Legal costs
Guideline hourly rates
Pay band |
Fee earner |
London grade 1 |
London grade 2 |
London grade 3 |
National grade 1 |
National grade 2 |
Nationalgrade 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years’ experience | £409 | £317 | £229–£2 67 | £217 | £201 | £201 |
| B | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ experience | £296 | £242 | £172–£2 29 | £192 | £177 | £177 |
| C | Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | £226 | £196 | £165 | £161 | £146 | £146 |
| D | Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners | £138 | £126 | £121 | £118 | £111 | £111 |
Rates as stated on Government website:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/solicitors-guideline-hourly-rates#guideline-hourly-rates