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Litigation & Contract Disputes

Contract disputes can be protracted, expensive and very stressful for all parties. You will need help from a contract lawyer who can see the ‘wood from the trees’ and help you to make practical decisions. NewBold solicitors can provide a calm perspective, guiding you to success with informed advice.

Contract Disputes

Contract disputes can arise for many different reasons. Your dispute could be between family members or a business transaction in a commercial context. Here are some examples of issues we can help with:

Does someone owe you money?
Do you want to sue someone?
Do you need to file a defence?
Do you need to make a claim in court?
Do you have a dispute over a warranty?
Has a tradesman not fulfilled the work that you agreed on?
Unpaid invoices?
Non-delivery of purchased goods?

Why Choose NewBold Solicitors?

As the national winners of The Federation of Small Businesses Award for ‘Triumph over Adversity’ we believe there is no better firm to fight your corner and win your case. We look at everything as a whole: the chances of success, the cost of getting you the result, and alternative solutions for you. We understand that the cost of paying for legal advice can be prohibitive and we firmly believe in access to justice. We, therefore, offer many commercially attractive funding options for our clients.

Initial Consultation

In order to assist you in reviewing your case, we offer a fixed fee consultation for 1 hour at the following rates:

A junior lawyer at a rate of £150.00 + VAT without reviewing any documentation or £250.00 + VAT with reviewing a reasonable amount of documents;
A senior lawyer at a rate of £250.00 + VAT.

Solicitors fees are subject to VAT which is presently 20%.

With all cases, we believe that an initial consultation is useful in reviewing and considering your options on how best to proceed. We may require an initial consultation before we can assist with drafting for small claims matters under £3000.00 (plus vat) please see below:

Small Claims (under £10000)

Costs Information – Disbursements

If the claim is up to £3000 you may wish to choose to progress your claim without the assistance of a solicitor or without a solicitor acting for you throughout the proceedings so as to limit costs to a proportionate basis. For claims up to £3000we offer the following fixed fee service which will allow you to keep your legal costs to a minimum but obtain limited legal assistance:

Drafting a Letter Before Action – Assisting you in producing a pre-action letter for you to send to your opponent. The court strongly encourage and require the parties to make all reasonable attempts to obtain a resolution before bringing court proceedings and a pre-action letter helps set out the required information to encourage this:
£250.00+ VAT.
Drafting a Claim Form – Assisting you in producing a Claim Form to detail the legal basis of your claim for you to submit to court:
£500.00+ VAT.

Solicitors fees are subject to VAT which is presently 20%.

Costs Information – Disbursements

In addition to legal costs, to progress your claim you will often need to pay disbursements. Disbursements are third party costs incidental to the progression of your claim. Disbursements can be one of the following: a surveyor’s report, a medical report, or a court fee. Such costs will have to be paid when they are reasonably incurred and before the work has been completed, but the money you pay us will be held in your client account until the completion of the work and thereafter will be paid out by us on your behalf.

Small Claims (£3,000 – £3000-£10000)

Cost Information – Legal Costs – 3 Stage Fixed Fee Service

If you are successful in either making or defending the case, you are not entitled to recover your legal fees from the other party. We can offer a fixed fee service (dependent on the value of the claim) where we can assist you with your current ongoing claim at proportionate costs.

We offer a fixed fee service on small claims matters. The fixed fees are based on the stage in which we resolve your claim. However, we have provided some guidance below:

Claims from £3000 to £5,000 – (estimated fee) £1500 to £2500 plus vat and court fee.
Claims from £5001 to £7,000 – (estimated) £2500 to £4129.00 plus vat and court fee.
Claims from £7001 to £10,000 – (estimated fee) £3000 to £5500 plus vat and court fee.

Please note that if you decide to opt for the fixed fee service and agree a one-off payment to us, the full amount above is payable despite the time scale when the dispute is resolved. The above does not include representation at any hearing or mediation appointment. If there is a counterclaim, we may charge our hourly rate (see below for chargeable rates) for defending the claim and this will be outside the fixed fee. The amount will not include any enforcement of a order or settlement.

Solicitors fees are subject to VAT which is presently 20%.

Costs Information – Disbursements

In addition to legal costs, to progress your claim you will need to pay disbursements. Disbursements are third-party costs incidental to the progression of your claim. To take your claim to court, you will be required to pay a Court Fee.

The Court Fee is based on the amount you’re claiming, plus any interest.