Surprises can be nice - but not when it comes to your legal bills!

We aim to remove these billing surprises from your legal experience.

How do we do this?

For most matters we will be able to provide an upfront fixed quote for the requested work.  

• For some matters involving court proceedings we will provide an estimate for each stage of the matter, based on the information available to us at that time. In the event information later becomes available which looks like it will change our estimate we will let you know. The more information you provide to us about your matter (both good and bad) the better we are able to estimate the costs.  

Billing Methods

Legal Aid

• Available to those who qualify

Upfront Fixed Fee (available for most matters save for some litigation work)

• We provide a fixed upfront quote at the beginning of the matter and charge you in accordance with that quote.  

Time Billing

• Our fees are extremely competitive at $350.00 per hour plus GST, which is less than half the hourly rate of most firms for solicitors as experienced as our Principal Solicitor. We also offer time billing on a per minute basis, not rounded up to the nearest 6 minutes  (which is how most firms charge). That way, you only pay for the legal services you use. For example, if we provide advice to you over the telephone and it takes 14 minutes, you are only charged for 14 minutes, we don't round up to 18 minutes. If you do the maths - our lower hourly rate and per minute billing basis can save you lots of money!