Fixed fees for every stage, stated plus VAT

Eloquia charges a fixed fee for each stage, every one stated plus VAT. A response at triage costs £2,500 plus VAT and a GMC investigation to Rule 7 costs £9,500 plus VAT. An interim orders tribunal costs £4,500 plus VAT for each hearing. A tribunal hearing costs £8,000 plus VAT for preparation, then £4,000 plus VAT for each hearing day. A High Court appeal costs £25,000 plus VAT. Each fee includes a specialist barrister from the outset, and we quote expert fees separately. Our article on fixed fees in regulatory defence explains the menu.

Yes. We involve a specialist barrister in your case from the outset, and every fee includes counsel's work, with no separate charge at any stage. The barrister reads the papers with us, tests the strategy and, if your case reaches a tribunal, is ready to present it. What the fees do not include is additional expenses, such as the fee of an expert witness. We quote those separately, agree them with you and instruct nobody until you have approved the cost. Our guide to choosing a barrister for your hearing explains what to look for.

That depends on the stages it reaches, because you pay only for the stages that happen. Take a case that goes to a five day tribunal after an investigation, with one interim orders hearing along the way. The fees are £9,500 for the investigation, £4,500 for the interim orders hearing, £8,000 for preparation and £20,000 for five hearing days, a total of £42,000 plus VAT, with counsel included throughout. If the case examiners close the case at Rule 7, the total is £9,500 plus VAT. We quote expert fees separately. Our article on staged pricing works through the example.

You pay for your case one stage at a time, against the fee menu. Before each stage begins we confirm in writing what it covers and what it costs, and you then decide whether to go ahead. If your case closes at triage or at Rule 7, you pay nothing for the stages that did not happen. We do not act on conditional fee agreements, so our fee does not depend on the outcome. Our guide to how staged pricing works explains the approach.

Eloquia accepts staged payment, so you pay for each stage of your case before it begins rather than for the whole case in advance. We are also developing a fee funding facility and a defence costs insurance product with insurance and finance partners. Details will follow. Our guide to how staged pricing works explains the payment model.

Police interview and pre charge representations cost £15,000 plus VAT, through our criminal defence partner firm. Employment tribunal defence costs from £15,000 plus VAT. Inquests, NHS disciplinary matters, performers list action and cases before other healthcare regulators have no set fee on the menu, so we quote a fixed fee, plus VAT, once we have seen the papers, and we confirm it in writing before work begins. Every fee includes a specialist barrister from the outset, and we quote expert fees separately. The police interview and pre charge fee is the criminal defence partner firm's fee for its own work. It is agreed with that firm and paid to it, and Eloquia takes no share of it and pays nothing for the introduction.