Solicitors fees, child custody

bigmaz

Hi guys

I have approached a solicitor to represent me, to get an agreement on custody of our 2 children. Their fees are £150+VAT for initial letter to set up a face to face agreement. If my ex agrees to that, my solicitor will charge a unit rate which works out at £230/hr, or a fixed cost of £750+VAT per meeting, with no time limit.

Anyone know if this is reasonable?

Cheers

BorisThomson

£230 an hour is not overly expensive, but rates do vary between areas and size of practice. You should get a few quotes from solicitors in your area as a point of comparison.

bigmaz

BorisThomson wrote: »

£230 an hour is not overly expensive, but rates do vary between areas and size of practice. You should get a few quotes from solicitors in your area as a point of comparison.

Thanks for your reply.

lika_86

Depends on where you are and how experienced and qualified your solicitor is.

mgdavid

sounds cheap to me but I live in an expensive part of England.

Fosterdog

Sounds expensive to me, OH paid half that in his access battle for a fantastic solicitor but we are in a very poor part of the country.

Comms69

it sounds like you're paying for mediation, which can be much cheaper! is that what you want?