How can we help?
To access legal support from just £145 per hour arrange your no-obligation initial consultation to discuss your business requirements.
A quarterly subscription for larger companies
On-Demand plan
The smarter way for high-growth and established businesses to get legal advice
On-Demand is a fully account managed legal support service giving you priority access to highly experienced solicitors, whenever you need them, at a budget set by you.
As an On-Demand Plan client, you’ll benefit from:
A pro-active and accessible account manager, committed to understanding and satisfying your legal needs
High quality, practical and commercially focused legal advice
Legal advice delivered in plain English
A dedicated panel of experienced partner-level solicitors, recruited from top 100 UK law firms
Heavily discounted hourly rates and control over costs
Easy access to legal support whenever you need it
We become an extension of your team
To meet the unique requirements of your business a handpicked panel of subject matter experts will be established to support you through the next stages of your exciting growth and beyond – they are your On-Demand team (see example below).
Harper James is a national commercial law firm like no other. We are designed to operate with a low cost base allowing us to provide excellent quality legal advice and assistance at very low hourly rates. As an On-Demand client, you can access our full range of services including:
Business Disputes
Business Immigration
Commercial Law
Commercial Property
Corporate Law
Data Protection
Finance & Investment Law
Employment Law
Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
Intellectual Property
What does it cost?
Including an initial 3-month trial period, your On-Demand plan runs for a rolling period of 12 months with an option to renew or cancel at the end of that period. The hours package purchased is invoiced quarterly in advance.* The full service legal support can be used at any time during the year.
| Annual hours package | Hourly rate (excl. VAT) |
Total annualised cost (excl. VAT) |
| 60 | £210 | £12,600 |
| 120 | £200 | £24,000 |
| 200 | £190 | £38,000 |
| 200+ | Bespoke | Scale to usage |
*Harper James retains the right to invoice earlier based on client’s hours usage
With our On-Demand plan, we commit to fostering an on-going partnership, and clients are encouraged to choose a package that aligns with their anticipated annual legal needs. If it is expected that more than 50% of hours in a package will be consumed within the first quarter, a larger package will be required. While legal needs may inevitably fluctuate throughout the year, the aim of this plan is that the hours usage is distributed relatively evenly across the four quarters of the subscription year.
How can we help?
Access legal support from a dedicated panel of solicitors. Arrange your no-obligation initial consultation to discuss your business requirements.
Your account management team
Ashley Mott is the Legal Services Director at Harper James, responsible for the delivery of quality legal support for our clients. Ashley is also a solicitor, arbitrator and mediator who joined Harper James from DLA Piper where he spent 28 years, 22 as a partner.
Kate is our Head of Client Services and is also a commercial and corporate lawyer, advising businesses from start-ups up to global companies on everything from investment and franchising to sale and purchase transactions, exits and much more.
Nicky is a Partner in Client Services, having previously worked as a commercial and corporate solicitor for 27 years, advising business on their corporate acquisitions and disposals, commercial contracts and arrangements and funding requirements.
An example On-Demand team
Adam Kudryl is Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate, responsible for the legal services aspects of Harper James.
Ben is a dual-qualified solicitor and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (qualifying in 2016) and assists clients with trade mark clearance searching, brand strategy and world wide trade mark protection as well as dealing with a range of intellectual property disputes and litigation.
Ian joined our dispute resolution team in 2016 and has over 25 years of experience in handling a broad range of commercial disputes.
John assists clients with a wealth of specialist knowledge in financial services regulation, payment services, electronic money, consumer credit, and anti-money laundering legislation.
Jill has specialised in intellectual property protection, dispute resolution, brand and reputation management for over 20 years, having qualified as a solicitor in 1994. Prior to joining Harper James she was a Partner with Blake Morgan who she joined in 1999.
Samantha qualified as a solicitor in 2001, she has been advising entrepreneurial businesses on their employee and management ownership programmes for more than 20 years.
As a previous partner at DLA Piper, Sarah comes with a rich pedigree in providing expert commercial services for her clients.
Simon acts for employers of all sizes, particularly tech and manufacturing, and specialises in managing people matters, including TUPE, sales and acquisitions of companies, and restructures/redundancies.
With over 24 years’ experience advising on commercial matters, Stephen brings a wealth of technology expertise having previously worked in-house as senior counsel to BT before joining private practice.