Solicitor side
WhatsApp/SMS at one hour per 500 messages; email at one hour per 100; recordings at 1.5x real-time; documents at 5 minutes per page. Total × £375/hr.
Cost calculator
Your evidence × £375/hour. We'll show you the bill.
Family solicitors charge between £300 and £500 per hour. The middle of that range is £375. Tell us roughly what you'd want a lawyer to review, and we'll show you both bills, theirs, and ours.
8h
Roughly one billable hour per 500 messages of dense family chat.
4h
Roughly one billable hour per 100 emails.
2h
~1.5x real-time for a careful manual review with note-taking.
60 pages
~5 minutes per page for cross-referenced reading.
£0
Traditional firm
0 billable hrs
£0
LegallyHeard
Suggested tier
£0
Estimated saving · ✗
All numbers illustrative. The £375/hr midpoint comes from the published 2025–26 charging-out rates of mid-tier UK family law firms. LegallyHeard is not a substitute for legal advice. See FAQ.
How the calculator works
LegallyHeard side
Pick the smallest tier that covers your sources. Single Case for chats + email; Complete Case for recordings or large doc sets; Court Bundle when you need a paginated, court-ready bundle or total solicitor reading-time would exceed £5,000. Every tier is a one-off payment.
What this doesn't cover
This is the evidence review cost. It excludes drafting, advice, advocacy and court appearances. LegallyHeard doesn't replace those, but it stops you paying £375/hr to do the reading first.
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