Fees & terms

Fees and terms of engagement

Discuss a case — 15 minutes, no charge How to instruct me

I publish my rates. You will know what a report costs before you instruct, and the invoice will match the figure agreed unless the scope changed and we discussed it first. Rates are the same whichever party instructs me.

Report fees

Published rates

Fees are quoted in writing on receipt of the letter of instruction and an indication of the volume of records, and confirmed before any work begins. Screening calls are always free, and rates are the same whichever party instructs.

Report fee schedule Rates are the same whichever party instructs

Screening

Merits screening call No charge Up to 15 minutes on the papers you describe.

Written screening From £1,500 + VAT Short written view on whether the claim is arguable, on limited papers.

Full reports

Condition and prognosis report (personal injury) From £2,400 + VAT Records review, examination, report.

Breach of duty and causation report From £3,600 + VAT Position within the range depends on volume of records and number of issues.

Breach, causation and condition and prognosis From £4,500 + VAT

Follow-on work

Addendum report £2,000 + VAT Or charged at the hourly rate.

Fees quoted in writing on receipt of the letter of instruction and confirmed before work begins.

Hourly rates

Work outside the fixed report fee

Charged at the rates below, agreed before the work starts.

Records review and report preparation From £1,500 for simple screening, up to £6,500 for complex liability (without urgent reporting)

Conference with counsel, in person or remote Hourly rate

Experts’ meeting and joint statement From £600 + VAT

Attendance at court or inquest Hourly rate

Cancelled hearing 90% of the court fee within 7 days’ notice, 75% within 7 to 14 days, 50% within 15 to 28 days, 25% within 29 to 42 days

Travel Cost plus hourly rate

Scope

What’s included, and what’s charged separately

The report fee covers the report itself. Work that falls outside it is billed at the hourly rate above, and always agreed before it is undertaken.

Included in the report fee

Review of the records supplied.
Examination of the claimant, where required, at any of my clinical hospitals.
Preparation of the report and chronology.
Checking against the published checklist before release.
One round of clarification by email within 28 days.

Charged separately

Part 35 questions.
Conferences with counsel.
Experts’ meetings and joint statements.
Addenda following further disclosure.
Court and inquest attendance.
Travel outside London / the M25, charged per hour.
Pagination and indexing of an unpaginated bundle, where the firm is unable to supply one — always quoted before it is undertaken, never applied without agreement.

Payment terms

How and when invoices are paid

Invoice due Due on presentation, or according to the timeframe agreed in writing.

Contingency Fees are never contingent on the outcome of the claim. I do not act under any conditional fee arrangement, damages-based agreement or similar, and my fee does not vary with the result. This applies to every instruction, from every party.

Legal aid Not accepted.

VAT Registered. VAT number 462012337.

Deferred payment Where a firm requires it, payment may be deferred until the conclusion of the claim. Deferral affects only the date on which the invoice falls due — the fee is fixed at the point of instruction, is payable whether the claim succeeds or fails, and does not vary with the outcome or the level of damages recovered.

Terms of engagement

Spelled out before you instruct, not after

Scope, charging, cancellation, data protection and copyright in the report, set out in writing.

Download terms of engagement (PDF)

Conflicts

I check every instruction for conflict before accepting it. I will decline where I have treated the claimant, where a clinician whose care is in issue is someone I have a professional relationship with, or where I have already been approached by another party in the same matter.

Want a conflict check before sending papers? Email the names of the claimant, the defendant trust or clinician, and the parties — I will confirm within 2 working days.

Fee estimate

Request a fee estimate

Send the outline of the case and the volume of records, and you will have a figure and a date in writing within 2 working days.

Request an estimate