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INSTRUCTING US

WHO CAN INSTRUCT

We receive instructions from a wide range of clients, including UK and
international law firms, in-house legal departments and overseas lawyers.
Members of chambers accept work directly under the Licensed and Public Access
rules from professional organisations and corporate clients.

Overseas Lawyers may instruct Barristers directly in order to provide legal
advice. Members of chambers may also be instructed directly in any International
Arbitration and various Court proceedings, both domestically in UK or
internationally.

Some members of chambers accept Public Access work. A guide for lay clients has
been made available by the Bar Standards Board here.

When instructing a barrister, your first point of contact will be a member of
the highly-experienced Quadrant clerking team. Our Senior Clerks, Senior
Practice Manager and Practice Managers possess an unrivalled knowledge of the
specialist practices of each member of chambers. Should you require such
guidance, they are able to advise and recommend either a single barrister or an
entire team best suited to deal with each individual case.

PROFESSIONAL FEES

The clerking team work with the barristers to provide fees estimates and budgets
for each instruction. We do not generally charge for these estimates or quotes
and will provide information in advance if we propose to do so. Whilst we charge
competitive market rates commensurate with the service provided we are always
willing to discuss the way our fees are structured in order to find a solution
that works for our clients as well as ourselves.

Each member of chambers has an hourly rate which takes account of the market
rates and the individual barrister’s skills and experience. The hourly rate for
a particular case or a specific piece of work will normally be agreed in advance
and takes into account the complexity and value of the case.

Whilst charges for paperwork and advice are based on hourly rates the clerking
team are always willing to consider alternative or flexible fee structures
depending upon the circumstances of each case, including fixed and capped fees
where appropriate.

Fees for hearings will usually consist of a brief fee and, in more substantial
cases, refreshers. A brief fee is an agreed fixed fee that covers all
pre-hearing preparation and the first day of hearing. A refresher is the fixed
agreed fee for any subsequent day of the hearing after the first day.

In appropriate cases the Barristers are able to consider certain types of
conditional fee and damages based agreements.

Fees are based on the complexity and expected length of a case, the seniority of
the barrister required, whether they are leading a case, and other factors
including the location of the hearing. This will be discussed with you at the
start of your case. Commercial cases are complex matters and a hearing can take
many weeks. The expected length of a case and its implication for costs will be
discussed with you at the beginning of the case and any changes will be
discussed as they arise.

TERMS OF BUSINESS

With effect from 31st January 2013, the Bar’s Standard Non-Contractual Terms
(Annex G1 to the Bar’s Code of Conduct) are no longer deemed to be the
applicable terms on which instructions are accepted.  Instructions that were
accepted prior to 31 January 2013 will continue to be governed by the Standard
Non-Contractual Terms upon which they were accepted.

Members of Quadrant Chambers now carry out services on Quadrant Chambers Terms
(see below) unless otherwise agreed in writing.

In the alternative, Barristers at Quadrant Chambers are willing to discuss the
acceptance of instructions on the COMBAR and The City of London Law Society
(CLLS) terms (available here) or The Standard Contractual Terms for the Supply
of Legal Services by Barristers to Authorised Persons 2012 as referred to in
Rule rC30.9c of the BSB Handbook (Bar Council Terms) (available here).

We foresee little or no change to the relationship with our clients following
the introduction of the revised terms.

Should you wish to discuss any of these options, please contact Simon Slattery.

Terms of Business

PRECEDENT H BUDGETS

The former exemption of Commercial Court cases and high value Chancery Division
cases from costs budgeting ended in April 2014 and new costs budgeting rules and
a practice direction came into force, which applies to cases commenced on or
after 22 April 2014. Costs budgeting now applies to all Part 7 claims except
where the value of the claim exceeds £10 million or the court otherwise orders.

Since cost management was introduced as part of the substantial change to the
CPR, our clerks and practice managers understand the real need to assist both
professional and lay clients to manage cases that are subject to Precedent H
budgets.

Our IT software has been integrated with full cost budgeting functionality as
part of our fee system and, along with our clerking teams’ experience, this
means they are able to provide detailed quotes at the early stage of proceedings
as well as managing the budget at each phase or category of work during the
lifetime of a case.

BOOKING POLICIES

The clerking team liaise with clients to book appointments with members of
chambers. They also maintain productive working relationships with court staff
and can generally ensure that appointments before judges and tribunals are fixed
and booked on convenient dates.

We operate a strict ‘no double booking’ policy for court and arbitration
hearings, unless by prior agreement of the professional or lay client in
specific circumstances.

CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY AND INFORMATION BARRIERS

Barristers, Arbitrators and Mediators at Quadrant Chambers are self- employed
and independent practitioners. Whilst they share the costs of offices and
administration they do not share in profits or liabilities. The Barristers at
Quadrant Chambers regularly work with other barristers within chambers. This way
of working can offer the client many advantages including diversity in
specialisms and efficiency of communication.

It is also common place for Barristers in the same set of Chambers to act
against each other in a set of proceedings. In circumstances where Barristers
from Quadrant Chambers are acting against each other, the Barrister, Clerks and
Practice Managers operate a strict information barrier protocol, which is
available on request and can be provided to those instructing and their lay
clients.

For more information regarding any of the above, please contact a member of the
clerking team. clerks@quadrantchambers.com.

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