If it costs more than £140 then you can tell the solicitor its not worth it unless they are going to give you advice before signing the document.

There is a woman that I have been looking into her background and she seems to know what she is talking about her email address is  belinda.pratten@ncvo-vol.org.uk < belinda.pratten@ncvo-vol.org.uk> and the website that she is on is http://www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/policy/index.asp?id=1136 which has a section on charity law with different sections leading off.

Chris

> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:01:43 +0100
> From: thomas.dalton@gmail.com
> To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Solicitors - Request for recommendations
>
> 2008/9/18 Chris Wood <hot20024@hotmail.com>:
> > They usually charge you for their services. Some charge upto £25 for
> > answering your question over the phone but most solicitors are legally
> > binded to give you 30 minutes free legal advice before they charge you. My
> > nans friend is a solicitor and he says that they charge for things such as
> > answering the telephone and also writing letters and responding to letters
> > and be glad your not hiring a barrister as they charge a minimum of £95 an
> > hour.
>
> We're looking for advice (desirable, but not essential) and someone to
> sign off on the application (a legal requirement). The former we may
> be able to get for free (as you say, you can usually get 30 minutes
> free advice, although I don't know if that applies to corporate
> matters), the latter I would expect we need to pay for whoever we get
> (it involves writing something down - I believe that almost always
> results in a fee). Since we need someone to sign the application, we
> may as well try and make it someone that can offer useful advice as
> well. Also, we're likely to require legal advice at some point in the
> future (WM DE have been sued what, 4 times so far? And that's just
> issues that have actually gone to court), so it would be good to have
> a professional to turn to and not need to find one in a hurry.
>
> We can afford reasonable set up costs, the board can fund them out of
> their own pockets and get reimbursed out of the first membership fees.
> We have 28 people interested in being supporting members. Assuming
> half of them actually sign up and a membership fee of £10 (both
> conservative estimates), that's £140 straight off. I think the
> application itself costs £30, that leaves £110 to pay a solicitor -
> hopefully there will even be something left over for travel expenses
> (I'm just guessing what they're likely to charge - none of their
> websites seem to include minor details like costs...). I'm happy to
> sub the chapter £140 for the few months it will take to get the fees
> in.
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