The firm is structured into 7 departments, with 3 teams where the expertise within the firm has been combined to service specialist areas of the law. There are separate information leaflets available for each department and team. The current heads of each are as follows:-
Departments
• Property- Michael Debens
• Corporate & Commercial – Chris Shipley
• Wills & Probate – Tim Hughes
• Litigation – Chris Millar
• Family – Andrew Christmas
• Employment – Matthew Kilgannon
• Planning & Local Government – Paul Leach
Teams
• Corporate Recovery & Insolvency - Chris Millar
• Intellectual Property - Chris Shipley
• Licensing - Angus Storar
We pride ourselves in being able to understand our clients. You in turn need to understand us, in particular the way we work, how we charge and what our services will cost.
At the outset of any instructions, or as soon as possible, we are required to provide you with details of our charges, terms of business and costs estimate or quotation. You should therefore receive from the fee earner responsible for your file, letters confirming the ambit of your instructions, his or her initial advice, together with details of our charging rates, an estimate of our costs and where applicable other information regarding our services and the legal process relating to your instructions. You will also receive our Terms of Business.
In addition to giving you this information at the outset, we will also tell you at regular intervals what our costs are and update any estimates given. We can, if you wish, inform you when our charges have reached a certain figure. Please ask the fee earner handling your matter if you wish to arrange this.
Whilst the documents stated in the preceding paragraph will govern our costs with regard to your particular matter, our current hourly fee rates are as follows:-
| Partners |
£225 - £250 |
| Solicitors |
£200 |
| Legal Executives | £150 - £180 |
| Paralegals |
£110 - £150 |
| Trainee Solicitors |
£110 |
Please refer to our Terms of Business for further information upon our charges.
Our Expertise
We may well surprise you at the depth and breadth of work we undertake. To find out more please visit the News Page.
We also offer Employlaw, an employment law service designed to provide comprehensive advice and assistance backed by insurance to employers. For further details please look at the Employlaw page on our website.
Your Comments
We are confident that we will give you a high quality service in all respects. However, if you feel at any time that there is any way we can improve our service to you, please let us know. We continually review our services to our clients and your suggestions can be very helpful.
From time to time we carry out client surveys and we would very much welcome your input should you receive a questionnaire from us.