Fee summary and calculation

Fee summary and calculation

If a solicitor, registered European lawyer (REL) or registered foreign lawyer (RFL) is a principal or employee of more than one organisation, their practising certificate fee (or registration fee) and their compensation fund contribution will only appear on the form for the organisation that has been chosen as his/her billing address. The form for any other organisation will show that the fee has been requested on another form.

Summary of fees

This contains a summary of the total fees expected, according to the information pre-printed on the form.

If you add or delete solicitors, RELs or RFLs, or change any information on the form, the fee calculations may also need to be changed. Change the form, the fee summary page and the fee calculation page where necessary, and enclose the correct fees.

If the form states that a solicitor's fees have been requested from another firm, you can still apply for their practising certificate on the form and include the appropriate fee. It is important for all individual fees to be calculated and paid correctly.

Fee calculation

Sections A, B and C (for Solicitors fees, RELs fees and RFLs fees, respectively) contain a breakdown of the way the total fee is calculated for each solicitor, REL and RFL.

For detailed information, follow the links below.

New solicitors, RELs and RFLs

If you add a solicitor, REL or RFL to the application form, you must also add them to the fee calculation pages and ensure that you include the correct payment.

If you apply for a certificate for a solicitor who is shown on your form as non-practising, you must include his/her details on the fee calculation pages and re-calculate the total fee.

If you apply for a reduction of the fee for a solicitor or REL on the basis of the categories in Section I of these notes, please recalculate the fees and write "X" in the reduced fee box for that individual.