Fees for Service
Professional Fees and Disbursements
Our fees are based on actual time spent, including meetings, telephone conversations, emails, letters, travelling and waiting and overall management of the matter entrusted to us.
Urgent work shall be billed at 50% increased rate. Urgent work done on weekends and holidays shall be billed at 100% increased rate. We reserve the right to adjust our fees where the matter becomes complex or novel questions of law arises, after due notice in writing to you.
All costs and expenses including incidentals shall be charged separately.
Our invoices are payable upon presentation without any deductions or setoff. Payments made after 30 days of invoice date will attract interest of 1.5% per month.
We reserve the right to cease acting for you where our invoices remain outstanding beyond 1 month.
Hourly rate (From 1 April 2023)
The hourly rate for Mr Ibrahim will be $1,500.00 per hour.
For all other solicitors, our hourly rates are as follows:
Post-call experience
Less than 15 years – $1,200 / hour
Less than 12 years – $900 / hour
Less than 9 years – $750 / hour
Less than 6 years – $600 / hour
Less than 3 years – $450 / hour
Trainees – $300 / hour
Our hourly rates may be revised by way of written notice to you.
Fees estimates may be breached but we shall engage you before the same is breached.
Fixed Fees
|
Before 1 April 2023 | From 1 April 2023 |
Initial consultation | $600.00 per half hour |
$600.00 per half hour |
Simple Divorce |
$6,000.00 | $8.000.00 |
Trademark Registration |
$2,500.00 per mark per class |
$3,200.00 per mark per class |
Probate and Letters of Administration |
$3,500.00 |
$4,500.00 |
Adoption | $3,500.00 |
$4,500.00 |
Application to be appointed as deputy under Mental Capacity Act |
$6,000.00 |
$7,500.00 |
Simple Wills |
$800.00 |
$1,000.00 |
Simple Letter of Demand |
$800.00 |
$1,000.00 |
Notarisation Fees
$40.00 per witnessing of signature
$75.00 per certificate
$10.00 for examining and certifying true for the first page (where seal is required); and
$2.00 for each subsequent page