Terms & Conditions

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1. You will be personally responsible for the payment of all our costs whether or not this matter is completed or proves successful or not and, even if another party to this matter has agreed, or is ordered, to reimburse your legal costs.
2. We normally ask for payment of disbursements in advance to meet the initial costs involved in pursuing the matter.
3. With specific reference to any work that eventually comes before a court of law, please note that:
• Whatever the result, you will be personally responsible for payment of our charges, regardless of any Order for Costs that may be made against your opponent.
• If you lose, then you will have to pay a substantial part of your opponent's costs as well as your own.
• If you win, your opponents will almost certainly be required to pay a substantial part, but not necessarily all, of your own costs.
• If you have legal insurance for the proposed proceedings, then you should inform your insurers immediately and, except in an emergency, take no further steps until they have confirmed that they will pay our costs.
4. We will deliver bills on completion of each stage of work in this matter. However, if the instruction does not include discernible stages, then we will submit bills on an interim basis by reference to appropriate periods of time (not less than bi-monthly). This assists our cash flow and enables you to keep track of your own costs. We are sure that you will understand that in the event of a payment not being made promptly, then we may decline to act any further and the full amount of work done up to that date will be charged immediately.
5. If not paid on completion, bills should be paid within fourteen days. Interest will be charged on bills that are not paid within fourteen days at 4% above the bank rate.