CONTENTIOUS EMPLOYMENT MATTER
Hourly rates
Our charges are either hourly rated or fixed fee where applicable. You will be advised at the commencement of instruction if you matter is suitable for or will be chargeable on fixed fee.
Our hourly rates set out below are net of VAT. This mean Value added tax is chargeable at the current rate of 20% for the total fee chargeable. We review our hourly rates each year on 1st November to consider increases in costs. We will notify you in writing if the rates you are being charged are increased and the date from which the increases will apply.
We will charge you £265.00 for each hour spent on your matter by [Gafar Gbadamosi or equivalent person responsible for the case].
Where others are required to assist with your matter, we will charge you the following hourly rates for their work:
| Grade | Description | Hourly rate |
| 1 | Solicitors with over 8 years’ post-qualification experience | £265.00 |
| 2 | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ post-qualification experience | £240.00 |
| 3 | Solicitors of less than 4 years’ post-qualification experience, legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | £220.00 |
| 4 | Trainees, paralegals and fee earners of equivalent experience | £200.00 |
All routine correspondence which we write will be charged at 1/10th of the hourly rate, while routine correspondence we receive will be charged at 1/20th of the hourly rate.
All routine telephone calls, either made or received, will be charged at 1/10th of the hourly rate.
More complicated correspondence and telephone calls will be charged at the hourly rate for the actual time they take.
Disbursement Charges
Additional charges may be payable for Disbursement. This are charged at the rate of the Court fee chargeable up to 5% of the value of the claim if you are the Claimant. There may be separate charges payable as defendant if you are counterclaim or wishes to separate claim against the other side. Please enquire within.
Other expenses
There may be other expenses which we need to pay on your behalf. These can include:
- court fees.
- fees for expert reports.
- barristers’ fees.
These will be listed separately on your bill, and you may be charged VAT in relation to these expenses too.