Claimant Cost Recovery

guideline hourly rates
01 April 2010

BAND ONE - Guideline Rates - National 1

GRADE - A 217 • B 192 • C 161 • D 118

Aldershot, Farnham, Bournemouth (including Poole)
Birmingham Inner
Bristol
Cambridge City, Harlow
Canterbury, Maidstone, Medway & Tunbridge Wells
Cardiff (Inner)
Chelmsford South, Essex & East Suffolk
Fareham, Winchester
Kingston/Guildford/Reigate/Epsom
Leeds Inner (within 2 kilometers 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
Oxford, Thames Valley
Southampton, Portsmouth
Swindon, Basingstoke
Watford

BANDS TWO & THREE - Guideline Rates - National 2/3

GRADE - A 201 • B 177 • C 146 • D 111

Bath, Cheltenham and Gloucester, Taunton, Yeovil
Birmingham Outer

Bradford (Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley & Skipton)
Bury
Chelmsford North, Cambridge County, Peterborough, Bury St E, Norfolk, Lowestoft
Chester & North Wales
Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Stratford and Warwick
Cumbria

Devon, Cornwall, Exeter, Plymouth
Grimsby, Skegness

Hull (City & Outer)
Kidderminster

Leeds Outer, Wakefield & Pontefract
Leigh
Lincoln
Luton, Bedford, St Albans, Hitchin, Hertford
Manchester Outer/ Oldham/Bolton/Tameside
Newcastle (other than City Centre)
Northampton & Leicester

Nottingham & Derbyshire
Preston, Lancaster, Blackpool, Chorley, Accrington, Burnley, Blackburn,

Rawenstall & Nelson

Scarborough & Ripon

Sheffield, Doncaster and South Yorkshire
Shrewsbury, Telford, Ludlow, Oswestry
South & West Wales

Southport
St Helens
Stafford, Stoke, Tamworth

Stockport/Altrincham/Salford
Swansea, Newport, Cardiff (Outer)
Teesside

Wigan
Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley & Stourbridge
Worcester, Hereford, Evesham and Redditch

York, Harrogate

LONDON BANDS - Guideline Rates

London 1 - City of London EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4
A* 409 • B 296 • C 226 • D 138

London 2 - Central London W1, WC1, WC2, SW1
A* 317 • B 242 • C 196 • D 126

London 3 - Outer London (including Bromley, Croydon, Dartford, Gravesend and Uxbridge)
A* 229-267 • B 172-229 • C 165 • D 121

*An hourly rate in excess of the guideline figures may be appropriate for Grade A fee earners in substantial and complex litigation where other factors, including the value of the litigation, the level of complexity, the urgency or importance of the matter as well as any international element would justify a significantly higher rate to reflect higher average costs.

The rates for Outer London (London 3), Bands A and B are presented in ranges following the format of the Guide to the Summary Assessment of Costs. These ranges go some way towards reflecting the wide range of work types transacted in these areas.