The COLs provide an expert internal court clerking service. This is for the filing/collection/delivery of documents. This service applies to all consulates/courts/registers etc. in Central London.
instructions should be made by email to the COLs and should quote the relevant client/matter reference number. Two services are offered: a fixed-fee standard service for simple matters, and a bespoke service charged by the hour.
The standard service is suitable for documents which need to be filed at court any time that day and which are received by Central Office by 10 am and, ideally, where you have notified a member of the COLs the day before. This is a static courier-type' service and it may not be possible to amend your instructions once it has been submitted for filing with the court. Any work required, such as assembling exhibits, drawing cheques etc., will be recorded separately at normal paralegal rates.
The standard service is a fixed-fee service and the fee for each document filed is £40.
The bespoke service is suitable for more urgent, more sensitive or more complicated matters. This is a personal and dynamic service. You can amend your instructions at any time prior to filing and you can issue the COLs with any requisite instructions, for example to call you from the filing office or to send you a copy of the receipt immediately on issue.
The bespoke service is charged on a time basis at £160 per hour plus any disbursements. Where multiple documents are being taken, the cost is shared across the relevant files. Typically, it will take an hour to file a document.