How we may assist
- Review of key facts and documents
- Explanation of the legal position and practical options
- Risk, proportionality and next-step assessment
- Draft correspondence or a written action plan
- Identification of important deadlines and missing evidence
- Referral where reserved or specialist work is required
When this service may be useful
- You are unsure what type of legal help you need.
- You want a second look at correspondence or a proposed next step.
- You need to decide whether further legal expenditure is proportionate.
- Your issue crosses several areas and needs initial triage before specialist referral.
What you can expect
We focus on the specific legal task you want completed. We review the available information, identify any important date, clarify the outcome you are seeking and then confirm the proposed work before substantive time is incurred.
- Initial written or oral assessment
- Action list
- Document review
- Referral recommendation where appropriate
How it works
- Send the essentials: a concise summary, the key document and any deadline.
- Suitability check: we assess whether the requested task falls within our lawful and professional scope.
- Scope and price: we confirm what is included, important exclusions, who will undertake or supervise the work and the fee or charging basis.
- Advice or drafting: we complete the agreed work and explain the practical next step.
- Referral where required: if reserved, separately regulated or specialist work is needed, we explain that clearly rather than extending the service beyond its proper scope.
Guide fees for this service
These guide prices apply to clearly defined work of ordinary complexity. Before substantive work begins, we confirm the task, the person providing or supervising it and the price or charging basis in writing. Consumer prices are shown inclusive of VAT where VAT applies.
| Initial consultation – up to 30 minutes | £75 |
| Initial consultation – up to 60 minutes | £125 |
| General written legal advice | from £250 |
| Hourly work where appropriate | £225 per hour |
Urgency, unusually large document volumes, additional conferences or work outside the agreed scope may require a revised quote. We will normally agree that with you before carrying out the additional work.
Scope and regulatory limits
We accept work only after checking that it falls within our competence and lawful scope. No responsibility for a deadline is accepted until we have confirmed in writing that instructions are accepted and identified the specific task we are undertaking.
Whether an activity is reserved or separately regulated depends on the substance of the work, not merely the name used for the service. We therefore assess the requested task before accepting instructions.
Discuss this service
Tell us what has happened, the outcome you want and any deadline. We will confirm whether Phrasing Legal can assist and, if so, the proposed scope and fee.