an hourly rate (currently £250ph) and if that is the case then I have further indicative fees which you will be directed to. 

If you are acting as a litigant in person that means the other side and the court will only contact you NOT ME. You must keep me informed.  I have had times when clients have been told a case has been vacated and they did not tell me, thinking the court will have done that. I have then travelled to court to find it is not listed. I WILL NOT OFFER REFUNDS IN SUCH CASES.  

Please note that as I work as a sole practitioner from a small office my rates tend to be lower and that is only because my overheads are lower, especially against large barristers chambers working out of a large building (in Large Cities) who may have over 100 barristers working out of the building + up to a dozen members of staff. The same can be said for solicitors firms with large buildings and many staff.   

If you have a written quote from a firm of solicitors to deal with the whole case, or another barrister just to attend a court hearing I will beat that quote. TRY ME  

I can appear in all courts and tribunals in England and Wales, (not Scotland – where I can only appear in a tribunal) including those of regulators, the magistrates courts, crown courts, civil courts, county and high courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court / Privy Council. 

I do not have a legal aid contract. If you need legal aid you should contact a firm of solicitors who have a legal aid contract. 

VAT will be added where applicable. 

If you want me to take on a case, you can send me brief papers to review AND FOR NO FEE, I will tell you if I can assist you or not. 

If you are “sacking” solicitors and want me to take over the case I charge 1 hour of my time to review the papers to tell you if I am willing to take the case on or not. You must send me the full case papers.