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Solicitors can charge any hourly rate they wish for their services. However, they will not necessarily recover those rates at a costs assessment. When looking at the hourly rates solicitors have charged, the court will consider them in conjunction with the Guideline Hourly Rates (GHR).

The rates depend on:

  1. •

    the location of the lawyers carrying out the work

  2. •

    the level of qualification of the fee-earner (see below)

For more information, see Practice Note: Guideline hourly rates.

The current GHR have been in force since 1 April 2010 and are given

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