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Submit the consultation form on this site, call the office, or email our intake address. We aim to acknowledge every enquiry within one business day and to offer an appointment within three. Where a matter is time-critical — an arrest, an injunction, a deadline that expires this week — say so in your first message and we will treat it accordingly.

A named partner or senior associate is responsible for every file and remains your point of contact throughout. Work is delegated within the team where it is efficient to do so — document review does not need partner time — but supervision does not move, and you will always know who is accountable.

Depending on the matter: hourly at the rate of the lawyer doing the work, a fixed fee for defined scopes such as documentation or a licence application, or a retainer for continuing advisory work. Whichever applies, you receive a written engagement letter setting out the basis, the rate and the estimate before any chargeable work begins.

Yes, directly, and at the first opportunity. A candid assessment early is worth considerably more than an encouraging one that changes eight months and a large invoice later. Where a case is weak we will explain why, and whether anything can be done to strengthen it.

Yes. Everything you disclose in the course of seeking legal advice is protected by professional privilege and by our duty of confidentiality — including in an initial consultation, and including if you do not go on to instruct us. The narrow exceptions are those imposed by law, and we will tell you if one could apply.

No. An attorney–client relationship begins only when we have completed a conflict check and both parties have signed an engagement letter. Please do not send confidential or time-sensitive material through the website form until that is in place — send a general description of the matter instead.