General Fees
Pricing
As per SRA transparency rules the Law firms must display prices and service information if the firm offer the services in following areas:
- Conveyancing (residential)
- Probate (uncontested)
- Motoring offences (summary offences)
- Immigration (excluding asylum)
- Employment tribunals (unfair/wrongful dismissal)
- Debt recovery (up to £100,000)
- Licensing applications (business premises)
As we can assist in all areas of legal services as highlighted on our website. We are now required by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to provide clear guidance on the services and price for the following work as offered by us: –
- Conveyancing (residential)
- Immigration (excluding asylum)
- Employment tribunals (unfair/wrongful dismissal)
Price information must be presented in a clear and easy to understand format. We must also:
- Provide a total cost, if this is not possible provide an average or range of costs
- Explain the basis of your charges, including any hourly rate or fixed fees
- Highlight likely disbursements, and their costs
- Be clear on whether VAT is included
- For conditional or damages-based fees, explain when clients may have to make payments
For service information we must:
- Explain what services are included for the quoted price
- Highlight any services not included within the price, which a client may reasonably expect to be
- Include information on key stages and typical timescales of these
- Publish the qualifications and experience of anyone carrying out the work and of their supervisors.
Guideline hourly rates
Grade | Fee earner | |||||
A | Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years’ experience | £566 | £413 | £312 | £288 | £282 |
B | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ experience | £385 | £319 | £256 | £242 | £242 |
C | Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | £299 | £269 | £204 | £196 | £197 |
D | Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners | £205 | £153 | £143 | £139 | £139 |
- SRA digital
- Timescales for Conveyancing: Can take around 2-3 months for completion however this is usually dependant on the other side and the speed of searches. We aim to reply within a week of all correspondence.
- Costs information for Employment: Our hourly rate is £282 per hour as our grade A solicitor overlooks the employment department. We do not provide legal aid for employment law.
- Basis of costs Employment Law: (same as immigration), legal fees are not usually recoverable in the employment tribunal.
- In Employment section: Disbursements: Usually Barrister fees (£1500 per day approx.)
- In Employment section: Our pricing for bringing and defending claims for unfair or wrongful dismissal for employers and employees can vary’
Simple case: £2000-£3000
Medium complexity case: £3500 – £5000
High complexity case: £5000-£10,000 Read More - In Employment section: Mr Asim Mustafa and Mr Faisal Mehmood cover areas of Employment law.
- In Employment section: Services included are employment settlement agreements, going through the relevant documents and advising the clients on relevant employment issues.
- In Employment section: Timescales between 12 to 18 months but can be settled earlier or later depending on tribunal or the employer if they wish to settle earlier.
- Adnan Saeed; Hourly rate is £282 Per hour.
- Mr Abdul Razzaque Mirani’s Hourly rate is £282 Per hour.
- Mr Faisal Mehmood, Hourly rate is £288 Per hour.
- Mr Abid Islam Hourly rate is £282 Per hour.
- Mrs Nageena Choudhry Hourly rate is £282 Per hour.
- Ms Elona Onibere Hourly rate is £282 Per hour.
- Asim Mustafa Hourly rate is £242 Per hour.
- Mr. Ashraf Ali Hourly rate is £242 Per hour.
- Ms Syeda Anika Madni Hourly rate is £242 Per Hour
As we got website so the information should be displayed on website, further more we must have this information available upon request in other formats. Mr Adnan is responsible for updating the website on pricing. For a quote and service information for work not listed above, please telephone the offices to discuss.
Abbott Solicitors offers services on an hourly rate basis as well as fixed fees basis, depending on the complexity and nature of your matter.
We do our best to ensure that our clients have clarity from the outset in relation to costs. Our clients are always given an estimate of costs after our initial meeting. Abbott Solicitors have also listed fees in matters where it is possible for us to accordance with the guidance provided by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
Our Birmingham branch falls under National grade 1 while Luton branch comes under National grade 2. All partners fall in pay Band A, Mrs Nageena come under pay Band A. Mr Asim comes under Band B while all other staff i.e. trainee and paralegal come under B and D.