How much will our service cost?

Our hourly rate charges:

Our charges will be calculated mainly by reference to the time actually spent by the solicitors and other staff in respect of any work which they do on your behalf. Please note all non-qualified staff, paralegal and trainee solicitors are always supervised by experienced solicitors from within each department.

Our consultation rate is £80 (+ VAT if applicable) for a 30-40 minute consultation or £150 (+ VAT if applicable) for a 60 minute consultation. This meeting will take place in confidence to establish the full details of your specific circumstances; taking down your full instruction; we will consider all the applicable legislation, policy and any case law that will need to be taken into account in to your case; we will finally have a detailed discussion to advise on your options and merits of success in your case. A costs-benefit analysis and a full explanation of our duties towards you will be provided, with plenty of time for you to ask any further questions for clarification before the end of the consultation.

We cannot offer legal advice over the phone or by email prior to being formally engaged as your legal representative, but our solicitors are happy to understand your matter over the phone/by email and offer a consultation if it is required.

Our current rates are set out below:

      • Trainee Solicitors, Paralegal & equivalent £130
      • Solicitors /legal executives, 4 years + qualified experience £220
      • Solicitors over 8 years qualified experience £300
      • Senior Consultants £500

Charges are reviewed annually, we will update it if any changes.

The firm is not currently VAT registered. However, if there are any changes to our VAT position then we will notify you whether VAT is payable when you instruct us and we can work out if VAT is properly chargeable.

What is included in fees

Our fees include all work in the preparation and submission of the relevant application as instructed. This will include but not solely restricted to the following services:
      • Preparing a list of documents to advise you on what we require to assist you as instructed;
      • Reviewing the relevant documents and to advise you further;
      • Completing the relevant appropriate application form;
      • Drafting of written submissions/representations; and
      • All telephone calls, emails and meetings to assist in the above.

Disbursements

The Home Office fees and any associated expenses for third parties are paid by you directly to the relevant authority/company. The table above relates to our legal fees only. An example of disbursements for immigration cases may include, but are not limited to;
      • Visa application fees;
      • NHS fees (known as the IHS surcharge);
      • Translation of documents;
      • Postage costs;
      • English language exam (and preparation if relevant);
      • UK NARIC;
      • Expert reports; and
      • Photocopying documentation;
Many of the above example disbursements may not apply to your case and are listed to give an indication of typical immigration related costs.

FAMILY LAW

Type of Application Standard Fees Information
Divorce From £750.00 - £1,500.00 + disbursements and Court Fee
Child Contact (Application up to and including first hearing) From £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 + disbursements and Court Fee
Further Hearings TBA + disbursements and Court Fee
Financial Remedy Proceedings TBA + disbursements and Court Fee

We will assess each case on its individual merits and complexity and provide an exact figure for our legal fees prior to taking instructions. Costs for all further hearings will be determined upon our assessment of the complexity of the matter.

CIVIL LITIGATION

Type of Application Standard Fees Information
Letter Before Action £200.00 + disbursements
Filing Court proceedings £250.00 + disbursements and Court Fee
Default Judgement £100.00 -
Receiving Defence £100.00 -
Reply to Defence From £300.00 - £500.00 -
Filing Directions Questionnaire £200.00 -
Hearing Preparation £750.00 + Court Fee and Advocate fee

Money Claims for a specified sum

Type of Application Standard Fees Information
Letter Before Action £250.00 + disbursements
Filing Court proceedings £350.00 + disbursements and Court Fee
Default Judgement £150.00 -
Receiving Defence £200.00 -
Reply to Defence From £500.00 - £1,000.00 -
Filing Directions Questionnaire £500.00 -
Hearing Preparation £1,750.00 + Court Fee and Advocate fee

We will assess each case on its individual merits and may provide you an option to fund your case on a Conditional Fee Agreement or Damages Based Agreement. We will always ensure you have all the information required to make an informed decision with the various ways of funding legal costs and the impact this may have on any eventual settlement. This is usually discussed at our initial consultation.

Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Entry Clearance as a Spouse Visa to UK From £600.00 to £1,500.00
Civil Partner Visa for UK From £600.00 to £1,500.00
Spouse Visa Extension in UK From £600.00 to £1,500.00
Switching into Spouse Visa UK (5 Years Route) From £600.00 to £1,500.00
ILR as a Spouse (5 Years Route) From £600.00 to £1,500.00
Switching to Spouse Visa (10 Years Route) From £600.00 to £1,500.00
ILR as a Spouse (10 Years Route) From £600.00 to £1,500.00
Entry Clearance on unmarried Partner route From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
ILR as an unmarried Partner (5 Years Route) From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
Extension of Unmarried Partner Visa (5 Years Route) From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
Extension of Unmarried Partner Visa (10 Years Route) From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
Switching to Civil Partner Visa UK From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
Switching to Civil Partner Visa UK (10 Year Route) From £1200.00 to £1,500.00
Extension of Civil Partner Visa UK (10 Years Route) From £1200.00 to £1,500.00
ILR as a Civil Partner Visa UK (10 Years Route) From £1200.00 to £1,500.00
Extension Of Civil Partner Visa (5 Years Route) From £800.00 to £1,500.00
ILR as a Civil Partner (5 Years Route) From £800.00 to £1,500.00
Switching into Civil Partner Visa UK (5 Years Route) From £800.00 to £1,500.00
Entry clearance for UK visa as a parent of a British child (5 & 10 Year route) From £1200.00 to £1,800.00
Switching into parent of a child visa from inside the UK (5 & 10 Year route) From £1200.00 to £1,500.00
Extension / Renewal of parent of UK visa as a parent of a British child (5 & 10 Year route) From £1200.00 to £1,500.00
ILR as a parent of a British child from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office, (5 & 10 Year route) From £1200.00 to £1,500.00
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Entry Clearance for Indefinite Leave to Enter (ILE) from outside the UK by a child of a British Citizen/Settled Person to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,500.00 to £2,000.00
ILR as a child – SET (F) application from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office, UKVI From £1,500.00 to £2,000.00
Entry Clearance as a Child of a Person Who Has Partner or Parent Visa From £1,200.00 to £1,500.00
Application for Leave to Remain as a Child From £1,200.00 to £1,500.00
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Entry Clearance for Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) Visa From £2,000.00 to £3,000.00
Discretionary Leave Application by Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) From £3,000.00 to £4,000.00
ILR as Adult Dependent Relative (ADR) From £2,000.00 to £3,000.00
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Application for extension of 7 years child residence leave to remain to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £2,000 to £3000
Application for ILR – 7 years child residence route to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £2000 to £3000
Application for ILR – 20 years long residence to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office on your ILR application From £1,500 to £2,000
Leave to remain on the basis of 7 years child residence to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £2,000 to £3,000
Leave to remain on the basis of 20 years long residence to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £2,000 to £3,000
Application for extension application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1,000 to £2000
Leave to remain on the basis of living half of the life in the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £2,000 to £3,000
Application for extension application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1,000 to £1,500
ILR application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1,000 to £1,500
Leave to remain on the basis of very significant obstacles to integration to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £2,000 to £3,000
Application for extension of leave to remain to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
Application for ILR to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1,000 to £1,500
Initial application for discretionary leave to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1,500 to £3,000
Extension of discretionary leave to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office on your application From £1,000 to £1,500
ILR on the basis of discretionary leave to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1,000 to £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Administrative Review (AR) of T2 Minister Of Religion Visa Refusal From £800 to £1,500
International Sportsperson visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 to £1,500
Senior or Specialist worker visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 to £2,000
Switching Into T2 Minister Of Religion Visa From £800 to £1,500
Extension/Renewal of T2 Minister Of Religion Visa From £800 To £1,500
ILR As T2 Minister of Religion From £800 to £1,500
ILR as a Skilled Worker From £800 to £1,500
Administrative Review (AR) of Skilled Worker Visa Refusal From £800 to £1,500
T2 Minister of Religion visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,200 to £2000
Skilled worker visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £500 to £1,000
Switching into skilled worker visa from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £500 to £1,000
Extension of skilled worker visa from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £1000.00 to £1,500.00
Extension of Senior or Specialist worker visa from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office, UKVI From £1,000 To £2,000
Extension of Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office, UKVI From £2,000 To £3,500
Extension of Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa from inside the UK to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office, UKVI From £2,000 To £3,500
Complete help with Administrative Review (AR) of refusal of an in-country application From £800.00 to £1,500.00
UK Ancestry visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,500 To £2,000
Administrative Review of UK Ancestry Visa Refusal From £800 To £1,500 From £800.00 to £1,500.00
Startup visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £2,000 To £3,000
Innovator visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £2,000 To £3,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Application for Skilled Worker Sponsorship Licence From £1,500 To £3000
T2 Minister of Religion Sponsor Licence Application From £800 To £2000
Sponsor Licence Renewal Application From £1,500 To £5,000
Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) Against Refusal/Revocation of Sponsor Licence From £2,000 to £2,000
Judicial Review (JR) Against Refusal/Revocation of the Sponsor Licence From £1,500 to £5,000
Application for International Sportsperson Sponsor Licence From £1,500 to £3,500
Representations to Home Office following Suspension of the International Sportsperson Sponsor Licence From £1,000 to £2,000
Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) Against Refusal/Revocation of Sponsor Licence From £1,000 to £2,000
Judicial Review (JR) Against Refusal/Revocation of Sponsor Licence From £1,500 to £5,000
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
EUSS family permit to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £600 to £1,000
Pre-settled status under the EU Settled Scheme (EUSS) to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £600 to £1,000
Settled status under the EU Settled Scheme (EUSS) to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £600 to £1,000
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
ILR 10 years long residence to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £600 to £1,000
FLR (LR) application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £600 to £1,000
Leave to remain on the basis of 20 years long residence to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From 1,200 to £1,500
Extension application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £600 to £1,000
Application for ILR – 20 years long residence to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office on your ILR application From £1,200 to £2,000
ILR application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £1,000 to £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
On papers application for permission to apply for Judicial Review against the refusal of visitor visa application From £1,000 To £1,500
Application for visitor visa after the refusal of the visitor visa application From £1,000 to £1,200
Visitor visa application to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £800 to £1,500
Renewal/extension of visitor visa to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £1,000 to £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Complete help with application for extension of student visa to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £700 To £1,200
Complete help with Administrative Review (AR) of student visa entry clearance refusal From £500 To £800
Complete help with Administrative Review (AR) of refusal of an in-country application as a student From £500 To £800
Full service for student visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 to £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Full service for child student visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 To £1,500
Full service for student visa Entry Clearance to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Short-term study visa application to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 To £1,500 From £1,000 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
British Citizen to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £5,00 To £1,000
Naturalization as a British Citizen to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office From £800 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Application Checking Service / Documents Assessment £240
Registering A Child As A British Citizen – MN1 Application From £1,000 To £1,500
Registering A Child Born In The UK After 10 Years Residence – Form T Application From £1,000 To £1,500
Registration On The Basis Of Birth Before 1 July 2006 To A British Father – UKF Application From £1,000 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Application Checking Service / Documents Assessment £240
British passport application to cover all the work until decision by HM Passport Office (HMPO) From £500 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Full service for Indefinite Leave to Enter (ILE) after discharge from HM Forces to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on your application From £1,000 To £2,000
Application for limited leave to remain after discharge from HM forces to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £1,000 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Entry clearance application as a partner of a member of HM Forces who is a foreign or Commonwealth citizen to cover all the work until decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) From £1,000 To £2,000
Switching into partner visa to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £800 To £1,500
ILR application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £800 To £1,500
ILR application as a bereaved partner to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI From £800 To £1,500
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Appeal against Home Office/ECO decision from the beginning to the hearing representation including drafting witness statement and skeleton argument From £3,500 - £5,000
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
One-off immigration consultation/advice £80
One-Off Application Checking Service / Documents Assessment £240
Full service for reconsideration of nationality application to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office on reconsideration application From £700 to £1,200
Our Fixed Fees for Pre Action Protocol (PAP) £300
Services Fees + VAT (If Applicable)
Pre-action protocol (PAP) for Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office From £500 to £1,000
Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office Refusal Decisions From £1,200 to £2,000
Reconsideration of Permission for JR at an Oral Hearing From £1,200 To £2,000
An application to the Upper Tribunal For Permission To Apply For Judicial Review (JR) From £1,000 To £5,000

Timescales:

We endeavour to submit the initial application within 2-4 weeks of receiving signed authority. However, for more complex applications with more voluminous supporting documentation our initial application, this pre-application stage might take up to three months. Once the application has been submitted, the timescale is entirely at the discretion of the Home Office. The Home Office publishes broad timescales of between three to six months.



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