Our Costs for Private Clients

Angell & Co has 18 years of experience providing a personal and sympathetic service to the people of Bath and nearby areas. We charge very competitive rates and always work hard to keep client costs to a minimum.

What do you charge for your initial consultation?

We offer all clients who are not eligible for legal aid a completely free initial half hour consultation, with no strings attached.

What does a divorce cost?

For clients not eligible for public funding, a straightforward divorce may cost under £1200, including VAT and disbursements.

In cases that involve properties, investments and pensions, costs are usually £6,500-£9,000 inclusive. Where financial issues are straightforward or you ask us to do less work, costs are typically £2,500-£4,500 inclusive. If issues relating to your children are also in dispute, the additional costs of this aspect of the case could be £1,500-£5,000 in a typical case.

There are a minority of cases – perhaps one in twenty - where we are asked to do a lot of work through circumstances beyond our control or because of the actions taken by your opponent. In such cases, costs can be significantly more, but you will be advised of this at every stage of the case, so there are no surprises. Sarah Angell will personally talk through costs and work with clients to find ways to spread the costs.

How can we manage the costs?

We have fixed fees for certain aspects of your case such as routine letters, emails or phone calls. Otherwise, we normally charge a competitive hourly rate, and we send monthly bills so you can keep a proper record of your costs.

Sarah is happy to discuss practical ways of keeping your costs to a minimum, including fixed fees, and payments in instalments. We are also willing to discuss reduced rates with clients who find that they just miss out on public funding. We also accept payments using major credit cards.

Sarah will be happy to discuss costs at your initial free interview. If you decide that you want us to act for you, you will receive a detailed breakdown of likely costs at the outset.

Who will I see at Angell & Co?

Whether you are a private or publicly funded, we pride ourselves on providing you with a very personal service. Unlike some solicitors, your case will be handled by our principal solicitor Sarah Angell personally.

Sarah has 29 years’ experience of handling divorce, children’s and family law cases and has run the longest-running specialist family law firm in Bath for 18 years. Sarah will normally handle your case (you may see a locum during her holidays) from the initial interview until the conclusion of your case. We only use paralegals where this will benefit the client - not least to keep costs down - and their work is fully supervised by Sarah.

What if I want to represent myself?

We are very happy to provide advice and assistance if you want to act for yourself in the case, perhaps because of concerns about costs. We can agree a reasonable rate to provide you with telephone or email advice through the case.