Price Transparency

Price Transparency

Green Law Legal Fees: Price Transparency

We offer a professional service with reasonable fees and flexible payment terms for all our clients dependent on the nature of the case and the complexity.

From December 2018 we are obliged under the transparency rules that we must display our prices and services information if we work in certain areas of law.

The below are the various areas we conduct and encompasses the areas of law that we are required to provide information regarding Price Transparency.
The areas are:
1. Debt Recovery
2. Immigration Law
3. Employment Law

1. Debt recovery (up to £100,000)
Our charges for Debt Recovery are the following:
The total cost of this work varies depending on the value of the amount of damages to be recovered.
All charges are inclusive of any VAT payable. VAT is charged at 20% of the damages recovered.

We are entitled to charge 50% of the damages recovered. 

The range of paying would be the following;
Value Claimed: Between £0-£5,000- 50%
Between £5,000- £15,000 - 40%
Between £15,000- £100,000- £35%
This is based on a Contingency Fee Agreement or a Damaged based Agreement where our costs will be paid at the end of the case.

Any amount above £100,000 we would deal and agree separate terms either on a hourly rate or a fixed fee basis.

This fees do not include any disbursements to be charged which can include but not limited to; Barristers fee for attending court hearings, which will needed to be paid to us at the outset of accepting instructions. Barrister fess can range from £1000-£2000 and court fees which are listed in the below attachment. These will need to be paid on the outset of taking instructions.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/728133/ex50-eng.pdf

The service included in this work would be all work starting the claim to the end of the claim at the court.

The Key Stages and Timescales:

What work is involved?
1st stage -Pre- Litigation proceedings; (and cases not disputed)
This would involve reviewing your case, taking instructions, undertaking appropriate searches, sending a letter before action and any works up to issue proceedings such a negotiation and pre issue letters and discussions to see if the parties can settle prior to issuing legal proceedings.

2nd stage-Post Litigation proceedings;(and cases that are disputed)
If settlement can not be reached by 3 months of sending the letter of claim we will conduct work which would involve issuing legal proceedings at court, which would involve drafting the documents for the claim-known as a claim form-, filing this at court and all works in comply with court direction/orders and all works to Trial.  This would involve negotiation with the Defendant, Filing Direction Questionnaire and draft directions, Disclosure of documents and review of defendants  documents, drafting and reviewing witness statements  and drafting schedule of damages and any work up to the trial date. This would includes preparing the court bundle, filing pre-trial checklists and  instructing counsel and attending the trial.

Timescales;
The average time to submit your debt recovery letter of claim  is usually between 2-3 weeks of you providing us all the information required.
Average timescales of this completion of the  works depend on if the Defendant can make payment or not and whether it is disputed or not. Each case is different and timescales for such cases can vary.
If the matter if not disputed and it should take between 3-6 months from date of instruction but if it is disputed and we have to issue legal proceedings by filing your case at court then it can 12 months- 18 months but can be longer depending on any unforeseen circumstance or response from the court.
The work will be carried out by a solicitor in the firm and may assisted with by a paralegal. The solicitor will have no less than 4 years post qualified experience as a solicitor. Any paralegal will be supervised by the Partner of the firm.

The solicitors/paralegals who deal with these types of cases are
Ateeq Nawaz- Solicitor-Experience in this field since 2005- 
Mr Victor Jolaoso- Solicitor-Experience in this field since 2006-
Mrs Shella Hussain- Paralegal- Experience in this field 2020

2. Immigration Law (excluding asylum):

Our charges for Immigration Law are the following:

All fees are subject to VAT. VAT is charged at 20% of costs fees listed below i.e if the cost of the Immigration work quoted is £1000 , the Vat would be 20% which would be additional £200.00.

However, charging VAT in relation to immigration matters may depend on where you live and what immigration permission you have. We will confirm whether VAT (at a rate of 20%) is payable when you instruct us, and we can work out if VAT is properly chargeable.

Our fees:

The total costs of this work vary depending on the type of application. We charge fixed fees ( A fixed fee is a fixed amount set).
The range of our fixed fees are listed below. In addition VAT (20% of our fee) is charged on top of the listed fees. 
Please be advised that having agreed a fixed fee, if you withdraw your instructions, we will not issue any refund. Our fees for various applications, appeals and Judicial reviews are given in the tables below. 

UK Work Visas - £1000-£1500
Dependants Of Tier 1 General Migrant £1000.00-£1500.00
ILR Tier 1 General £1000-£1500
Entry Clearance As Tier 1 Entrepreneur £5000-£6000
Switching Into Tier 1 Entrepreneur £5000-£6000
Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa Extension £3000-£4000
ILR As Tier 1 Entrepreneur £5000-£6000
Dependants Of Tier 1 Entrepreneur £2500-£3000
Entry Clearance As Tier 1 Exceptional Talent £5000-£6000
Switching Into Tier 1 Exceptional Talent £5000-£6000
Extension Of Stay As Tier 1 Exceptional Talent £5000-£6000
ILR As Tier 1 Exceptional Talent £5000-£6000
Dependants Of Tier 1 Exceptional Talent Migrant £2000-£3000
Switching Into Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur £3500-£4000
Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur Visa Extension £3500-£4000
Dependants Of Tier 1 Graduate Entrepreneur £1000-£1500
Entry Clearance As Tier 1 Investor £5000-£6000
Switching Into Tier 1 Investor Visa £5000-£6000
Tier 1 Investor Visa Extension £5000-£6000
ILR As Tier 1 Investor £5000-£6000
Entry Clearance As Tier 2 General Migrant £3000-£4000
Switching Into Tier 2 General £2800-£3500
Tier 2 General Extension £2800-£3500
ILR Tier 2 General £2800-£3500
Dependants Of Tier 2 General Migrant £1000-£1500
Family of British Citizens & Settled Persons
Fiance(e) Visa UK £1000-£1500
Proposed Civil Partner Visa UK £1000-£1500
Entry Clearance As A Spouse £1000-£1500
Switching Into Spouse Visa UK £1000-£1500
Extension Of Stay As A Spouse £1000-£1500
ILR Spouse Visa £1000-£1500
Entry Clearance As A Civil Partner £1000-£1500
Switching Into Civil Partner Visa £1000-£1500
Extension Of Stay As A Civil Partner £1000-£1500
ILR Civil Partner £1000-£1500
Entry Clearance As Unmarried Partner £1000-£1500
Switching Into Unmarried Partner Visa £1000-£1500
Extension Of Stay As Unmarried Partner £1000-£1500
ILR Unmarried Partner £1000-£1500
EU Law Applications
EEA Family Permit As Family Member of An EEA National £1000-£1500
Residence Card As Family Member Of An EEA National £1000-£1500
Retaining Right Of Residence As Family Member Of An EEA National After Divorce Or Death Of The EEA National £1000-£1500
Residence Card As Extended Family Member Of An EEA National £1000-£1500
Registration Certificate As An EEA National £1000-£1500
Permanent Residence (PR) As An EEA National £1000-£1500
EU settlement status applications-£500-£1000
Long Residence Applications
ILR - 10 Years Long Residence (Same Day Visa Service) £1000-£2000
Extension Of Stay - 10 Years Long Residence £1000-£2000-£3000
UK Student Visas
Dependants Of Tier 4 General Students £1000-£2000
Tier 4 General Student Extension £1000-£2000
Switching Into Tier 4 General Student £1000-£2000
Entry Clearance - Tier 4 General Student £1000-£2000
Switching Into Tier 4 Child Student £700-£1000
Entry Clearance - Tier 4 Child Student £1000-£2000
Asylum & Humanitarian Protection
Asylum Claim £TBC
Family Reunion £1500-£2000
ILR - Humanitarian Protection £1500-£2000
ILR As A Refugee £1500-£2000
British Citizenship
Registration As A British Citizen If You Have Previouly Given Up British Citizenship £1000-£1500
Naturalisation As A British Citizen £700-£1000
Registration Of A Child As British Citizen - MN1 Application £700-£1000
Registration Of A Child As British Citizen Who Was Born In The UK And Has Lived In The UK For 10 Years £1000-£1500
UK Visitor Visa- £500-£1000
Business Visitor Visa UK £1000-£2000
Family Visitor Visa UK £1000-£2000
Child Visitor £1000-£1500
Entertainer Visitor Visa UK £1000-£1500
General Visitor Visa UK £500-£1000-£1500
Parent Of A Child At School £1000-£1500
Prospective Entrepreneur Visa UK £1500-£2000
Sports Visitors Visa UK £1000-£1500
UK Visa For PLAB Test £1000-£1500
Visitor For Marriage/Civil Partnership £1000-£1500
Visitor For Private Medical Treatment £1000-£1500
Passport & Travel Document Applications;
Application For British Passport £300-£500
Refugee Travel Document £500-£700
Other Immigration Applications
Discretionary Leave £1500-£2000
Bail Application to the Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) £1000-£1500
Bail Application to the Immigration Judge at Asylum and Immigration Tribunal £1000-£1500
For any subsequent bail application, if your first bail application to the Immigration Judge has been unsuccessful £800-£1000
Revocation Of Deportation Order £1500-£2000
Subject Access Request (SAR) £300-£500
Returning Resident Visa UK £1500-£2000
Immigration Appeals & Admin Review
Administrative Review Against Refusal Of Entry Clearance As PBS Migrant £1000-£1500
Admin Review Against Refusal Of An In-Country Refusal By The Home Office £1000-£1500
Entry Clearance Appeal Stage 1 (Pre-Hearing Notice) £1600-£2000
Entry Clearance Appeal Stage 2 (Post-Hearing Notice) £1600-£2000
In-Country Immigration Appeal £1500-£2000
Asylum Appeal £TBC
Deportation Appeal £2000-£2500
Application To 1st Tier Tribunal For Permission To Appeal To Upper Tribunal £1000-£2000
Application To Upper Tribunal For Permission To Appeal To Upper Tribunal £1000-£2000
Appeal To The Upper Tribunal Following Grant Of Permission To Appeal £1000-£2000
Application To The Upper Tribunal For Permission To Appeal To The Court Of Appeal £1000-£2000
Application To The Court Of Appeal For Permission To Appeal To Court Of Appeal £1500-£2000
Appeal To The Court Of Appeal £3000-£4000
Judicial Review (JRs) in Upper Tribunal
Pre Action Protocol For Judicial Review Against The Home Office, UKBA £2500-£4000
Paper Application To Upper Tribunal For Permission To Apply For Judicial Review (JR) £4000-£6000
Renewal Of An Application For Permission To Apply For Judicial Review (JR) Against The Home Office, UKBA £3000-£4000
Judicial Review Against The Home Office, UKVI Following Grant Of Permission To Apply For Judicial Review (JR) £4000-£6000
Emergency Injunction To Stop Removal From The UK £1500-£2000
Sponsorship Licence £2000-£2500
Work Permit Application £2000-£2500

They do not include any disbursements such as Home Office fees which are interchangeable. They can be found on the following website link
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table#content
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as Home office visa fees or 
independent expert reports or barrister/translator fees. These can range between £500-£3000 depending on what kind of disbursement. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. Please keep in mind that, as with the legal fees, the disbursements will vary depending on the type of matter. 
If there is an interview and we do attend with you, there will be additional fees for our work and disbursements in respect of our mileage/travel expenses. This can range between £500-£2000 depending on the length of the time for the interview and the distance that we need to travel. 




The Key Stages and Timescales:

What work is involved?
All of the work required to complete the application: 
1. The 1st stage is discussing your circumstances in detail and confirming whether this is the most appropriate application for you to make and what other options may be available to you 
• Giving you advice about the requirements of the Immigration Rules and whether you meet the 
criteria 
• if you do not fulfil certain criteria, whether this can be overcome and how. 
• considering the supporting evidence you have provided, which we anticipate will take 2-3 
hours 
• where necessary, helping you obtain further evidence (such as medical records and bank 
statements), including taking statements of any witnesses, 
• taking instructions from you,providing advice on which documents would be needed for your type of application,checking the support documents for the application/appeal. This will take on average 1-4 weeks  from the date of instruction.


2. The 2nd stage is preparing your application and submitting it on your behalf, preparing representation in support of your application, sending the application form representations and support evidence to the Home Office.
The average time to submit your application to the Home Office is usually between 2-3 weeks of you providing us all the information required
Work could also involve attendance at a Home Office interview: if the Home Office ask you to attend an interview, we 
will give you clear advice (and discuss the possibility of us attending with you) at the appropriate 
time. Giving you advice about the outcome of the application and any further steps you need to take
The amount of hours depends on the number of documents, whether they need to be translated, 
whether anything is missing and how long it will take to obtain the missing documents. 

3. The final stage is to update you on the outcome of your application
Our agreed fee covers all the work until we receive a written decision for the stage of the application or appeal for which you have instructed us. Usually 1-2 weeks from us being notified of the decision from the Home Office

Timescales:

The average time to submit your application to the Home Office is usually between 2-3 weeks of you providing us all the information required; however, we cannot guarantee how long the Home Office will take to process your application. We shall aim to keep you updated as to the progress of your case at all times. In addition, the Home Office website provides guidance on the time scale the home office takes to reach a decision. 
The length of time for these applications usually take normally 3- 6 months for stage 1, 2, 3 but may take longer if there are any complications or delays it can take 6-24 months

The work will be conducted by one of our solicitors The solicitors who deal with these types of cases at Green Law Solicitors are:

Mrs Toqeer Shah- Solicitor-Experience in this field since 2017
Mr Ateeq Nawaz- Solicitor-Experience in this field since 2005
Mr Victor Jolaoso-Solicitor- Experience in this field since 2006




3.Employment Law (unfair/wrongful dismissal)

Our charges for Employment Law are the following:

All fees are subject to VAT. VAT is charged at 20% of costs fees listed below.

The total cost of this work varies depending on the value of the amount of damages to be recovered.

We are entitled to charge 35% of the damages recovered. This is inclusive of any VAT payable (20% of the damages recovered). This is based on a Contingency Fee Agreement where our costs will be paid at the end of the case.

The range of paying would be the following;

Value Claimed:

Between £0-£35,000 - 35% of the damages recovered

Between £35,000- £100,000- 30% of the damages recovered

Above £100,000-25% of the damages recovered

This does not include any disbursements to be charged which can included but not limited to; Barristers fee for attending the tribunal hearing, which will needed to be paid to us at the outset of accepting instructions. Barrister fess can range from £1500-£3000.

The Key Stages and Timescales:

What work is involved?
All of the work required to complete the application: 
1. The 1st stage is to discuss your case and review what are the prospects of success and how much damages we are likely to receive and prepare and collate all the evidence and any pre issue negotiate with ACAS if necessary or the Respondent.  This would involve taking instructions from you and reviewing your papers. This could take 1-4 weeks from the date of instruction.

2. The 2nd Stage (usually because it is disputed as no settlement has been agreed) is to draft and  submit your claim at the Employment Tribunal-ET1-claim form and works  to comply with court directions such as taking  and reviewing Witness statements, drafting schedules of loss and to deal with writing letters/correspondence and negotiation and finalise any proposed settlement proposals with the Respondant. The average time to submit your application to the ET form known as claim form is usually between 2-3 weeks of you providing us all the information required. If no settlement can be reached is to attend and arrange the works to trial and the end of the trial date. This would involve preparing court bundle and attend  final hearing  and instructing barrister. As there was a need to file a claim form it is usually the case that it is disputed and this can therefore take on average between 12-18 months for this stage to be completed.

Time scales;
 
The average time to submit your application to the ET known as claim form is usually between 2-3 weeks of you providing us all the information required; however, we cannot guarantee how long the Employment Court will take to process your application. We shall aim to keep you updated as to the progress of your case at all times. 
If the matter is not disputed then the timescales for settlement is usually 0-3 months from the date of instruction.
If the matter is usually disputed the length of time for these applications usually take normally 12- 18 months but may take longer if there are any complications or delays any unforeseen circumstance or response from the court.
The solicitors who deal with these types of cases are;

1.Mr Ateeq Nawaz- Solicitor-Experience in this field since 2012




Complaints Procedure:

The firm has a written complaints procedure and complaints are handled promptly, fairly and effectively in accordance with the procedure. A copy of the firm’s complaint procedure is available on request.

You are entitled to complain about any service you are not satisfied with including our bill. If for any reason you are not happy with our service or bill please speak to Mr Ateeq Nawaz to discuss your concerns first. 

 We are committed to high quality legal advice and client care. If you are unhappy about any aspect of the service you have received or about the bill, please contact Mr. Ateeq Nawaz on 01908 226999  or by post or email( info@greenlawsolicitors.com) to our office. We have a procedure in place which details how we handle complaints which is available at our office and upon request.

If you are not satisfied with our handling of your complaint you can ask the Legal Ombudsman at  PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ Website - www.legalombudsman.org.uk Tel - 0300 555 0333
 E-mail - enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk to consider the complaint. 

Normally, you will need to bring a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman within six months of receiving a final written response from us about your complaint, and 1) No more than six years from the date of act/omission; or No more than three years from when you should reasonably have known there was cause for complaint.

If we are unable to resolve your complaint you can make a complaint to the SRA. 
The SRA can help you if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things like dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic. You can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We want to give you the best possible service. However, if at any point you become unhappy or concerned about the service, we have  provided then you should inform us immediately, so that we can do our best to resolve the problem.

In the first instance it may be helpful to contact the person who is working on your case to discuss your concerns and we will do our best to resolve any issues . If you would like to make a formal complaint, then you can read our full complaints procedure [Copy available on request]. Making a complaint will not affect how we handle your case.

What to do if we cannot resolve your complaint
The Legal Ombudsman can help you if we are unable to resolve your complaint ourselves. They will look at your complaint independently and it will not affect how we handle your case.

Before accepting a complaint for investigation, the Legal Ombudsman will check that you have tried to resolve your complaint with us first. If you have, then you must take your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman:

Within six months of receiving our final response to your complaint

and

No more than one year from the date of the act or omission being complained about; or
No more than one year from the date when you should reasonably have known that there was cause for complaint.

For more information about the Legal Ombudsman contact:
www.legalombudsman.org.uk

Call: 0300 555 0333 between 9.00 to 17.00.

Email: enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk

Legal Ombudsman PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ

What to do if you are unhappy with our behaviour
The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things like dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic.

Visit their website to see how you can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority. https://www.sra.org.uk





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