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Assistance with your legal costs

Before you panic...For those entitled to benefits or on low incomes ask about public funding.

Regrettably we have no legal help starts available but at the moment if you are either in receipt of a certificate or if you have a complicated case we can probably still help you.

As of October 1st 2010 we will no longer have a Legal Aid Franchise.  We are sorry to those who need Public Funding but the scheme is simply unmanageable and we have taken the decision not to continue this work in the future.

Please contact Community Legal Advice on 0845 345 4345

 

Charging by time - privately paying clients

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HOURLY CHARGING RATES...

 

In all law firms there are two forms of charging.  We can charge fixed fees where appropriate and we can charge by the time spent on it.  It is common in all forms of litigation to pay by the hour for the time we spend in dealing with your case.  The time we charge for the work we do is based upon the level of expertise that we have for each of our advisor and the hourly charges vary between advisors depending upon what qualifications and length of service they have.

 

 

Rebecca HAWKSLEY

 

 Solicitor

Rebecca has been qualified since September 1997 and specialises in litigation and commercial law

£200 +VAT

 

Elaine LIDDLE

 

 Solicitor

Elaine qualified in January 2009 and specialises in family law

£150 +VAT

 

Helen BEACH

 

 Trainee Solicitor

Helen has been our trainee since November 2009 and is very capable.  She assists all the fee earners and deals with probate and Powers of Attorney.

£100 +VAT

 

Julie SHANNON

 

 Solicitor - (consultant)

Julie is a solicitor who qualified in January 2004 and specialises in employment law.

£180 +VAT

 

Naturally often on litigation there is a need for the case to be handled by more than one fee earner.  When two people are working on your case at the same time ie you have an appointment with two of us, there is only a charge for the more qualified person.  If another fee earner were to have to do certain work on your matter you will be charged that fee earners charging rate.


Our fixed fees

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Our fixed fees vary according to the nature of the work you want us to do.

We have a page dedicated to the price list for fixed cost work but this section deals with the fixed costs of first appointments.

A first appointment ...

 Rebecca HAWKSLEY  £100 + VAT
 Elaine LIDDLE  £75 + VAT
 Helen BEACH  £50 + VAT
 Julie SHANNON  £80 + VAT