Terms of Engagement
We recognise that clients have a legitimate commercial need to maintain control of their legal spend and aim to provide cost-effective solutions to our clients' needs. We therefore offer a range of bases for the pricing of the legal services we provide, appropriate to the particular instruction and our assessment of the associated risks.
The pricing options include:
Traditional hourly rates - this is most appropriate for transactional and commercial litigation work whose duration and timescales are open-ended. We will always endeavour to provide sensible estimates at the outset based on the then known factors.
Task or stage-based billing - an alternative to the traditional hourly rates.
Conditional fee based billing - appropriate for litigation cases where prospects of ultimate success are judged good but the client does not want to invest substantial funding prior to judgment. In return we take an enhanced fee at a rate agreed with you (a success fee) if the case is won. After-the-event insurance funding can also usually be arranged in such cases.
We will issue you with an engagement letter recording what we agree to do and the charging basis that we agree is to apply. Engagement letters incorporate our standard terms and conditions which form part of our contract with you. You can view the conditions by clicking on the link below:
Click here for our Terms and Conditions
Money Laundering Regulations 2007.
The introduction of the Money Laundering Regulations placed on us a responsibility to check the identity of our clients before we are able to take instructions on a matter. The Regulations require us in all circumstances to verify an individual’s identity and place of residence. In some transactions we are also required to verify the source of the proposed funds. Failure on our part to comply with the Regulations can result in criminal sanctions for Iscalegal LLP.
We therefore require for a prospective client to produce original documentation that verifies identity and residence. In order to comply we shall photocopy the documentation produced and return the originals to you. Please therefore ensure you can produce one of the listed documents under both columns below:
| Identity |
Residence |
| Current full UK driving licence |
Recent utility bill or statement less than three months old |
| Current signed passport |
Bank, Building Society statement less than three months old |