Our fees

We publish our prices so that you can decide with full information. Every matter starts with a written estimate or fixed fee, and we tell you before any cost beyond it arises. Prices are correct on 14 October 2026.

• Consultations
• Immigration
• Employment law
• Family law
• Personal injury
• Landlord and tenant
• Hourly rates and how we charge

Consultations

The same prices apply to every area of law: immigration, employment, family, personal injury and landlord and tenant.

Prices include VAT where VAT applies. The consultation fee is deducted from our fee if you instruct us within 30 days. Personal injury claims are assessed free of charge.

Employment law

Prices for bringing or defending claims for unfair or wrongful dismissal, published as the SRA Transparency Rules require. All figures are our fees excluding VAT at 20% unless stated.

What is included: advice on merits and value; Acas early conciliation; drafting the claim or response; case management and any preliminary hearing; disclosure and the bundle; witness statements and the schedule of loss; settlement negotiations; preparing for and attending the final hearing; instructing a barrister where appropriate.

Not included (disbursements, excluding VAT): a barrister's fee for a final hearing, typically £1,000 to £10,000 for preparation and £800 to £1,500 per hearing day depending on seniority and length; expert reports if needed. There is no tribunal fee to bring a claim at present.

Timescales: claims that settle at conciliation, two to four months; claims that go to a final hearing, often twelve months or more from issue, depending on the tribunal's lists.

Other employment work: settlement agreement advice is usually covered by the employer's contribution; other matters are quoted after the first consultation or charged at the hourly rates below.

Family law

The fixed-fee divorce covers the application, the conditional order, the final order and correspondence with the court and your former partner. It does not cover a contested divorce, personal service of documents if the acknowledgement is not returned, or any financial or children matters.

Personal injury

Personal injury claims are usually funded on a no win no fee basis: no upfront costs; nothing to pay for our fees if the claim fails; if it succeeds, the other side pays most of our costs and you pay a success fee, a fixed percentage of your compensation agreed in writing at the start and usually around 25%, plus any insurance premium.

Landlord and tenant

Immigration

Our immigration prices apply to private clients. Business immigration work is quoted separately. Fees exclude VAT unless the table says otherwise; VAT at 20% applies to clients in the UK with leave and does not apply to many applicants outside the UK.

Hourly rates and how we charge

If a fixed fee is not agreed upon, you will be charged on an hourly basis, with our hourly rates listed below. Before we commence work, we will provide the details of the person handling your case, along with their applicable hourly rate.

At the start of each instruction, we will provide an estimate of how many hours we expect to spend working on your matter and we will give you an estimation of the cost. It is very difficult to accurately provide an exact number of hours in advance. However, an estimate of professional fees and any associated disbursements will be provided. We will give you the best information we can about the likely overall cost of the matter at the outset and at other appropriate times. We will always inform you of who will be working on your case and their hourly rate. Please note, we record and charge for our time in 6-minute increments. We cannot guarantee how long the Home Office will take to process your application for more information please click here .

Factors that Could Affect the Overall Cost of Your Case

Factors that may impact the cost of your case include:

• Unexpected circumstances in your immigration history, personal circumstances, or financial status which we were not aware of at the outset;
• Delays in obtaining requested information;
• Inaccurate, out of date, inadequate, or untranslated information provided;
• Short deadlines;
• Complexity of the application.

If the application is more complex, it may attract higher fees. In such cases, we will advise you accordingly.

Factors that Could Decrease the Overall Cost of Your Case

The following factors may decrease the overall cost of your case:

• If we have worked on your behalf before and your immigration history is familiar to us;
• If we handle multiple applications for the same organization or family;
• If you are able to provide sufficient evidence at our first meeting and clearly meet the applicable Immigration Rules.

Disbursement Costs

Interpreter Fees: Estimated at £100 per hour. The number of hours required will depend upon the type of application being made, and we can give you a more accurate estimate of the likely number of hours required once we have more information about your specific case.

Counsel’s Fees: Typically between £750 and £1,500, depending on the complexity of the matter.

Document Translation Fees: Typically between £100 to £250, depending on the length and complexity of the documents.

The above fees are inclusive of taking instructions and completing your application and submitting it to the Home Office. However, Home Office decision times vary and we cannot give a specific timeframe in which your application will be decided. For more information, see this link for the current Home Office time scale here. The above fees do not include any extra work after a decision has been made by the Home Office, and we will agree on further fees if further work is required after the decision.

Contact us

Call 0161 222 5860, email info@primussolicitors.com, or send us an enquiry and we will call you back. Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm.