Fees

Our fees & Charges

We aim to be transparent and clear on our fee and other charges.  We are bound by transparency rule set by the Bar Standard Board. Our Barrister can take your case, on a fixed fee or per hour fee. 

Basis of Our charges

We can offer our services on any of the following basis;

  • Hourly Rate
  • Conditional fees basis. This means you will only pay if you obtain the agreed result.
  • Fixed Fee. This means we will agree to a fixed fee which will be decided in advance as per the estimated time of the work assigned. If your case takes longer than expected, we will charge a fixed hourly fee agreed in advance.

Hourly Charges

Our hourly rates vary depending on the type of work and who carries it out.
We have given our hourly rates below for each type of matter.
However, in case you require any further information, please email us at info@barristerchamber.co.uk

Barrister’s Rate per Hour –
  • In all matters in First-tier Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration) £450-650
  • In Upper Tribunal (Asylum and Immigration £650/-
  • Documents drafting – £500 per hour
  • File review £450/- By Barrister

Fee earner /Casework rate £250-350

Court & Home Office coordination – correspondence and obtaining updates on your matter
  • This means, contacting the court and home office, to obtain the latest information about your case.
    • £350- per Hour by Barrister
    • £250 by a caseworker

Conditional fee agreements

In these agreements, we will only charge the Fee if you obtain the agreed results. However, you will have to pay your disbursement and other expenses yourself. We will give you a fee quotation on an estimated hourly work basis. We will bill your work and we will charge you 95% success fee in addition to the billed fee.
For example if the cost of your case came up to 2000, there will be success fee of 95% 3900. However further terms and conditions applied. Send us documents if you wish to proceed in this arrangement.
2nd basis we agreed fee in advance

2
File
Preparation +
1 Challenge
(1 court /Department)
£ 500-7500

3
File
Preparation +
2 Challenges (2 courts /Departments)

£800-8500 

4
File
Preparation +
3 Challenges (2 courts /Departments)

£1000-10000

5
File
Preparation +
3 Challenges + Judicial Review on papers
£800-13500

Fixed fee basis

In All Immigration cases, we can offer you a fixed fee or even a conditional fee agreement
Each extra hour is charged at a fixed rate of £350.

Case building- Document drafting

Advice
  • Initial conference
    • 20 minutes – 170
    • 40 minute £350.00
    • One Hour –£400.00
  • Written Advice on merits £350: 00 – Lasting one Hour

Documents review & checking

  • We can review the documents that you can prepare and can advise the suitability of those documents as per the law.
    • 30 minute £350
    • One Hour £500

DOCUMENTS DRAFTING

  • We may be able to drat documents for you, which include the following
    • Cover letter
    • Representation
    • LETTER OF SUPPORT,
      • Up to one hour of work – £450
      • Up to two hours work –
        £700
    • WITNESS STATEMENT Up to two hours of work – £500 each

Grounds DRAFTING

  • Ground for Appeal to First Tier Tribunal – £750 for up to two hours of work
  • Ground for Appeal permissions to UT, filed with FTT £900 up to two-hour work
  • Ground for Appeal permissions to UT, filed with UT £1000 up to two-hour work
  • Ground for Judicial review £1350 p to 2 hours work
  • Bundle preparations for Appeal £1000 up to two-hour work

Home office coordation

  • £150 – (one letter) or email to
  • £350 (three letters emails of follow-ups)

Coordinating with court

  • SUBMITTING to the court any of the following
    Additional documents
    • Bundles,
    • Grounds
    • Arguments
    • Update the court
    • Others

£350.00 up to one hour of work

HEARING ATTENDANCE- Hearing attendance,- visa appeal-

First-tier tribunal hearing –
  • Case management £500 (London Tribunals) (up to one Hour and online line hearing attendance)
  • Case management £950.00 (London Tribunals) (up to 2 hours and online line hearing attendance
  • Substantive hearing -Visa Appeal – fixed Rate (on the basis of one-hour or two-hour booking-
    • £750 .00 (London Tribunals) (up to one Hour and online line hearing attendance)
    • £1150.00 (London Tribunals) (up to 2 hours and online line hearing attendance)

Immigration appeal in-country

UT – hearing attendance – SUBSTANTIVE ut– advance paid and non-refundable
  • £900 .00 (London Tribunals) (up to one Hour and online line hearing attendance)
  • £1450.00 (London Tribunals) (up to 2 hours and online line hearing attendance)
 BAIL MATTER SUBSTANTIVE UT HEARING – advance paid and non-refundable,
  • £750 .00 (London Tribunals) (up to one Hour and online line hearing attendance)
  • £1150.00 (London Tribunals) (up to 2 hours and online line hearing attendance)

Judicial review work

  • £750 .00 (London Tribunals) (up to one Hour and online line hearing attendance)
  • £1150.00 (London Tribunals) (up to 2 hours and online line hearing attendance)

Before making the booking, please contact us at info@barristerchamber.co.uk to see if one Hour or two-hour booking slot is sufficient for your case, as the hourly rate applies after the fixed rate.
After the fixed rate, we will charge you an hourly rate of £350.

Documents attestation

  • Per document attestation £50 minimum.
  • Statement taking £450 per Hour

We are authorized and regulated by the Bar Standard Board (barstandardsboard.org.uk)