Pay as you go services
Abbey Legal Services are specialists in the areas of:
- Employment litigation
- Legal Advice and
- Employment Consultancy
Employing over 40 lawyers, we provide a tremendous wealth of knowledge and experience to a
business client base now in excess of 250,000.
We pride ourselves on our specialist employment litigation and HR consultancy skills,
innovation, flexibility and state-of-the art legal services.
Each year our litigation team fights over 400 employment tribunal claims on behalf of our clients
and maintains an enviable success rate.
Our employment Consultants cover a wide range of employment and HR issues including
implementing redundancy programmes, termination of senior employees and directors,
in-house training and drafting employment documentation compliant with the
very latest changes in employment law.
We are successful and popular with our clients because we take a customer-focused approach.
To us, this means:
- Continuous support provided by the lawyer assigned at the onset of the litigation or advisory process
- A completely transparent pricing structure
- A dedication to minimizing and controlling your legal costs
- Providing advice before an employment problem becomes a legal claim
- Providing quality information and documentation
All our lawyers are well qualified and experienced. Our solicitors are ex-private practitioners
and our barristers from the independent bar. Every lawyer at Abbey Legal Services maintains a
practising certificate and must undertake continual professional development training in order to
provide our clients with the very best expert legal service.
For our tariff of fees in respect of employment litigation and Consultancy services see below.
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
TARIFF OF FEES
| Hourly Rate |
£155.00 |
| |
| Drafting of ET1 Claim: |
£550.00 |
| |
| Drafting of ET3 Defence: |
£650.00 |
Representation at employment tribunal
£500.00 per half-day
£850.00 per day
All fees are subject to the addition of VAT at the applicable rate and the addition of any associated
travel costs and expenses. The fees for claim and defence drafting work are quoted on the basis of
initial production of the relevant document. If further drafting or negotiation work is required,
additional fees will be incurred. The quoted fees for representation at employment tribunal are in
respect of advocacy. Any necessary advance preparation work may incur additional fees.
Abbey Legal Services is happy to provide a quote for litigation work at the outset of the case.
Please speak to one of our Employment Litigation Lawyers for further details.
EMPLOYMENT CONSULTANCY
TARIFF OF FEES
| Hourly Rate |
£149.00 |
| Drafting of Letter: |
|
| Basic |
£290.00 |
| Detailed (half day) |
£450.00 |
| Complicated (full day) |
£750.00 |
| Personal management: |
|
| Charges |
from £290.00 |
| Half day |
£450.00 |
| Full day |
£750.00 |
| Contracts of Employment: |
|
| Audit and drafting of a standard Contract |
£435.00 |
| Audit and drafting of a detailed Contract |
£650.00 |
| Audit of Faults (without redrafting) |
£290.00 |
| Compromise Agreements: |
|
| Drafting |
£290.00 |
| Drafting and negotiation |
£400.00 |
| Personal Training: |
|
| Half Day (3 hours) |
£600.00 |
| Full Day (6 hours) |
£1000.00 |
| Special Projects: |
|
| Drafting Policies and Procedures |
from £290.00 |
| Drafting Staff Handbooks |
from £500.00 |
All fees are subject to the addition of VAT at the applicable rate and the addition of any associated
travel costs and expenses. The fees for drafting work are quoted on the basis of initial production
of the relevant documentation. If there are industry-specific or bespoke clauses to be drafted for
a contract of employment, an additional fee will be payable based on our hourly rate.
Abbey Legal Services is happy to provide a fixed quote for employment consultancy work before the
work begins. Please speak to one of our Employment Consultants for further details.