Law Costs Draftsmen, Costs Negotiation

Band Three	Grade
Guideline Rates	A** 174	B 156	C 133	D 99
Birmingham Outer Bradford (Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley & Skipton) Cumbria Devon, Cornwall Grimsby, Skegness Hull Outer Kidderminster Northampton & Leicester Preston, Lancaster, Blackpool, Chorley Accrington, Burnley, Blackburn, Rawenstall & Nelson Scarborough & Ripon Stafford, Stoke, Tamworth Teesside Worcester, Hereford, Evesham and Redditch Shrewsbury, Telford, Ludlow, Oswestry South & West Wales

London Bands	Grade
Guideline Rates	A**	B	C	D
City of London EC1, EC2, EC3, EC4	396	285	219	134
Central London W1, WC1, WC2, SW1	304	231	189	121
Outer London (including Bromley, Croydon, Dartford, Gravesend and Uxbridge)	219-256	165-219	158	116

**An hourly rate in excess of the guideline figures may be appropriate for Grade A fee earners in substantial and complex litigation where other factors, including the value of the litigation, the level of complexity, the urgency or importance of the matter as well as any international element would justify a significantly higher rate to reflect higher average costs.

An hourly rate in excess of the guideline figures may be appropriate for Grade A fee earners

Band One	Grade
Guideline Rates	A 203	B 180	C 151	D 110
Aldershot, Farnham, Bournemouth (including Poole) Birmingham Inner Bristol Cambridge City, Harlow Canterbury, Maidstone, Medway & Tunbridge Wells Cardiff (Inner) Chelmsford South, Essex & East Suffolk Fareham, Winchester Kingston/Guildford/Reigate/Epsom Leeds Inner (within 2 kilometers radius of the City Art Gallery) Lewes Liverpool, Birkenhead Manchester Central Newcastle - City Centre (within a 2 mile radius of St Nicholas Cathedral) Norwich Nottingham City Oxford, Thames Valley Southampton, Portsmouth Swindon, Basingstoke Watford

Band Two	Grade
Guideline Rates	A 191	B 168	C 139	D 105
Bath, Cheltenham and Gloucester, Taunton, Yeovil Bury Chelmsford North, Cambridge County, Peterborough, Bury St E, Norfolk, Lowestoft Chester & North Wales Coventry, Rugby, Nuneaton, Stratford and Warwick Exeter, Plymouth Hull (City) Leeds Outer, Wakefield & Pontefract Leigh Lincoln Luton, Bedford, St Albans, Hitchin, Hertford Manchester Outer/ Oldham/Bolton/Tameside Newcastle (other than City Centre) Nottingham & Derbyshire Sheffield, Doncaster and South Yorkshire Southport St Helens Stockport/Altrincham/Salford Swansea, Newport, Cardiff (Outer) Wigan Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley & Stourbridge York, Harrogate