Fixed fees v hourly rates
"Are you sure you're not undercharging, Mr Diable?" The Legal Services Board (they oversee the legal services regulators – they’re the bosses bosses boss) has published research showing that firms charging fixed fees are likely to be cheaper than those charging hourly rates. This is something most of us in the legal services industry already knew. At London Drink Driving Solicitor , we think that we should be providing an excellent service for a reasonable price. That doesn’t mean the cheapest - you can get cheaper and with some of those firms you will get a worse service, trust me I’ve reviewed some of their files for unhappy clients. But what it does mean is that when you instruct a solicitor like me who is working on a fixed fee you know what you are going to pay. Let me give you an example, I currently have a civil law solicitor doing some very simple debt work for me. He originally estimated £500 for the entirety of the case. So far I...