Apex Legal Costs Ltd.

Tel: 01704 380865

Fax: 01704 380874

DX 15401 FORMBY

Company No. 6275356

enquiries@apexlegalcosts.com

Guideline Rates for Summary Assessment
January 2003

• Band One
• Band Two
• Band Three
• London Bands

Band One	Grade
Guideline Rates	A 175	B 155	C 130	D 95
Aldershot, Farnham, Bournemouth Birmingham Inner Cambridge City Centre Canterbury, Maidstone, Medway & Tunbridge Wells Cardiff (Inner) Kingston/Guildford/Reigate/Epsom Leeds Inner (within 1 kilometer radius of the City Art Gallery) Lewes Liverpool, Birkenhead Manchester Central Newcastle - City Centre (within a 2 mile radius of St Nicholas Cathedral) Norwich Nottingham City Southampton, Portsmouth Swindon, Basingstoke Home > 2010 > 2009 > 2008 > 2007 > 2005 > 2001

Band Two	Grade
Guideline Rates	A 165	B 145	C 120	D 90
Bath, Cheltenham and Gloucester Bristol, Bury Chelmsford North, Cambridge County, Peterborough, Bury St E, Norfolk, Lowestoft Chelmsford South Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Isle of Wight Hull (City) Leeds Outer, Wakefield & Pontefract Leigh Luton, Bedford, St Albans, Hitchin, Hertford Manchester Outer/ Oldham/Bolton/Tameside Oxford (Inner/Outer), Reading, Slough Milton Keynes, Aylesbury Sheffield and South Yorkshire Southport St Helens Stockport/Altrincham/Sa lford Swansea, Newport, Cardiff (Outer) Watford Wigan York, Harrogate Home > 2008 > 2007 > 2005 > 2001

Band Three	Grade
Guideline Rates	A 150	B 135	C 115	D 85
Birmingham Outer Bradford (Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley & Skipton) Chester & North Wales Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Stratford and Warwick Cumbria Devon, Cornwall, Exeter, Taunton & Yeovil Grimsby Hull Outer Kidderminster Lincoln Newcastle (other than City Centre) Northampton & Leicester Nottingham & Derbyshire Plymouth,P reston,L ancasterB, lackpool,C horley, Accrington, Bumley, Blackburn, Rawenstall & Nelson Scarborough & Ripon Stafford, Stoke, Tamworth Teesside, Trowbridge Weston Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley & Stourbridge Worcester, Hereford, Evesham and Redditch Shrewsbury, Telford, Ludlow, Oswestry South & West Wales Home > 2008 > 2007 > 2005 > 2001

London Bands	Grade
Guideline Rates	A	B	C
City of London ** EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4	342	247	189
Central London W1, WC1, WC2, SW1	263	200	163
Outer London (including Bromley, Croydon, Dartford, Gravesend and Uxbridge)	189-221	142-189	137
**Although a guideline figure is given for the top grade of fee earner in the City of London, it is recognised that in certain complex, major litigation the appropriate rate may exceed the guideline by a significant margin. Home > 2008 > 2007 > 2005 > 2001