Costs

As a smaller specialist firm of solicitors we do not have the costs associated with larger firms. This allows us to adopt a flexible and tailored approach to our client’s legal costs giving you the best value for your money.

Here are just a few of the ways we help our clients save money on legal representation:

  • Our clients often recover a greater proportion of their legal costs from their opponents in the event that they are awarded costs than clients represented by larger firms

  • We are happy to offer a free no obligation assessment of all problems

  • We have a low basic charging rate – typically 30% lower than the equivalent in larger specialist firms

  • We can offer agreed fees for specific projects or parts of projects.

  • We can sometimes offer no win no fee agreements for adjudication in appropriate cases

  • We provide an estimate for all works and will discuss the likely cost of works before any decision is made to receive

Costs and the way we charge our clients

We are not a debt collection practice and do not offer fixed fee litigation.

We offer our litigation and dispute resolution services on an hourly basis. We charge £250 plus vat an hour for work undertaken on an hourly basis. This is our usual hourly rate.

We are happy to review cases for no cost provided that the documents involved do not exceed 200 pages.

We will issue an initial letter before action on a simple debt claim for £50 plus vat with subsequent advice charged at our usual hourly rate unless we agree otherwise.

Where we incur third party charges (known as disbursements) – court fees, Barristers fees, experts fees etc – we shall charge those fees to you and may require payment of the same in advance before we incur them.

Litigation, Arbitration, Adjudication and Mediation services are offered on an hourly basis and we shall provide an estimate of the likely costs of any instruction at the commencement of the work or as soon as we have sufficient information to be able to make a meaningful estimate.

We may be able to agree a fixed fee for elements of any work to be done.

We offer a subscription service – the National Legal Consortium – which provides unlimited Construction Law advice for a fixed monthly fee.

The National Legal Consortium

Clients can now join C E Law's National Legal Consortium - full details of the scheme can be seen at www.nlcuk.net.

Clients of the National Legal Consortium pay one annual agreed fee (which can be paid over 12 months) for all their construction law advice.

Clients of the National Legal Consortium could save tens of thousands of pounds if they find themselves in court proceedings and will be able to take on matters that they would otherwise not be able to afford to take advice on.

Clients are able to display the National Legal Consortium logo which lets those they deal with know that they have access to unlimited legal advice and are not concerned about legal fees in the event of a dispute.

The National Legal Consortium Agreed Fee Scheme can be used to seek advice on any matter falling due after enrolment but once enrolled, clients of the National Legal Consortium are eligible to a discount of 15% on C E Law's legal fees for matters arising before they enrolled.

Potential clients are advised to enrol as soon as possible as the sooner they enrol the more they will save.

If you have construction dispute why not call us to discuss whether we can assist you – we are happy to assess your case on a no obligation basis – 0800 107 1960.