I offer all prospective clients a free initial consultation of up to 30 minutes by telephone (this will not include any legal advice). A consultation can be arranged once I’ve received a completed version of the contact form to be found on my home page. My usual hourly rate is £300 + VAT for County Court work and £375 + VAT for High Court work, though that may be negotiable and/or subject to a cap with respect to any particular piece of work. My fees for attending a hearing will usually be fixed in advance and the amount will vary according to the volume of papers involved and the period of time for which the court has listed the hearing. In the case of a trial lasting more than a day, there will be a “brief fee”, payable on acceptance of the brief to attend trial, which takes into account the time which will be taken in preparation and on the first day of the trial, plus a daily “refresher” fee, which will be payable in respect of each subsequent day of the trial (i.e. from the second day onwards). If I quote you a “fixed fee” it means that the work will not cost more than that unless the scope of the work changes after the fee has been agreed. Sometimes, it will be difficult to assess how long the work will take and I will quote it as a “minimum fixed fee”, which means this is the minimum fee that I will charge but I expect that I’ll tell you that it will cost more to finish the work once I’ve got sufficiently into the job to see fully what it entails. In either fixed fee scenario, fees will not be refunded other than in accordance with your rights to cancel, which are explained in my client care letter. There are several things that might influence the timescale within which I provide your legal services, including:Fees