SERVICE FEES & ENGAGEMENT TERMS
The fees payable for documentation and preliminary assessment work, the scope of each engagement, and the terms upon which instructions are accepted.
Schedule of Fees
The fees payable for the documentation and assessment services described below are stated in full. Work falling outside the stated scope is undertaken only upon separate instructions.
PDF / Acknowledgement Documentation
A fee of $50 is payable in respect of each acknowledgement or PDF documentation request.
Preparation and processing of the PDF documentation sought against a stated acknowledgement reference number.
- Processing undertaken against a stated acknowledgement reference number
- Documentation settled in a standard form suitable for record
- Confidential intake and verification of the particulars furnished
- A matter reference assigned for the client entity’s internal records
Complaint Quote / Case Requirement Assessment
A fee of $100 is payable in respect of each quotation requested after the first three, which are furnished without charge.
The first three quotations on complaint or case requirements are furnished without charge. Each quotation thereafter is charged at $100.
- Preliminary scoping of the matter and identification of the jurisdictions concerned
- Construction of the notice, summons or requisition received, and of the provision under which it issues
- An outline of the procedural steps and of the local counsel required to be instructed
- A written note of the fees estimated for the work so identified
Exclusivity of Engagement
“Where a matter has been formally assigned to us for conduct, the same matter ought not to be entrusted concurrently to another legal service provider or to a parallel team for so long as our engagement subsists.”
This secures a single line of responsibility, avoids duplication of work, preserves confidentiality, and enables the matter to be conducted through the appropriate channels without inconsistent positions being taken on the record.
Any change in representation, any parallel engagement, and any reassignment of the same matter should be intimated to us in advance and in writing.
Terms of Engagement
The terms upon which instructions are accepted, fees are charged and matters are conducted. They apply to every engagement unless varied in writing.
Fees are determined by reference to the service requested and the scope of work agreed.
Work falling outside the agreed scope is undertaken only upon separate instructions and may attract a separate fee.
Every matter is assessed upon its own facts and upon the law applicable to it.
No representation is made, and none should be understood, as to the outcome of any matter or as to the time within which it may be concluded.
Where representation before a court, tribunal or investigating agency is required, the matter is conducted through advocates enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1961.
Court fees, statutory charges and sums payable to any government office, bank or other authority are payable by the client entity in addition to our fees, unless expressly agreed otherwise.
Work commences upon receipt of the instructions, documents and fees required for the purpose.
Terms of engagement may be recorded separately where the nature or the complexity of the matter requires it.
Have a Matter to Discuss?
Write to us with the particulars of the notice, requisition or freeze in question, and we shall revert upon the scope of the work, the procedure it involves and the fees payable.