... about £80 p/h for routine advice from a small local firm, to over £300 p/h for work done by a top city firm of solicitors in a specialist field. There are several ways that a civil claim may be financed if you already own insurance for e.g. motor and life insurance they have certain policies which cover this at a small extra cost. There are also Pro bono work, barristers who work for free for people who are not eligible for public funding. They are normally newly qualified barristers who want experience. Another way that a civil claim can be financed is by conditional fees (no win no fee arrangements). A major problem in taking civil case to court is that it is not possible to know in advance exactly how much that case will cost. This is because it is not known how serious the other party is defending ...

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