VAT & Disbursements

Our fees and some disbursements are subject to VAT at 20%. Disbursements are charges payable in addition to our fees, normally to a third party. They can include fees payable to the Court Fees, Translation Fees, Costs draftsmen, Counsel Fees. The amount charged for the disbursements depends upon a number of variables so we will be able to advise you of the correct charges when we have further information.

Our Fees

• Initial consultation and advice (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • £90 plus VAT for an hour
    • £50 plus VAT for half an hour

• Litigation throughout tribunal proceedings charged at hourly rates of (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years’ experience £282 – £373 plus VAT
    • Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ experience £232 – £289 plus VAT
    • Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience £185 – £244 plus VAT
    • Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners £129 – £139 plus VAT

• ACAS (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Simple complexity cases £550 – £750 plus VAT
    • Medium complexity cases £750 – £1,000 plus VAT
    • Complex cases £950 – £1,200 plus VAT

• Filing a claim or defending the claim (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Simple complexity cases £600 – £800 plus VAT
    • Medium complexity cases £800 – £1,000 plus VAT
    • Complex cases £1,000 – £1,200 plus VAT

• Settlement Agreements (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • £400 – £500 plus VAT (Avg.)  This is dependent on the length and complexity of the agreement and the time we will spend in drafting/analysing. We will cap our fees at the sum that your employer will contribute. For consultation, please refer to consultation fees
    • Negotiations will be charged at the hourly rate for the fee earner handling your file

• Preliminary hearings (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Simple complexity cases £550 – £750 plus VAT
    • Medium complexity cases £750 – £1,000 plus VAT
    • Complex cases from £950 – £1,200 plus VAT
    • Disbursements (barrister fees) are separate fees start £400 plus VAT

• Drafting witness statements (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Simple complexity cases £300 – £400 plus VAT
    • Medium complexity cases £500 – £600 plus VAT
    • Complex cases from £800 – £900 plus VAT

• Final hearings (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Simple complexity cases £800 – £1,000 plus VAT
    • Medium complexity cases £1,200 – £1,400 plus VAT
    • Complex cases from £1,700 – £2,000 plus VAT

• Appeals (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • £2,000 – £2,200 plus VAT

• Employment Tribunals (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  • • Unfair/Wrongful Dismissal £750 – £900 plus VAT

• Correspondence with the other party (VAT is chargeable at 20%)
  
  • • Letter drafting 1/10th of the hourly of the caseworker
    • Telephone calls 1/10th of the hourly of the caseworker
    • Emails 1/10th of the hourly of the caseworker