Costs Webinar – what is in a costs estimate?

If you have any queries about the services offered by Guildhall Chambers you are invited to contact the clerks at:

[email protected] or [email protected]. If you would prefer to telephone then please call 0117 930 9000 (the telephone number for the London office is 020 8087 1621).

For Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence specific enquiries, please email [email protected].

For Employment related enquiries, please email [email protected].

For Court of Protection enquiries, please email [email protected].

For Cost and Litigation enquiries, please email [email protected].

The following are invited to contact the clerks (as above) for our barristers’ services:

• Solicitors;
• Licensed Access clients, who may hold a licence issued by the Bar Standards Board, or be a members of a professional body which has been recognised by the Bar Standards Board; and
• Members of the public who wish to instruct a barrister under the Public Access scheme.

We will provide you with a quote as soon as possible and, unless you are informed otherwise, within 14 days. If your matter is urgent please specify this when contacting chambers, and we will work to expedite your query. Guildhall Chambers are used to receiving and responding to work on an urgent basis.

Barristers in the following teams most often charge on the following basis for the following areas of work (in each instance please contact the clerks to check that this system of charging will be applicable for your case):

• Administrative and Public Law work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Court of Protection work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Clinical negligence and personal injury work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Commercial work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Costs and litigation funding work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Criminal work on a private basis (where the client is not eligible for legal aid) is normally charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate fixed fee.
• Employment and discrimination work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate for advisory work. Representation in court is most often charged on the basis of a fixed fee.
• Insolvency work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• International and offshore work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Property and estates work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Regulatory and disciplinary work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.
• Sport law work is most often charged (or calculated) on the basis of an hourly rate.

Please note that this is guidance for the approach which is taken in most cases in the relevant area of work. It does not preclude the barrister from charging fees on an hourly rate or a fixed fee basis (as appropriate) where the circumstances of the case, the work which the barrister is required to undertake, and the nature of the instructions best suit that model. 

All fees are charged exclusive of VAT (where applicable).

What is the complaints procedure at Guildhall Chambers, and do I have any further rights of redress if I am unhappy with how my complaint has been handled?

If you have any complaint about the services provided by a barrister at Guildhall Chambers, then please read our complaints procedure or download a pdf copy

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