Our fees

How much we will charge for our work depends on a number of different things. Fees vary across the type of legal service being provided, with the main ones being:

• Conveyancing
• Licensing applications (for business premises)
• Immigration

However, fees may also depend on the time it takes to do the work and the experience of the solicitor involved.

Our professional fees exclusive of VAT are based on a time element. Each client is charged at an hourly rate, which is reviewed periodically. The following rates will apply to majority of our cases:

A solicitor / member would usually charge £225 per hour.

A solicitor would usually charge £165 per hour.

A trainee solicitor / paralegal would usually charge £ 80 per hour.

Here is a breakdown of the average fees you can expect to pay for different types of legal services provided by Monk and Turner Solicitors LLP.

Conveyancing fees
You need a conveyancing solicitor whenever you buy or sell a property.

We are basing our conveyancing fees on the value of the property.

The table below shows typical conveyancing costs (including VAT) in the UK, based on a property worth £300,000.

Licensing applications (for business premises)

All businesses and organisations that undertake licensable activities on a permanent basis must have a premises licence from their local authority.

Sale or supply of alcohol

The sale by retail of alcohol and the supply of alcohol by or on behalf of a club are both licensable activities.

Regulated entertainment

Regulated entertainment is broadly defined as any entertainment that takes place in the presence of an audience (whether members of the public or a club), or otherwise for profit, and the premises have the purpose of providing the entertaining concerned. It may include:

• a performance of a play
• an exhibition of a film
• an indoor sporting event
• a boxing or wrestling entertainment
• a performance of live music
• playing of recorded music
• a performance of dance

Late night refreshment

Late night refreshment is the sale of hot food or drink to the public to consume off or on the premises between 11pm and 5am.
Businesses, organisations and individuals who want to sell or supply alcohol in England and Wales must have a licence or other authorisation from a licensing authority – usually a local council. The law and policy governing this area is overseen by the Home Office.
Our fixed costs for preparing and submitting your application for the premises licence is in the region of £1,100 + VAT.

Immigration
Our firm covers a wide range of immigration work including, but not limited to business and investing in the United Kingdom working in the United Kingdom studying in the United Kingdom European Law extensions /switching status and stay in the United Kingdom settlement applications family reunion applications refusals and appeals asylum and human rights applications detention issues and bail applications citizenship and nationality and many more.
Our professional fees are usually based on a time element. However, when the application is straightforward, we are able to offer a fixed fee (including VAT) + disbursements (to be advised) as follows:

• FLR (M) – £780;
• SET (M) – £ 960;
• SET (F) – £ 1,200;
• SET (O) – £ 1,200;
• SET (LR) – £1,200;
• FLR (FP and DL) – £960;
• EEA applications – £720;
• British nationality – £600;
• Appeal against a visa or immigration decision – £840;
• Application for immigration bail-£720.