Frequently asked questions

Plans start from £379 per month plus VAT. There are four plans, each designed for a stage of business: Launch (£379, for startups not yet trading or in their first year), Accelerate (£579, growing businesses up to £2m turnover), Scale (£879, established businesses of £2m to £5m) and Enterprise (£1,579, businesses of £5m to £10m that need the support of an in-house legal function). We recommend a plan in discussion with you, based on the stage and size of your business. Paying annually saves 10 per cent. A two-year term on Accelerate, Scale or Enterprise saves 20 per cent. The full comparison is on our pricing page.

For businesses that need legal input more than once or twice a year, yes. An hour with a traditional commercial solicitor now costs several hundred pounds, and a contract review on hourly billing often runs to more than £1,000. A legal subscription gives you a known monthly cost, faster turnaround, and a solicitor who already knows your business, so you do not pay for repeat onboarding every time. If your business only needs one legal task a year, a fixed-fee service is usually a better fit.

A fixed-fee legal service is a one-off piece of legal work priced before it begins: a specific contract, a defined project or a particular matter. We issue a written proposal setting out scope, assumptions, fee and timing, and work starts once the invoice is paid and identity and conflict checks are complete.

Fixed fees suit businesses with a single project rather than ongoing needs, and subscribers who need something outside their plan, such as buying or selling a business or raising investment. Subscribers receive a discount on every fixed-fee project: 10 per cent on Launch, 20 on Accelerate, 30 on Scale and 50 on Enterprise.

No. Your subscription fee is the price you pay. The exceptions are VAT where it applies, disbursements such as filing and registry fees, which we flag before incurring them, and any work outside your plan that you ask us to handle under a fixed fee.

Yes. There is no cap on questions, second opinions or check-in calls on any plan. The only condition is that the plan is for your own business’s legal needs, not for another business or person. Everyday drafting and negotiation has no limit either. Only larger projects, such as buying a business or an investment round, are quoted separately.

We will tell you before we start. Work outside your subscription, such as buying or selling a business, an investment round or court proceedings, is quoted as a fixed fee with your plan discount: 10 per cent on Launch, 20 on Accelerate, 30 on Scale and 50 on Enterprise. We will not begin until you have accepted the quote.

Some work sits outside the subscription, either because it is its own scoped project or because it is not what we do:

• Buying or selling a business
• Investment rounds and SEIS/EIS work
• Employment tribunal claims
• Litigation, which we do not run ourselves
• Conveyancing
• Tax, accounting and other non-legal advice
• Advice on laws outside England and Wales

If something falls outside your plan we will tell you. Most of it we can take on as a fixed-fee project at your plan's discount. Where a matter needs a disputes firm, we appoint and brief them for you, negotiate their fees and stay alongside you throughout.

Everyday work is the legal work that comes up in the ordinary running of your business: a supplier agreement reviewed and marked up, a founders’ shareholders’ agreement, website terms and a privacy policy, a formal advice note, or a letter to the other side. There is no limit on it.

We do not run court proceedings ourselves. We deal with disputes early: assessing your position, responding to threats and complaints, letters before action, negotiation and settlement, and pre-action debt recovery. If a matter does need to go to court, we refer it to a specialist disputes firm and, on Enterprise, coordinate that firm on your behalf. The disputes firm’s fees are your own cost.

Yes, as fixed-fee projects rather than part of the subscription. Buying or selling a business runs in phases, priced per phase and agreed before each one starts, for UK deals up to £2.5m. Raising investment includes SEIS/EIS readiness, HMRC advance assurance preparation, SEIS and EIS rounds, seed and pre-Series A rounds and convertible instruments. Subscribers receive their plan discount on all of it.

Yes. Founders can either subscribe (Launch is designed for startups not yet trading or in their first year) or buy a one-off startup legal pack: Starting out, Ready to trade, First hire, Investment-ready or Founder-built product, or the Complete pack, which brings the first three together. Each is available drafted from scratch or as a review of documents you already hold.

Before any work begins, your solicitor works out what your business needs and in what order, and you build a legal roadmap together. On Scale that becomes a quarterly proactive review; on Enterprise it is monthly. It is how we get ahead of problems rather than reacting to them.

Our solicitors are qualified in England and Wales and advise on the laws of England and Wales. Most UK commercial contracts are governed by them, so this rarely causes a problem. For cross-border matters we handle the UK side (your UK contracts, entity, employment and UK GDPR position) and point you to specialists for the foreign-law elements.

When you subscribe online we open your Client Hub the same day and start identity verification, a short check. Most clients are fully set up within about 20 minutes, and your solicitor gets in touch during that time to book a first session. After that you log in at app.lawyerly.co, or from the Client Hub link at the top of any page on this site.

Yes. Most communication runs through the Client Hub because it keeps everything in one place, but we also work by email, phone, and video call where it makes sense.

We respond the same working day. Most work is turned around within three working days on average, while complex work takes longer. We always tell you the timeframe, and let you know straight away if anything will take longer.

Of course. Many subscribers use us for day-to-day commercial work and keep a specialist firm for specific areas. Where it helps, we work alongside them.

Existing clients: send a message through the Client Hub, or email info@lawyerly.co. New enquiries: book a complimentary consultation or email info@lawyerly.co. You can also call us on 0203 442 8479. We reply within one business day.

Tell us. We would much rather hear about it directly and put it right. Our Complaints Policy sets out how to raise a concern, how we investigate, and the timescales we follow.

Once we have confirmed the scope of a fixed-fee matter, we issue an invoice. You can pay by card on file via Stripe, through a payment link, or by bank transfer. Substantive work starts once payment has cleared and onboarding checks are complete.

Some matters involve disbursements: filing and registry fees, search fees, stamp duty land tax, and the fees of specialists such as barristers or experts. These are payable by you at cost, are not discounted, and we tell you before incurring them.

Yes, where it applies. Our fees are quoted exclusive of VAT, which is added at the prevailing rate. The fee is a deductible business expense, and VAT is reclaimable if you are VAT-registered.

We review your plan at each renewal or, on a two-year term, at each anniversary. If your business grows, you can move up at any time; this starts a new 12-month term with a 20 per cent step-up discount for the first year. It is not possible to move to a lower plan during a term.