Debt Recovery Fees
Debt Recovery Fees
Small Claims Fixed Costs
At Butterworths Solicitors we want to ensure our fees are simple and fully transparent when it comes to debt recovery. There is what is known as a small claims track which handles claims from individuals or businesses for compensation up to the value of £10,000 (in England and Wales). If you are successful you aren’t able to recover costs from the other party.
Our Fees
Pre-action
1. Initial review of documents and provide general advice- £150 plus £30 VAT
2. Drafting Pre-action protocol letter of claim (Claimant or Defendant) for client to send – £100 plus £20 VAT
3. Drafting Pre-action protocol letter (Claimant or Defendant) and negotiating settlement/dealing with response correspondence – £250 plus £50 VAT
Pre-action bundle package including item 1 and 3 – £350 plus £70 VAT
Court Proceedings
4. Initial Review of all documents and provide general advice for this stage – £150 plus £30 VAT
5. Drafting Claim Form and Particulars of Claim – £225 plus £45 VAT
6. Assisting in preparation of Defence – £225 plus £45 VAT
7. Assisting in the preparation of Defence and Counterclaim – £275 plus £55 VAT
8. Assisting in preparation of Directions Questionnaire – £100 plus £20 VAT
9. Assisting in preparation of Witness Statement – £275 plus £55 VAT
10. Instruction of expert (inc identifying and obtaining quotes) – £250 plus £50 VAT
11. Review of all documents and provide general advice for this stage – £150 plus £30 VAT
12. Advice on trial preparation for representing self £225 plus £45 VAT
13. Preparing Small Claims Bundle – £300 plus £60 VAT
14. Representation at Hearing/Trial – Subject to quotation
15. Instruction of barrister/advocate for Hearing/Trial – £100 plus £20 VAT
16. Representation at Hearing/Trial by barrister/advocate – Subject to quotation
Full package bundle for Small Claims representation: £1,350 plus VAT of £270
To include: 1, 3, 5 or 6, 8, 9, 13 and 15. Please note, this includes one witness statement. (Subject to terms and conditions)
- Our fees do not include Court fees or Trial representation fees. All disbursements are payable separately.
- Any pre-action correspondence entered into with the other party (further than the pre-action protocol letter) may be subject to further fees unless the fixed fee no 3 is purchased. These can be advised on an individual basis. Correspondence will be deemed reasonable, as stated within our client care documentation.
- The filing and serving of all documents with the Court and other party, will be the responsibility of the client, unless arranged otherwise.
- We will not be on record as acting for the client, unless we are fully instructed to do so and the full bundle package agreed.
- We reserve the right to revert to hourly rate basis or raised fixed fees, should we consider the claim falls outside these standard fixed fees