Internet-based solicitors' agency service launchedLondon firm Steele & Co has launched an Internet-based solicitors' agency service covering all divisions of the High Court and the Central London County Court except the family division.

Steele & Co will act on fixed-scale fees dependent on the length of the hearing and the degree of advocacy required.

An appearance lasting 10 to 15 minutes costs 115 for a solicitor and 85 for a legal executive or trainee solicitor; hearings lasting between 35 minutes and one hour will cost 155 and 115.

Instructions to Steele & Co can be placed on-line.

The firm's Web site (www.steele.co.uk) includes an application form.

Once the firm has received instructions, it will e-mail back with confirmation of the instructions and the price.

The firm will also confirm receipt of papers and the result of the hearing on the day it happens.Jeremy Fleming