Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Hugh James publishes these 45 prices on its own website. The figures below are copied as the firm prints them. For your own matter, ask the firm for a written quote that includes disbursements.
What the firm offers:Banking and financeCommercialCommercial propertyDispute resolutionEmploymentIntellectual propertyLicensingPlanning lawRegulatoryFamilyMedical negligenceMotoring offencesNursing care fee recoveryCourt of ProtectionFinancial mis-sellingAs listed on the firm's own website, read 16 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol premises licence - category one application, fixed fee option[1] | £1,420 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category one application, estimate at hourly rates[1] | £787.50 to £1312.60 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category one, representation at a hearing if the application is objected to[1] | average £1,000 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category two application, fixed fee option[1] | £1,840 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category two application, estimate at hourly rates[1] | £1,312.50 to £1,680 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category two, representation at a hearing if the application is objected to[1] | average £1,700 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category three application, estimate at hourly rates[1] | £3,150 to £13,125 | + VAT |
| Alcohol premises licence - category three, hearings for large-scale events[1] | £2,000 to £5,500 | + VAT |
| Purchase conveyancing - legal fees, average UK house price of £233,000[2] | £1,595.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase conveyancing - legal fees, average Cardiff house price of £211,000[2] | £1,595.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase conveyancing - legal fees, property in London at an average house price of £487,000[2] | £1,695.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase conveyancing - legal fees, property in England at an average house price of £250,000[2] | £1,595.00 | + VAT |
| Sale conveyancing - legal fees, average UK house price of £233,000[2] | £1,495.00 | + VAT |
| Sale conveyancing - legal fees, average Cardiff house price of £211,000[2] | £1,495.00 | + VAT |
| Sale conveyancing - legal fees, property in London at an average house price of £487,000[2] | £1,595.00 | + VAT |
| Sale conveyancing - legal fees, property in England at an average house price of £250,000[2] | £1,495.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing - supplementary charge if leasehold[2] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase conveyancing - supplementary charge if a new build property[2] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing - telegraphic transfer fee[2] | £45.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing - administration fee for obtaining each indemnity policy[2] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal - unfair or wrongful dismissal claims, simple complexity case[3] | £12,000 to £20,000 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal - unfair or wrongful dismissal claims, medium complexity case[3] | £20,000 to £50,000 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal - unfair or wrongful dismissal claims, high complexity case[3] | from £50,000 | + VAT |
| Employment - standard hourly rates, partners and legal directors[3] | £300 to £382 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - standard hourly rates, solicitors[3] | £220 to £330 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - standard hourly rates, trainees and paralegal support staff[3] | £120 to £217 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - London standard hourly rates, partners and legal directors[3] | £372 to £465 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - London standard hourly rates, solicitors[3] | £272 to £390 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - London standard hourly rates, trainees and paralegal support staff[3] | £170 to £295 per hour | + VAT |
| Estate administration - fixed fee as a percentage of the gross probate value, with a minimum fee[4] | 2.75% of the gross probate value of the estate | + VAT |
| Estate administration - minimum fee[4] | from £3,000 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category one, guilty plea under the single justice procedure, fixed fee option[5] | £750 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category one, guilty plea under the single justice procedure, estimate at hourly rates[5] | £375 to £600 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category two, guilty plea in the Magistrates Court, fixed fee option[5] | £1,250 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category two, guilty plea in the Magistrates Court, estimate at hourly rates[5] | £937.50 to £1,125 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category three, guilty plea in the Crown Court, fixed fee option[5] | £2,500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category three, guilty plea in the Crown Court, estimate at hourly rates[5] | £1,500 to £2,375 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - category four, not guilty pleas, estimate at hourly rates[5] | £1,750 to £5,250 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - additional hearings, fixed fee in the Magistrates Court[5] | £525.00 | VAT not stated |
| Motoring offences - additional hearings, fixed fee in the Crown Court[5] | £787.50 | VAT not stated |
| Motoring offences - travel to courts outside South East Wales[5] | £80 per hour | VAT not stated |
| Nursing care fee recovery - retrospective claims, percentage of the monies recovered[6] | 25% of the monies recovered | + VAT |
| Nursing care fee recovery - retrospective claims, average fee[6] | average £7,500 | + VAT |
| Nursing care fee recovery - current assessments awarding full NHS funding, percentage of the monies preserved[6] | 25% of the monies we preserve for you for the first four months | + VAT |
| Nursing care fee recovery - hourly rate option[6] | £200 per hour | + VAT |
Some figures on the firm's page do not agree with each other; the table follows the page as printed.
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 16 October 2026:
- [1]www.hughjames.com/about/our-prices/alcohol-licensing-pricing
- [2]www.hughjames.com/about/our-prices/conveyancing-pricing
- [3]www.hughjames.com/about/our-prices/employment-tribunal-pricing
- [4]www.hughjames.com/about/our-prices/estate-administration-pricing
- [5]www.hughjames.com/about/our-prices/motoring-offences-pricing
- [6]www.hughjames.com/services/nursing-care-fee-recovery
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 6 (5 branches)
- Branch towns
- London, Southampton, Plymouth, Manchester
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 13: Commercial property, Family, Planning, Financial services, Non-litigation, Personal Injury, Wills and trusts, Corporate (non-listed), Litigation, Employment, Probate, Residential property, ADR
- Trading names
- Hugh James Independent Financial Advisers
- Previous names (SRA)
- Hugh James Ford Simey
- SRA firms in Cardiff
- 141 (69 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FSDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Cardiff | 0333 016 2222 |
| Branch | 1 Kings Arms Yard, London, EC2R 7AFDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | City of London | 0333 016 2222 |
| Branch | 2 Charlotte Place, Southampton, SO14 0TBDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Southampton | 0333 016 2222 |
| Branch | 3 Endeavour House, Parkway Court, Longbridge Road, Plymouth, PL6 8LRDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Plymouth | 01752 967038 |
| Branch | 12 Commercial Street, Manchester, M15 4PZDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Manchester | 0800 027 2557 |
| Branch | Third floor, 2 Commercial Street, Manchester, M15 4RQDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Manchester | 0800 027 2557 |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Because Hugh James reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. This firm's published conveyancing prices are shown above, read 16 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at hughjames.com for any update before instructing it. Compare against the verified Cardiff band of £650 to £1,600 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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The SRA records the firm's constitution as partnership, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
Hugh James in gold at Cardiff CF10 1FS, its 5 other practising offices in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 3 November 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.