Costs Lawyers and Legal Costs Consultants

The  Civil Justice Council (CJC)’s recommended new Guideline Hourly Rates for solicitors has now been approved by the Master of the Rolls. To coincide with the rate increase a new “Guide to the Summary Assessment of Costs” 2021 Edition has also been published.

The guide can be found here: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Guide-to-the-Summary-Assessment-of-Costs-2021-Final1.pdf

The rates can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/solicitors-guideline-hourly-rates and are also detailed below for ease of reference. NB. National Band 3 has been abolished.

London           

London 1: Very heavy commercial and corporate work by centrally based London firms

London 2: City & Central London – other work EC1-EC4, W1, WC1, WC2 and SW1

London 3: Outer London all other London Boroughs, plus Dartford & Gravesend

National 1:

The counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire (& Isle of Wight), Kent, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, East Sussex, West Sussex, Suffolk, Surrey and Wiltshire

Plus:

Birkenhead, Birmingham Inner, Bristol, Cambridge City, Cardiff Inner, Leeds Inner (within 2km of City Art Gallery), Liverpool, Manchester Central, Newcastle City Centre (within 2m of St Nicholas Cathedral), Norwich City, Nottingham City and Watford.

National 2:

All places not included in London 1-3 and National 1