Pricing

Consultation Fees

Consultation Fee is £120 (including VAT chargeable at 20%). Consultation is for 30 minutes duration. If you proceed to instruct us then the consultation fee will count towards your total fee.

Conditional Fee Agreements

In Personal Injury and Civil litigation matters we may use a conditional fee agreement (CFA)/damages -based agreement (DBA). This type of agreement is commonly known as “No Win No Fee”. We will assess the viability of your case before agreeing to accept it. This means that if you win the case you will be charged at the end of the matter plus success fee on occasion from your compensation. We may request that you pay disbursements upfront. However, agreements are negotiated at inception. Mostly we put forth our model CFA.

Please be advised that if you are not successful in your claim, although you may not have to pay us our legal fees, you may have to pay the cost of the other party in the proceedings.

Motoring offences (Summary only offences):

The following offences are Summary only motoring offences and can be dealt with at a single hearing.

• Driving over the speed limit.
• Failure to stop after an Accident.
• Failure to exchange details after an accident.
• Failure to provide details of driver on request.
• Failure to provide insurance details on request.
• Failure to be in proper control of your car.
• Driving over the prescribed limit of alcohol or drugs.
• Using a handheld device whilst driving.
• Driving without due care and attention.
• Being in charge of a vehicle whilst over the prescribed limit of alcohol or drugs.
• Driving without insurance.
• Driving whilst disqualified.

We charge a fixed fee for a summary only motoring offence dealt with in one hearing. The fees are as follows:

Fixed fee for guilty plea

For Half a Day at Court

Fixed fee is £600 (including VAT charged at 20%)

Full Day at Court

Fixed fee is £1200 (including VAT charged at 20%)

Fixed Fees include:

• 2 hours attendance/preparation:
• Considering evidence
• Taking your instructions
• Providing advice on likely sentence
• Attendance and preparation at a single hearing at the Magistrates Court

The fee does not include:

• Instruction of any expert witnesses
• Taking statements from any witnesses
• Advice and assistance in relation to a special reasons hearing
• Advice and assistance in relation to any appeal.

The key stages of your matter are based on the presumption that you have entered a guilty plea and have a date for your hearing.

• Meet with your solicitor to provide instructions on what happened.
• We will consider initial disclosure, and any other evidence and provide advice.
• Arranging to take any witness statements if necessary (this will have an additional cost of £360 including VAT charged at 20%) for each witness statement.
• We will explain the court procedure to you so you know what to expect on the day of your hearing, and the sentencing options available to the court.
• We will conduct any further preparatory work, obtain further instructions from you if necessary and answer any follow up queries you have.
• We cannot provide a timescale of when your hearing will take place, as this depends on the court listing for that day.
• We will attend court on the day and meet with you before going before the court. We anticipate being at court for half a day or a full day depending on the complexity of your matter and when your matter is called on.
• We will discuss the outcome with you. If advice is required on appeal, this will carry an additional cost.

Exceptional Hardship or Special Reasons representations at the first hearing

Fixed fee ranges from £1000 to £2000 (excluding VAT chargeable at 20%) depending on the complexity of the case.

Guideline Hourly Rates

Our charges are based on the time we spend in dealing with a case. Time spent on your affairs will include meeting with you and perhaps others; any time spent travelling; considering, preparing and working on papers, correspondence and making and receiving telephone calls.

The current hourly rates of our solicitors and fee earners unless otherwise agreed, are as follows: – We are in London band 3 because our office is in outer London SE15

Routine letters that we write, and routine telephone calls that we make and receive will be charged at 10% of the hourly rate of the solicitor acting for you. For example, if a senior solicitor is working on your file at a rate of £301.00 per hour and writes a routine letter, the charge for this will be £30.10. Long letters (exceeding one A4 page) and long telephone calls will be charged on a time basis at 50% of the hourly rate. For example, if a senior solicitor working at a rate of £301.00 per hour and spends an hour writing a long letter on your behalf, the fee for writing this letter will be £150.50. Routine letters received will be charged at 3 minutes per page. If your instructions mean that we have to work outside normal office hours, we reserve the right to increase the level of the hourly rates.

Our fixed fees are usually based on the estimated time to be spent on a case. Thus, for example, the fixed fee for a matter that will not exceed two hours will be £500 and a fixed fee for a matter that will not exceed four hours will be £1000.

The charge rates are reviewed from time to time to take account of changes in our overhead costs and we will notify you in writing of any increased rate. Please also note that the amount of costs which you will have to pay may be greater than the amount you can recover from another party to the case.

Value Added Tax (VAT)

• There may be certain other expenses (‘disbursements’), including payments we make on your behalf, such as Court/Tribunal Fees, Medical Report Fees, Inquiry Agents charges and Barristers fees, which you will have to pay. VAT is payable on certain expenses. There are other minor disbursements such as bank charges, land registry fees, Courier delivery, Travel costs and large quantity of photocopying, Facsimile or E-mail transmissions (sent or received) and archiving. We will ask you to pay these on account (i.e. before we incur them), which is normal practice. All disbursements will be shown separately on your Bill of Costs.
• As a VAT registered firm, our charges are subject to VAT. The current VAT rate is 20% as set by the HMRC. Our fees for work carried out for a client without leave to remain in the UK will not usually attract VAT. It is worthy to note that VAT rate may change in accordance with guidelines which may be issued by the HMRC.
• We will inform you if any unforeseen additional work becomes necessary (for example, due to unexpected difficulties or if your requirements or the circumstances significantly change during the course of the matter). We will also inform you of its estimated cost in writing before any extra charges or expenses are incurred.
• Payment on Account: – It is normal practice to ask clients to pay sums of money from time to time on account of the charges and expenses which are expected in the following months or weeks. This helps to avoid delay in the progress of their case.
• Interest: Adukus Solicitors will pay you interest on the money you pay to us on account of costs and expenses until it is used unless it is a relatively small amount or is used within a short time of receipt.

Conditional Fee Agreements

In Personal Injury and Civil litigation matters we may use a conditional fee agreement (CFA)/damages -based agreement (DBA). This type of agreement is commonly known as “No Win No Fee”. We will assess the viability of your case before agreeing to accept it. This means that if you win the case you will be charged at the end of the matter plus success fee on occasion from your compensation. We may request that you pay disbursements upfront. However, agreements are negotiated at inception. Mostly we put forth our model CFA.

Please be advised that if you are not successful in your claim, although you may not have to pay us our legal fees, you may have to pay the cost of the other party in the proceedings.

At Adukus Solicitors, our legal fees are mainly fixed or agreed with our clients to cover the scope of work to be done. Our fixed fee system in relation to our services or work provides our clients with certainty of costs as fees are agreed before work is commenced.

However, when fees are set per hour, the hourly rate will depend on the caseworker, fee earner or solicitor’s experience and knowledge. Currently, our hourly rates starts from £138 to £301 depending on the experience of the fee earner who will be handling your case and the circumstances of your case, including the level and complexity of your case.

We are always available and happy to discuss our fees directly with you at the outset and throughout the case to ensure that you are aware of the likely costs to expect– after having assessed your case, the level of complexity involved as well as the required scope of work to be done.

In line with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) guidance on transparency, we have published below our price and service information where we are able to be more indicative about charges even though we do not have all the details of your case or the circumstances of a matter.

Kindly note that, our prices/fees are exclusive of VAT and any disbursements including fees payable to the Home Office, the Tribunal/Court or any other authorities related to your matter. Where VAT is chargeable, this is charged at 20% of our fee.

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