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We know that the cost of legal services can be worrying for clients and to address this, we are open and upfront in all cases and give realistic estimates of the likely fees, based on our usual professional rates, and expenses that may be incurred in all matters in which we are instructed.
However, to help you budget for a divorce, we are able to offer a Fixed Fee service:
Boyd Carter - Fixed Fee Undefended Divorce
Costs
a) Legal costs for
an undefended divorce, as the Petitioner, are a fixed fee of £900 plus VAT plus
Court fees of £385 plus, where necessary, Affidavit ‘swear’ fees of £7 or £9. (‘Swear’ fees are
payable to an independent lawyer or to avoid these specific costs this can be
done at a local Court for no charge.)
b) Legal costs for
an undefended divorce, as the Respondent, are a fixed fee of £450 plus VAT.
PLEASE
NOTE that there are some limited circumstances where costs can exceed the fixed
fee – see below.
What ‘Boyd
Carter - Fixed Fee Undefended Divorce’ includes:
§From taking
initial instructions to the final conclusion of Decree Absolute.
§An initial
interview of up to an hour (or if you wish we can send you a questionnaire so that you can provide
information by e-mail or post).
§Advising you of
the documentation and information we need.
§Preparing all
of the documentation.
§Corresponding
with the Court.
§Corresponding
with the other Party or their Solicitor.
What ‘Boyd Carter - Fixed Fee Undefended Divorce’ does not include:
§Where
proceedings are defended.
§Where the other
Party cannot be found or located.
§Where either
Party is a non-resident of the UK.
§Disputes
relating to children, domestic violence or of a financial nature.
§Attendance at
Court (very rare)
§Amending the
papers after they have been issued to the Court.
§Representing
you in disputes about costs or enforcing costs orders.
Additional costs that you may have to pay on top of the
Fixed Fee:
§If you do not
have a certified marriage certificate and a duplicate needs to be obtained.
§If you swear an
Affidavit before a solicitor (rather than before an Officer of the Court, which
is free) they may charge an oath fee of up to £9.00.
§If the other
Party does not co-operate in returning the Acknowledgement of Service of the
Divorce Petition and it is necessary to either instruct a bailiff to personally
serve them with the documents or to apply to the Court for an order that the
divorce papers are deemed to have been served.
§If the
government increases the Court fees payable or the rate of VAT which we are
required to charge on our services.
Please
be aware that whilst we are able to represent you in any additional work
flowing from the divorce, such as children disputes, domestic violence injunctions or
resolving matrimonial finances, any work that you instruct us to carry out in
these areas is not included
in the fixed fee.
Where
additional services are required outside of our undefended divorce fixed fee scheme, we are happy
to provide these at our usual professional rates and we will give you an
estimate of the likely costs of providing these additional services before that work starts so that you are
aware of how much the costs are likely to be. | 
Fixed Fee Divorce
