Our Fees

FUNDING YOUR CASE

At Birch Law, our “Funding Your Case” page is designed to be your go-to resource when it comes to exploring financial avenues for your legal journey. We understand that navigating legal matters can be financially challenging, and our page is here to empower you with information on various funding options available. Whether you’re considering contingency fee arrangements or exploring litigation financing, we want you to make informed decisions about financing your case. Birch Law is committed to ensuring that you have access to justice, and our “Funding Your Case” page reflects our dedication to transparency and support throughout your legal experience.

HOW CAN BIRCH LAW HELP?

If you would like any further information or need advice about any dispute, please get in touch with us today. You can contact us today on 0161 669 4621 or by email on sbirchall@birchlaw.co.uk for a free no obligation chat.

We aim to provide complete transparency when it comes to our fees.

At the outset of your case, we will advise you of the fee earner dealing with your matter and their hourly rate (plus the hourly rate of any other fee earner that may assist on your case from time to time). We will also provide you with an estimate for each stage. In certain circumstances we will happily provide a fixed fee for our services. If you would like to discuss funding your case on a fixed fee basis, please get in touch.

Conditional Fee Agreements are no win no fee agreements. In essence, you don’t pay anything if unsuccessful. If successful, we will be entitled to our costs plus a % uplift as a success fee. The % uplift will be agreed with you at the outset of your case and will be dependent upon several factors such as the complexity of your case and the level of risk involved.

Damages Based Fee Agreements are a litigation agreement where solicitors and clients share the risk and the reward of litigation.

Instead of paying fees up front in the traditional way (such as an hourly rate, or a fixed fee), your solicitor will only be paid a percentage of any damages recovered. If the claim fails, we receive nothing. There are no hourly rates, budgets, estimates or fixed fees to negotiate or worry about as the claim proceeds, or at the end. We simply agree with you that we will be paid an agreed percentage of any sums recovered from your opponent, whether that is through trial or earlier settlement.

Litigation funding, also known as legal financing and third-party funding, enables a party to litigate or arbitrate without having to pay for it, whether because they are unable to pay for it or because they do not want to. A third-party funder can pay some or all of the costs/expenses associated with a dispute in return for a share of the proceeds of the dispute if it is successful.

ATE insurance is an insurance policy taken out after a dispute has arisen to protect against the risk of having to pay the opponent’s legal costs if you lose. The policy can often be extended to cover some or all of your disbursements, such as court fees, counsel’s fees and expert’s fees.

We are duty bound to provide you with certain information regarding the costs of bringing an employment case:

  • It is very difficult to provide you with an accurate fee estimate in respect of any case without first considering the circumstances and reviewing all the documentation. We would normally review your case first before providing you with a fee quote, however we would expect our costs to be in the region of £15,000 – £20,000 should the matter proceed to a fully contested trial.
  • We charge on our hourly basis. Our charges are dependent on the fee earner dealing with your case. Scott Birchall is responsible for all employment matters. His hourly rate is £300 plus VAT per hour.
  • Your matter will be dealt with by Scott Birchall. He is a Solicitor and Director at Birch Law Limited. He currently has 10 years PQE.
  • If you decide to pursue a case through the employment tribunal there is no fee to start the case. If you want to bring a claim through the courts then there will be a court fee. The amount of the court fee will vary depending upon the value of your claim. In addition, we would expect to incur Counsel’s fees. Counsel will be instructed to assist with your claim at key stages, such as preparing any grounds of claim or defence and representing you at the trial of the case. These fees are likely to be in the region of £5,000 plus VAT.
  • The applicable rate of VAT is 20%.
  • We will investigate your case (including taking detailed instructions from you and reviewing all the documentation). We will then advise you of whether you have a good case and whether we can deal with it. We will deal with all pre court/ tribunal correspondence. If proceedings are issued, we will then deal with court/ tribunal proceedings on your behalf up to trial. It is very difficult to give you an estimate of time scales but we would estimate between 9 – 12 months from start to finish.
  • If we offer to take your case on a no win no fee arrangement (conditional fee or damages-based agreement) there will be no charge for our services if unsuccessful. If successful, however, we will be entitled to either our base costs plus a % uplift (if we take it on a conditional fee agreement basis) or a % of any damages we recover (if we take it on a damages-based fee agreement basis). We will agree the applicable % with you at the outset of your case.

We are duty bound to provide you with certain information regarding the costs of bringing a debt recovery claim (up to £100,000):

  • It is very difficult to provide you with an accurate fee estimate in respect of any case without first considering the circumstances and reviewing all the documentation. We would normally review your case first before providing you with a fee quote, however we would normally expect our costs to be in the region of £20,000 – £25,000 should the matter proceed to a fully contested trial.
  • We charge on our hourly basis. Our charges are dependent on the fee earner dealing with your case. Scott Birchall is responsible for all debt recovery matters and his hourly rate is £300 plus VAT per hour.
  • Your matter will be dealt with by Scott Birchall. He is a Solicitor and Director at Birch Law Limited. He currently has 10 years PQE.
  • If you want to bring a claim through the courts then there will be a court fee. The amount of the court fee will vary depending upon the value of your claim. In addition we would expect to incur Counsel’s fees. Counsel will be instructed to assist with your claim at key stages, such as preparing particulars of claim and representing you at the trial of the case.
  • The applicable rate of VAT is 20%.
  • We will investigate your case (including taking detailed instructions from you and reviewing all the documentation). We will then advise you of whether you have a good case and whether we can deal with it. We will deal with all pre court correspondence. If proceedings are issued, we will then deal with court proceedings on your behalf up to trial. It is very difficult to give you an estimate of time scales, but we would estimate between 12 – 18 months from start to finish.
  • If we offer to take your case on a no win no fee arrangement (conditional fee or damages-based agreement) there will be no charge for our services if unsuccessful. However, if successful we will be entitled to either our base costs plus a % uplift (if we take it on a conditional fee agreement basis) or a % of any damages we recover (if we take it on a damages based fee agreement basis).

Whichever funding route you choose, you can rest assure that our experienced solicitors will always do their utmost to keep costs as low as possible. If you would like to discuss any of our services with us, feel free to contact us using the form below or give us a call at 0161 669 4621 for a free no obligation chat.

HOW CAN WE HELP YOU

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BOOK A TIME TO DISCUSS YOUR MATTER

Please complete our online enquiry form or contact us at sbirchall@birchlaw.co.uk for your free 30 minute consultation. You will be able to choose a time and date that works for you.

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MEET WITH ONE OF OUR ADVISORS

Meet with one of our advisors on MS Teams, Zoom, by telephone or in person. They will find out about your legal needs and discuss how best we can help you. We will set out your options and provide transparent costs information so you can make an informed decision as to how you want to proceed.

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IMPLEMENT

Once we have agreed on the correct course of action for you, we will then implement and execute your instructions.

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