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Fees
What this will cost
Nobody should have to ask twice. Here is what the common work costs, how the three fee arrangements differ, and what would ever change a quote.
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Three ways of paying us
Whichever you choose, you get the fee in writing before any work starts — and a call the moment the scope changes rather than a surprise on the invoice.
First conversation
Free
· 30 minutes
You describe what you are facing. We tell you whether we can help, roughly what it would take, and whether somebody else would serve you better.
No charge and no pitch
A partner, not an intake form
A written summary the same day
Fixed-fee matter
GH₵2,500
· from
Incorporations, wills, leases, searches, employment documents — anything whose shape we can see from the start is quoted once and stays quoted.
One price, agreed before we open the file
Two rounds of amendments included
Paid half on instruction, half on delivery
Monthly retainer
GH₵6,000
· per month
For companies that would rather ask than wonder: a set number of hours each month, a named partner and a phone that gets answered.
Ten hours of counsel each month
Unused hours roll one month forward
Litigation billed at a retainer rate
Written down
What the common work costs
Indicative figures in Ghana cedis, exclusive of disbursements, stamp duty and filing fees. A quote for your matter comes out of the first conversation.
Corporate
Company incorporation, constitution and first filings
GH₵3,500 fixed
Succession
A will drawn, witnessed and lodged
GH₵2,500 fixed
Property
Land search, title opinion and conveyance
GH₵4,800 fixed
Employment
Contract suite and staff handbook
GH₵5,200 fixed
Litigation
Commercial dispute, High Court
GH₵850 per hour
Arbitration
Tribunal representation, seat in Accra
GH₵1,100 per hour
The honest part
What moves a quote
Three things, mostly: a party who will not engage, a document nobody can find, and a regulator that changes its mind. When one of them appears we call you the same day with a revised figure — we do not keep working and bill you for the surprise.
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Client experiences
Merit took over a matter two other firms had already been through, read four years of correspondence in a week, and told us plainly which parts of our position would not survive. We settled a month later on better terms than we had been chasing.
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