Our fees
Most firms in this market ask you to phone for a price. Ours are published here in full, VAT included, alongside what each stage of an appeal actually involves, because you are deciding under pressure and should have the numbers in front of you.
Book a slot online, evenings and weekends included. Twenty minutes on what has happened and whether an appeal is worth bringing.
We read the papers and set out your position, the council's likely case, and what we would do next. Seven working days, invoiced after the review is delivered, not paid on the spot. Credited in full against casework if you instruct us within 28 days of receiving it. See what a case review gives you in full.
Book the free call before you commit to anything. Bring whatever the council has sent you.
Casework, by appeal type
These are the same prices behind every appeal type: from appealing a refusal to assess through to appealing missing health or social care provision. Not sure which is yours? See which SEND tribunal appeal you need.
Casework covers everything from registration to the final bundle: grounds, correspondence, evidence strategy, the working document, submissions. If your case combines more than one of these, it is quoted at the higher tier, never stacked.
The hearing day
Book a free call first if you haven't already. If you're ready to go ahead, the same call is where we start.
The casework fee splits evenly across the four stages, 25% at each.
Worked example: a contents and placement appeal (casework £4,200) that settles once the council has filed its response has paid stage 1 (£1,050) and stage 2 (£1,050), a total of £2,100. Stages 3 and 4, another £2,100, are never billed.
If your case settles early, the stages it never reaches are never billed. Instalment plans are available on the same milestones.
What our fees don't cover
Independent expert reports (educational psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy) are commissioned separately, and we help you choose well. [Typical cost range per report to be confirmed before launch.] We take no referral fee or commission from any expert we recommend.
The Tribunal itself charges no fee. Travel is agreed in advance, never sprung on an invoice.
Legal aid
Legal Help through Civil Legal Advice can fund advice and assistance on a SEND appeal if you qualify on means and merits, though it does not usually cover representation at the hearing. We are not a legal aid provider and cannot carry out legal aid work ourselves.
Civil Legal Advice (gov.uk/civil-legal-advice) and IPSEA (ipsea.org.uk) are the places to check eligibility. If it looks like you might qualify, we will say so on the free call and point you to the right place, at no cost to you.