The Master of the Rolls has approved new guideline hourly rates to come into force from 1 January 2024 and thereafter to be uplifted annually by the Services Producer Price Index.
Grade | Fee earner | London 1 | London 2 | London 3 | National 1 | National 2 |
A | Solicitors and legal executives with over 8 years’ experience | £546 (£512) | £398 (£373) | £301 (£282) | £278 (£261) | £272 (£255) |
B | Solicitors and legal executives with over 4 years’ experience | £371 (£348) | £308 (£289) | £247 (£232) | £233 (£218) | £233 (£218) |
C | Other solicitors or legal executives and fee earners of equivalent experience | £288 (£270) | £260 (£244) | £197 (£185) | £190 (£178) |
£189 (£177) |
D | Trainee solicitors, paralegals and other fee earners | £198 (£186) |
£148 (£139) | £138 (£129) | £134 (£126) | £134 (£126) |
(Previous rates in brackets.)