THE GUIDELINE HOURLY RATES: SEE THEM HERE
I often find myself needing to find out the appropriate Guideline hourly rates. It may help if I have these pinned to the blog. These are from the Gov.UK guidance updated on 4 January 2024 available here.
Guideline hourly rates
| Grade | Fee earner | London 1 | London 2 | London 3 | National 1 | National 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years’ experience | £546 | £398 | £301 | £278 | £272 |
| B | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ experience | £371 | £308 | £247 | £233 | £233 |
| C | Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | £288 | £260 | £197 | £190 | £189 |
| D | Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners | £198 | £148 | £138 | £134 | £134 |
These are the guideline rates in effect from 1 January 2024. You can find the previous guideline rates that were in effect from 1 October 2021 to 31 December 2023.
London bands
| London band | Area | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|
| London 1 | Very heavy commercial and corporate work by centrally based London firms | Not restricted to any particular London postcode |
| London 2 | City and Central London | EC1 to 4, W1, WC1, WC2 and SW1 |
| London 3 | Outer London | All other London boroughs, plus Dartford and Gravesend |