Ancillary Relief Proceedings - Capped Fees

Some people cannot agree how their assets are to be divided after divorce and in a minority of cases "ancillary relief proceedings" are issued. More details on what this means can be found here.

Below are the maximum fees that we charge for each stage of the porceedings, provided that your net assets (excluding pensions) are worth less than £350,000 and your case is not unusually complex and does not have an international element.*

Settlement may be reached at any time and the proceedings will then cease.

You may also find it helpful to look at my flowchart.

Up to and including FDA  £2000

(excluding barristers/agency fees or other disbursements such as property valuations or any other fee paid to a third party).
 
To include:
 
Preparation of Form A
Service on mortgagee
Service on Respondent
Preparation of -
Form E
Form G,
Schedules of income assets and liabilities
Schedule of Issues
Chronology
Questionnaire
Attendance at hearing.
All routine correspondence, telephone calls and emails.

From FDA up to and including FDR  £2500

(excluding barristers/agency fees or other disbursements such as property valuations or any other fee paid to a third party).

To include:
 
Instruction of experts (valuers/pension experts etc)
Preparation of replies to questionnaire
Review of incoming replies to questionnaire and follow up.
Updated schedules of assets, income and liabilities.
File reviews as necessary.
All routine correspondence, telephone calls and emails.
Attendance at hearing.

From FDR to final hearing.  £3500

(excluding barristers/agency fees or other disbursements such as property valuations or any other fee paid to a third party).

To include all preparation for the final hearing including the instruction of counsel but not counsel's own fee

*Please note the following important information.

We operate a capped fee charging system. You will be given a capped fee based on your individual case and we will not charge more than we say for the work covered in the fee. If the value of the work that we do is actually less than the capped fee estimate based on our hourly rates you will pay the LOWER fee.

The above fees are a guide only based on our hourly charging rates. They will only apply to your case once confirmed in writing to you.

Only routine meetings/ telephone calls are included. Telephone advice calls and additional/lengthy face to face advice meetings may be charged separately.

Barristers fees are not included. Barristers are usually only employed to deal with hearings but sometimes also offer second opinions in complex cases. Quotes will be provided where necessary.

All fee caps are for our fees only. They do not include property valuation fees or any other disbursement such as court fees.

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