Our Pricing List

IMMIGRATION

BUSINESS IMMIGRATION

Please note:

1) The above immigration fees only apply to the main applicant. Additional payment of £300 will be charged per additional family member and up to £500.

2) In appeal cases, additional £300 will be charged for each additional witness.

3) Full legal fees will have to be collected before submissions from those living outside the country can be submitted.

4) For spouse visa and other family reunion cases, additional £300 will be charged if the UK sponsor is self-employed, a director or other complicated financial circumstances.

5) Additional £500 will be charged for sponsorship licence applications where the applicant company is small and has not been established for more than 18 months.

COMMERCIAL CONVEYANCING

RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCING

RE-MORTGAGE

Remortgage Amount	Local Bank	Bridging Loan	Foreign Bank	Islamic Bank
£500k or less	£1,000	£1,250	£1,250	£1,500
£500k to £1M	£1,250	£1,500	£1,500	£1,750
Above £1M	Case to case basis

Please note:

1) For commercial conveyancing,

In case of short term leasehold, the above prices only apply to leases with an annual rent of no more than £50,000. Additional £500 shall be charged for every £50,000 annual rent exceeding the above limit.
Additional £250 will be charged where SDLT filing is required.
For transactions with business element, additional £500 will be charged for every £50,000 worth of business.

2) For properties worth more than £500,000, additional 0.20% shall be charged for any amount exceeding £500k but not exceeding £1,000,000 and additional 0.15% shall be

charged for any amount exceeding £1,000,000.

3) For new build and overseas buyers, additional £250 will be charged in each scenario.

4) Additional £500 will be charged (or £750 in case of a bridge loan or a foreign lender or £1,000 in case of an Islamic lender) if a mortgage is required.

5) In complicated cases where property management agents, guarantor, additional tenant or serious delay (over 6 months), our fees will be increased by £250.

6) Where cash is involved, £100 will normally be charged for every£100k cash, unless the source of funds or proof of wealth is very simple.

FAMILY AND PROBATE

COMMERCIAL

Business purchase: the higher of the two calculations based on purchase price and turnover.

Purchase price-based

Turnover based

DOCUMENTS

Please note:

For document certification and commissioners service, we charge £10 plus VAT for the first page/signature, then £5 plus VAT per page/signature for the subsequent additional four pages/signatures, then £2 plus VAT per page/signature subsequently, unless a client is also providing document legalisation service, in which case, our fees will be £30 plus VAT for the first page, then £15 plus VAT per page/signature for the following additional four pages and £5 plus VAT per page/signature subsequently.

CONTENTIOUS WORK

Our fees on contentious work are primarily based on the time we spend on your case. Our hourly rates range from £200 to £350 + VAT, depending on qualification and experience of the caseworker dealing with your case; however, we will try to agree with you in writing a fixed price for each stage of your case to provide you the maximum certainty on this issue.

Please note:

We aim to be completely consistent with our pricing, but we are also aware that each case is different and people will always require a bespoke service. Certain prices may vary from the above lists in particular circumstances. We will always keep you fully informed with costs from the outset of your instruction.

The following circumstances may increase the cost of your case:

Missing or incorrect paperwork that needs to be rectified
Lack of or slow communication with third parties which means the case takes longer to complete than expected
Unexpected complexities within the case arise

We will discuss any issues such as these with you and agree the fee for additional work before
any extra costs are added to the prior agreed fee.

VAT

Our above stated legal fees do not include VAT which currently stands at 20% and is to be paid on top of our legal fees. Depending on each person’s circumstances, VAT may be exempted for some clients.

DISBURSEMENTS

Our above stated legal fees are our fees only. They do not include any disbursements which we pay to third parties on your behalf. Depending on your personal circumstances and particular case, you may incur various disbursements.

The common disbursements associated with each category of cases are as follows:

Conveyancing purchases:

SDLT, searches fees, property registration fees, land registry fees, surveyor’s fees, bankruptcy and land registry fees, ID verification and telegraphic transfer fees

Conveyancing sales:

Land registry fees, bankruptcy fees, ID verification and telegraphic transfer fees

Immigration cases:

Home Office fees, IHS fees, medical report fees, barrister’s fees,Court fees, visa centre appointment fees and priority service fees

Litigation:

Court fees, arbitrator and mediator’s fees, barrister fees and medical, forensic investigation and other third party expert fees

Family and probate:

Court fees, doctor’s opinion fees, marriage, birth and death registry office’s fees, inheritance tax, land registry’s fees and bank’s charges

Business and corporate:

Companies House’s fees and accountant fees

PEOPLE WHO DEAL WITH YOUR CASE

Information about your caseworker’s qualification and areas of expertise is available on our website here.

PROCESSING TIME

Depending on the nature of each case and each person’s circumstances, the processing time for cases can vary substantially.

Immigration:

Applications normally take about 3-6 months with those based on 20 years unlawful residence taking up to one year. For appeals, this is normally 12 months, while judicial review can take up to 1-2 years.

Conveyancing:

The typical time range is between 2-4 months.

Litigation:

Depending on parties conduct and whether and when cases can be settled, cases can take a few months or a few years to be disposed of.

Family and Probate:

Cases normally take one and one and half years to complete.

Business/corporate:

Depending on the complexity of business transactions, cases normally take up to a few months or even longer to complete.

KEY STAGES OF YOUR CASE

Depending on the nature of your case, it normally contains the following stages:

Immigration applications:

Evidence collection, application completion and submission and post application follow-up

Immigration appeals:

Appeal lodging, appeal bundle preparation, case reviewing by parties, hearing and judgmental implementation

Immigration JR:

Pre-action protocol, applying for permission to JR, preparing your trial bundle, attending your trials and enforcing judgment

Conveyancing purchases:

AML and ID check, contract negotiation and amendment, pre-con-tract enquiries, exchange, completion and post completion registration and SDLT submission

Conveyancing sales:

AML and ID check, contract drafting, title disclosure, dealing with pre-contract enquiries, exchange completion and mortgage discharge

Business/corporate:

Due diligence, contract drafting, negotiation and amendment, post-transaction updating including Companies House updating, title transfers and mortgage registration

Probate:

Assets and debts investigation, inheritance tax filing, probate application, estate administration

Divorce:

Assets disclosure and investigation; agreement drafting and negotiating, petition filing, judgement implementation

Litigation:

Evidence collection, pre-action protocol, ADR procedures, lodging/defending claims, disclosures, trials and judgment enforcements

KEY TASKS WE WILL CARRY OUT FOR YOU

Depending on particular circumstances, tasks in each case can vary substantially. The common tasks which are covered by our fees are as follows:

Immigration applications:

Taking instructions, advising you, producing document list for you to prepare, checking your documents provided, completing applications, making representation, submitting your application and follow-up works

Immigration appeals:

Drafting your grounds of appeal, lodging your appeal, preparing your bundle, attending your hearing and enforcing judgment in your favour

Immigration JR:

Advising you on merits, evidence collection, dealing with pre-action
protocol, drafting grounds, filing applications, preparing bundlesattending hearings and enforcing judgment

Conveyancing purchases:

AML and ID check, negotiating and amending contracts, ordering searches, reporting to you on title, exchanging contract, completion, filing SDLT on your behalf and registering your title

Conveyancing sales:

AML and ID check, preparing sales bundle, dealing with pre-con-tract enquiries,negotiating and amending contracts,exchange,completion, discharging your mortgage

Litigation:

Advising on your case, evidence collection, dealing with pre-action protocol; preparing you to attend ADR, lodging/defending your claim, making disclosure on your behalf, preparing your trial, attending your trial and enforcing judgement

Probate:

Collecting documents about the deceased’s assets and debts,filing inheritance tax, applying for probate, administering the deceased’s assets

Divorce:

Disclosing assets, making proposals, drafting and negotiating agreements, filing petitions and agreements, obtaining judgments and implementing judgments

Business/corporate:

Obtaining instructions, carrying out due diligence, drafting and negotiating agreements, completing transactions, updating records and implementing agreements