Mr Stone’s full fees schedule is available on request. Payment is required within 3 months of the date of the report. Where deferred fees are agreed these shall be paid at settlement of the claim or within 12 months of the date of the report, whichever is the sooner.
Please issue a remittance advice note when payment is made by BACS. Cheques should be made payable to CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd. Upon receipt of payment a zero-balance VAT invoice will be issued.
Solicitors instructing via a medico-legal agency shall be jointly and severally liable for payment of fees. Where the initial approach is from a medico-legal agency the agency must inform the instructing solicitor of their joint and several liabilities.
Cancellation of Court or Tribunal attendance within two weeks shall incur 25%, and within one week 50%, of the fees that would have accrued, plus expenses; the instructing solicitor shall be responsible for payment of cancellation fees.
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CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd is committed to paperless working. Wherever possible please provide the records bundle in electronic format. CA Stone (Medical & Legal) Ltd is unable to store paper records.
Where the bundle is provided in hard copy paper format it will be returned upon completion of the report to the instructing party at their cost, at standard courier rates. Alternatively, if specifically requested at the time of instruction, the hard copy records bundle will be confidentially destroyed upon completion of the report at the cost of the instructing party.
All instructions for reporting in both clinical negligence and personal injury cases can be directed to Mr Stone's Secretary, Tracey.