Your price

Price is often one of the most important factors when choosing a law firm.

However, comparing legal prices can be difficult because firms often present costs in different ways. Similar services can appear very different depending on what is included, what is excluded and how information is presented.

Choose My Lawyer is designed to make this process clearer and more consistent.

The prices shown in your search results are intended to provide the best possible comparison based on the information available at the time of your search. They are designed to help you understand likely costs before deciding whether to move forward.

Prices shown within your search results will be either estimated or verified.

Verified prices are prices that have been confirmed directly by a firm.

Estimated prices are produced using a consistent methodology where a firm has not confirmed its pricing information. We use publicly available information about these firms' prices to support fair comparison rather than predict an exact final amount.

The purpose is to help you understand which firms are likely to be relatively cheaper or more expensive using a consistent approach across your search results.

Choose My Lawyer includes core costs that can be identified consistently across firms. Some costs may depend on the circumstances of your transaction or the characteristics of a particular property and cannot always be identified at the comparison stage.

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The price you see in your search results is designed to provide a single headline comparison price. It brings together standard legal fees, additional costs, included disbursements and VAT where applicable into one figure.

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Prices may sometimes change after you move forward with a firm.

This does not automatically mean something has gone wrong. Additional information may come to light after a firm reviews your transaction in more detail, or the circumstances of the matter may change.

However, we believe changes should be transparent and clearly explained to you up front.

If your final price differs materially from the information shown through Choose My Lawyer, we encourage you to tell us. This helps us monitor pricing consistency and improve the quality of information shown to future users.

Price provides an important comparison signal, but the final decision always remains with you.

CML organises and explains. You decide.