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The SRA Code of Conduct 2011 already provides at Outcome 1.13 that "...clients receive the best possible information, both at the time of engagement and when appropriate as their matter progresses, about the likely overall cost of their matter..." Where firms are Lexcel-accredited, this requirement is repeated in the standard at 6.4.

The majority of firms I visit as a Lexcel assessor already choose to offer clients an agreed fee in respect of conveyancing matters, immigration work and Magistrates Court representation in relation to motoring offences. Quantifying the cost of the work done in relation to unfair or wrongful dismissal claims will be more challenging, but analysis of time recording undertaken in relation to completed matters should be able to ascertain the elements of matter preparation which could be covered in an agreed fee and what would then be subsequently charged on an hourly basis.

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