Terms & conditions (updated 6th April 2021)
Neuropsychologists (SRCN/ QiCN) (James Tonks, Ian Frampton and Vikki Hunkin): the current rate for medico-legal expert witness assessment and report writing is £295.00 per hour plus VAT for face-to-face contact and all clinical related time, which includes e mails, letters, report writing and telephone calls.
The rate for treatment work is £225.00 per hour for face-to-face contact and all clinical related time, which includes e mails, letters, report writing and telephone calls. We charge £95.00 per hour for traveling time for Neuropsychologists, and 0.45p per mile.
Clinical Psychologists are charged out at £160.00 per hour for face-to-face contact and all clinical related time, which includes e mails, letters, report writing and telephone calls and £50.00 per hour travelling time and 0.45p per mile.
Music Therapy & Speech and Language Therapy we charge £125.00 per hour to include face to face contact and all clinical related time which includes e mails, letters, report writing and telephone calls and £40.00 per hour travelling time and 0.45p per mile.
For all Professionals, a minimum charge of 5 minutes is allocated to the reading/writing of e mails with a charge on a pro rata basis after that.
A cancellation within 3 days of an appointment will still be charged at the hourly rate.
V.A.T. We are VAT registered. Our VAT no is 339 4362 83. VAT is charged on all Medico-legal expert witness work only. Treatment work is not subject to VAT
Payment of Invoices Once we have raised an invoice for completed work, payment of this is to be within 28 days of the date of invoice, or late payment fees of 25% may be added to the invoice total. This can be accumulative/ can be added for each late month if non-payment of a late invoice becomes an issue. Please note we do not accept deferred payments.
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