NEW YEAR NEW HOURLY RATES: INDEXED LINK UPLIFT OF RATES FROM 1st JANUARY 2024: SEE THEM HERE
The Master of the Rolls has accepted the Civil Justice Council recommendations in relation to the increase of hourly rates. The rates will be increased from 1st January 2024 in accordance with the Services Producer Price Index. They will then be uplifted annually using the SPI. The announcement on this issue can be found here.
THE RATES (FROM 1ST JANUARY 2024 ONWARDS)
| Grade | Fee earner | London 1 | London 2 | London 3 | National 1 | National 2 |
| A | Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years’ experience | £546 (£512) | £398 (£373) | £301 (£282) | £278 (£261) | £272 (£255) |
| B | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ experience | £371 (£348) | £308 (£289) | £247 (£232) | £233 (£218) | £233 (£218) |
| C | Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | £288 (£270) | £260 (£244) | £197 (£185) | £190 (£178) |
£189 (£177) |
| D | Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners | £198 (£186) |
£148 (£139) | £138 (£129) | £134 (£126) | £134 (£126) |