Under 5 years call: £75.00 – £125.00 per hour plus VAT
5-10 years call: £150.00 – £325.00 per hour plus VAT
10-15 years call: £350.00 – £725.00 per hour plus VAT
Over 15 years call: £750.00 – £1200.00 per hour plus VAT
Services provided:
Criminal law
Immigration law
Family Law
Criminal law
Timescales
Timescales for our services may vary depending on factors such as barristers’ availability, the complexity of your case and the need for additional documents. Please contact our clerks as soon as possible. You may also need advice and/or representation at short notice. If so, please contact our clerks and our barristers will aim to advise you and/or represent you at a hearing where possible.
Fees
The total cost of your case will depend on a number of factors. These include, but are not limited to:
- Whether there is expert evidence or not. If you need to instruct an expert, you will be responsible for their fees
Every case is different, so it is very difficult to give an accurate estimate of the costs of your case without knowing anything about it. However, as a guide:
| Under 5 years call | Fees |
|---|---|
| Conference | £75.00 – £125.00 per hour plus VAT |
| 1st Appearance – Not Guilty | £500.00 – £1500.00 plus VAT |
| Plea and Sentence | £500.00 – £1500.00 plus VAT |
| Trial | £1500.00 – £3000.00 plus VAT |
| 5-10 years call | Fees |
|---|---|
| Conference | £125.00 – £325.00 per hour plus VAT |
| 1st Appearance – Not Guilty | £500.00 – £3000.00 plus VAT |
| Plea and Sentence | £500.00 – £3000.00 plus VAT |
| Trial | £2000.00 – £5000.00 plus VAT |
| 10-15 years call | Fees |
|---|---|
| Conference | £350.00 – £500.00 per hour plus VAT |
| 1st Appearance – Not Guilty | £750.00 – £3000.00 plus VAT |
| Plea and Sentence | £750.00 – £3000.00 plus VAT |
| Trial | £5000.00 – £10000.00 per hour plus VAT |
| Over 15 years call | Fees |
|---|---|
| Conference | £500.00 – £750.00 per hour plus VAT |
| 1st Appearance – Not Guilty | £1500.00 – £3000.00 plus VAT |
| Plea and Sentence | £1500.00 – £3500.00 plus VAT |
| Trial | £10000.00 onwards plus VAT, onwards dependent on length and complexity of case |
Immigration law
Timescales
Timescales for our services may vary depending on factors such as barristers’ availability, the complexity of your case and the need for additional documents. As you must appeal a decision within 14 days (from within the UK) or 28 days (from outside the UK), please contact the clerks as soon as possible. You may also need advice and/or representation at short notice. If so, please contact the clerks: our barristers will aim to advise you and/or represent you at a hearing where possible.
Fees
We may charge fixed fees, which means that we will charge you a set amount of money for the work. Below we provide estimates based on the ranges of fixed fees. If we charge fixed fees, these may vary depending on your needs – for example, your fees may be towards the higher end of the range if you need a more experienced barrister and/or you have a more complex case. If you have a particularly complex case, your fees may also be higher than the estimates below. We will discuss and reach agreement on the level of fees before the barrister undertakes any chargeable work, we will require payment of cleared funds before commencing work.
Every case is different, so it is very difficult to give an accurate estimate of the costs of your case without knowing anything about it. It would also be very much dependant on the year of call of the Barrister that you wish to instruct. However, as a guide:
| Stage of case | Fees |
|---|---|
| Written advice on your appeal | £100.00 – £1000.00 per hour plus VAT |
| Preparation of your appeal (including meetings and drafting of court documents) | £100.00 – £1000.00 per hour plus VAT |
| Preliminary hearing | £250.00 – £1000.00 plus VAT |
| First day’s tribunal appearance | £750.00 – £3500.00 plus VAT |
| Tribunal appearance per day, after the first day | £375.00 – £1750.00 per hour plus VAT |
Family law
Timescales
Timescales for your case may vary depending on factors such as barristers’ availability, the value and complexity of your assets, whether you have children, how much you have already agreed with your former partner, and their approach. Written advice on your financial dispute will be available within two to four weeks where possible. As a guide, court hearings for a financial order tend to take six to twelve months. This does not include possible appeals.
Fees
We may charge fixed fees, which means that we will charge you a set amount of money for the work. Below we provide estimates based on the ranges of fixed fees. If we charge fixed fees, these may vary depending on your needs – for example, your fees may be towards the higher end of the range if you need a more experienced barrister and/or you have a more complex case. If you have a particularly complex case, your fees may also be higher than the estimates below. We will discuss and reach agreement on the level of fees before the barrister undertakes any chargeable work, we will require payment of cleared funds before commencing work.
Every case is different, so it is very difficult to give an accurate estimate of the costs of your case without knowing anything about it. However, as a guide:
| Stage of case | Fees |
|---|---|
| Initial written advice | £100.00 – £350.00 per hour plus VAT |
| Preparation of case (including meetings and drafting of court documents) | £100.00 – £750.00 per hour plus VAT |
| Fact finding hearing | £100.00 – £750.00 per hour plus VAT |
| Attendance at mediation | £100.00 – £750.00 per hour plus VAT |
| First day of final hearing | £350.00 – £4000.00 plus VAT |
| Court appearance per day, after the first day of final hearing | £175.00 – £2000.00 plus VAT |