Hm Courts Tribunals Service
January 1
00:00
2024
Guideline hourly rates
| Grade | Fee earner | London 1 | London 2 | London 3 | National 1 | National 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years experience | 546 | 398 | 301 | 278 | 272 |
| B | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years experience | 371 | 308 | 247 | 233 | 233 |
| C | Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | 288 | 260 | 197 | 190 | 189 |
| D | Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners | 198 | 148 | 138 | 134 | 134 |
These are the guideline rates in effect from 1 October 2021. Find out previous guideline rates for 1999 to 2010.
London bands
| London band | Area | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|
| London 1 | Very heavy commercial and corporate work by centrally based London firms | Not restricted to any particular London postcode |
| London 2 | City and Central London | EC1 to 4, W1, WC1, WC2 and SW1 |
| London 3 | Outer London | All other London boroughs, plus Dartford and Gravesend |
National band 1
Covers the following areas:
The counties of:
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Dorset
- Essex
- Hampshire (and Isle of Wight)
- Kent
- Middlesex
- Oxfordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Wiltshire
Plus:
- Birkenhead
- Birmingham (Inner)
- Bristol
- Cambridge City
- Cardiff (Inner)
- Leeds (Inner) (within 2km of City Art Gallery)
- Liverpool
- Manchester (Central)
- Newcastle City (within 2m of St Nicholas Cathedral)
- Norwich City
- Nottingham City
- Watford
National band 2
All places not included in London 1 to 3 and National 1
National grades: A to Z by area
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Aberystwyth | 2 |
| Accrington | 2 |
| Aldershot | 1 |
| Altrincham | 2 |
| Amersham | 1 |
| Ashford | 1 |
| Aylesbury | 1 |
| Banbury | 1 |
| Barnsley | 2 |
| Barnstaple | 2 |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 2 |
| Basildon | 1 |
| Basingstoke | 1 |
| Bath | 2 |
| Bedford | 2 |
| Bedlington | 2 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 2 |
| Beverley | 2 |
| Birkenhead | 1 |
| Birmingham Inner | 1 |
| Birmingham Outer | 2 |
| Blackburn | 2 |
| Blackpool | 2 |
| Blackwood | 2 |
| Bodmin | 2 |
| Bolton | 2 |
| Bootle | 2 |
| Boston | 2 |
| Bournemouth | 1 |
| Bradford | 2 |
| Bridlington | 2 |
| Brighton | 1 |
| Bristol | 1 |
| Burnley | 2 |
| Bury | 2 |
| Bury St Edmunds | 1 |
| Caenarfon | 2 |
| Cambridge City | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 |
| Cannock | 2 |
| Canterbury | 1 |
| Cardiff (Inner) | 1 |
| Cardiff (Outer) | 2 |
| Carlisle | 2 |
| Carmarthen | 2 |
| Chelmsford | 1 |
| Cheltenham | 2 |
| Chester | 2 |
| Chesterfield | 2 |
| Chorley | 2 |
| Colchester | 1 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Coventry | 2 |
| Crawley | 1 |
| Crewe | 2 |
| Cumbria | 2 |
| Cwmbran | 2 |
| Darlington | 2 |
| Derbyshire | 2 |
| Devon | 2 |
| Dewsbury | 2 |
| Doncaster | 2 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Dudley | 2 |
| Durham | 2 |
| Epsom | 1 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Evesham | 2 |
| Exeter | 2 |
| Fareham | 1 |
| Farnham | 1 |
| Fleetwood | 2 |
| Folkestone | 1 |
| Gateshead | 2 |
| Gloucester | 2 |
| Great Yarmouth | 2 |
| Grimsby | 2 |
| Guildford | 1 |
| Halifax | 2 |
| Hampshire | 1 |
| Harlow | 1 |
| Harrogate | 2 |
| Hastings | 1 |
| Hatfield | 2 |
| Havant | 1 |
| Haverfordwest | 2 |
| Hereford | 2 |
| Hertford | 2 |
| High Wycombe | 1 |
| Hitchin | 2 |
| Horsham | 1 |
| Hove | 1 |
| Huddersfield | 2 |
| Hull | 2 |
| Huntingdon | 2 |
| Ipswich | 1 |
| Isle of Wight | 1 |
| Isles of Scilly | 2 |
| Keighley | 2 |
| Kidderminster | 2 |
| Kings Lynn | 2 |
| Lancaster | 2 |
| Leamington Spa | 2 |
| Leeds (Inner) - within 2km of City Art Gallery | 1 |
| Leeds (Outer) |