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GCMA takes three important factors into account before we charge our clients for the work, they ask us to do for them namely: experience of the allocated lawyer or solicitor dealing with your matter, the complexity of your matter, and the estimated/expected time to work for you.

Legal Aid Funding

GMCA is set up as a non-Legal Aid service provider.

Variable Rate

Our charging rates will vary between £129.00 per hour up to £185.00 per hour (Solicitors' guideline hourly rates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) depending on the matters mentioned in the tables below.

Fixed Rate

By way of guidance, please see our fee in the various and relevant tables below:

Table 1: Immigration & Nationality Matters below:

Immigration & Nationality Matters	Fixed Rate	Counsel Fee	Disbursement
Application for Indefinite Leave to Remain	£1500.00 to £2500.00	Not required	Applies separately.
Human Rights Applications leave etc	£1500.00 to £2500.00	Not required	Ditto
Appeals to First Tier Tribunal [one hearing only]	£1500.00 to £4000.00	TBC upon taking the instructions from clients.	Ditto
Appeals to Upper Tribunal [one hearing only]	£1500.00 to £4000.00	TBC upon taking the instructions from clients.	Ditto
Administrative Review [AR]	£500.00 to £650.00	TBC upon taking instructions from the clients.	Ditto
Judicial Review [JR]	£2000.00 to £4ooo.00	TBC upon taking the instruction from client.
Application for Naturalisation	£750.00 to £1200.00	N/A	Ditto
Leave to Remain Application in the UK as family members of a person present and settled in the UK	£1,500.00 to £2,000.	N/A	Ditto
EU/EEA Applications	£700 to £1,200	TBC upon taking instructions from the client.	Ditto
Renewal of LTR Application in UK [on all classes].	£1,500 to £2,000	N/A	Ditto
Fresh Application via Skilled Worker Route	£2,500.00 to £3,500.00	N/A	Ditto

• 20 years long residence for adults and 7 years continuous residence by a child, including discretionary leave to remain in the UK.
• The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) are responsible for handling appeals if the Home Office has decided to: refuse your protection claim (also known as 'asylum claim' or 'humanitarian protection') revoke your protection status. refuse your human rights claim.
• Barrister will need to be instructed to carry out the advocacy, drafting and appearance.
• The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) are responsible for handling appeals against decisions made by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) relating to visa applications, asylum applications and the right to enter or stay in the UK. The handle applications for judicial review of certain decisions made by the Home Office, normally relating to immigration, asylum and human rights claims.
• Ibid no 3
• Entry Clearance Officer’s Decisions or Skilled Worker Decisions.
• Ibid no 5
• Ibid no 6

Table 2: Family Matters below:

Family Matters	Fixed Fee	Variable Rate	Disbursements
Application for Non-Molestation Order	£1200.00 [depends on complexity].		Counsel may be instructed.
Application for Occupation Order	£1200.00 [depends on complexity].		Ditto
Step Prohibited order	£1200.00 [depends on complexity].		Ditto
Specific Issue Order	£1200.00 [depends on complexity].		Ditto
Residence order or Contact Order	£1200,00 [depends on complexity]		Ditto
Divorce, conditional and final order	£1200.00 to £1500.00 [excluding VAT and disbursement].
Financial settlements.	Fixed fee can be negotiated and agreed.	Counsel fee {TBC].	Ditto
Financial provision for children’	Fixed fee can be negotiated and agreed.	Counsel fee {TBC].
Attendance at First Directions Appointment [FDA] in Family Court.	£750.00 to £1000.00 [excluding VAT, disbursement and counsel’s fee].
Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing[FDRH] in Family Court.	£750.00 to £1000.00 [excluding VAT, disbursement and counsel’s fee].

Table 3: Lasting Power of Attorneys & Deputyships.

• EEA Applications may cover one of the following aspect of rights? residence card as a family member of EEA national, retaining rights of residence as a family member after divorce or death, derivative residence card as a primary career, residence card as extended family members, and EU Settlement scheme applications
• Ibid no 7
• No court application fee is payable by the maker of the application.
• Ibid no 11
• It prohibits a person from doing something in relation to a child or children.
• It deals with specific issues that may arise in relation to a child or children.
• Child Arrangements order means an order regulating arrangements relating to any of the following: with whom a child is to live, spend time or otherwise have contact and/or when a child is to live, spend time or otherwise have contact with any person.

Lasting Power of	£500.00 to £650.00 per
Attorney for welfare, or finances, or health, and property .	application [excluding disbursement and application fee].
Deputyship Applications for a financial and a health & welfare deputy	£850 to £1200.00 [excluding disbursement for an independent Mental Capacity Assessment report, expert report, and application fee].		N/A

Table 4: Wills & Probate

Initial advice and information on preparation of a Will	£150.00 to £200.00 only
Draft of a Will excluding codicil.	£500.00 to £750.00 depending on complexity of the information.

Table 5: Private Landlords, Social Housing Landlords & Tenants

Pre-litigation advice and information on type/s of tenancy, notice and grounds of eviction.	£100 to £200 [depending on complexities].	Counsel may be engaged at the inception [tbc].
Preparation for Litigation: instruction to issue notices, letter before claim action and drafting.	£250.00 to £300.00 excluding disbursement and VAT.
Litigation: drafting of claim form, letters, particulars of claim, and ongoing case management.	£750.00 to £1500.00 excluding the court’s application fee, VAT, counsel’s fee and disbursement.	N/A
Lega Representations and Court Attendance in the County Court.	£750.00 to £1500.00 excluding the court’s application fee, VAT, counsel’s fee and disbursement.	Counsel fee [TBC]
Appeals to Court of Appeals and Supreme Court	£2000.00 to £3500.00	Counsel fee [TBC]

FUNDING SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Office of the Public Guidance [OPG] helps people in England and Wales to stay in control of decisions about their health and finance and make important decisions for others who cannot decide for themselves.
• The Court of Protection is a specialist Court, designed to protect vulnerable people. They make decisions regarding both financial affairs and personal welfare where the individual lacks capacity to make such specific decision.

Additional Costs

GMCA’s does not include the following additional cost:

• Disbursements such as searches fee, interpreter/translation fee and so on.
• Barrister’s fee,
• The Home Office application fees.
• The National Immigration Health Surcharge fee payable to the Home Office.
• Expert [report] fees,
• Various Court application fee.
• Application fee for filling appeals to Tribunals.
• Solicitor’s travel costs (if we have to travel outside our office on your behalf, for example to a Tribunal hearing or to the Home Office).
• You will pay some these fees separately and failure to pay it means we can’t progress your matter.

Value Added Tax [“VAT”]

GMAC does not currently register and charge the VAT on any of our fee. It is common knowledge that the percentage rate of the VAT is 20% unless otherwise stated. We will be endeavoured to advise you whether VAT will be applicable when you instruct and some of the service provider may charge Value Added Tax (“VAT”) on their cost/fee.

CRIMINAL Matters

• A guilty plea in Magistrates’ Court in respect of a minor motoring offence concluded at one hearing will be £500.00 including travelling time and fare.
• A more complicated matter requiring two hearings will be between £750.00.
• A trial (not guilty hearing) covering two hearings on different days will be £500. 00
• A 2-day full trial would be between £950.00 to £2,200.00 with no charges for travelling time and expenses.

Affidavit Sworn Statutory Declaration

• GMCA acts as Commissioners for Oaths and we can act as a required legal witness for the swearing of an Oath at the fixed fee of £10 and just £5 per exhibit (per person).
• Oaths and Affidavits are legal documents that are required for court proceedings or as part of probate and other civil procedures. An exhibit is a document or item referred to in the Oath, Affidavit or Statutory Declaration.
• Drafting an affidavit or statutory declaration from the scratch will trigger a fixed cost of £100.00 [plus VAT if it is applicable] excluding cost of swearing it.
• Change of Name Deed will trigger a fixed cost of £75.00 only.