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Western Legal / Terms of Engagement

Terms of Engagement

1. About us

Western Legal Corporation Limited (Company No. 10453250) provides legal services across trade marks and intellectual property, commercial contracts, corporate, commercial property, disputes and cross border matters, as set out on the practice pages. Our registered office is 19 The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, SE1 2JE. Santosh Pandey is a Solicitor regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 641612). All legal work is carried out by Santosh Pandey personally.

2. Scope of services

UK trademarks: We provide trademark search, registrability advice, application drafting, filing with the UKIPO, handling of standard examination queries and objections, and guidance through the opposition period to registration.

EU trademarks: Filed through our EU correspondent agent. Our flat professional fee covers up to 3 classes. EUIPO official fees are paid separately.

International trademarks: Filed under the Madrid Protocol through the UKIPO as office of origin. Where a designated national office requires a locally licensed representative, associate counsel admitted in that jurisdiction is appointed and their fee is confirmed to you before it is incurred.

Other services: every other service is delivered on the scope and fixed fee stated in writing before work begins, per the schedule on the relevant practice page.

The conflict search we offer is a preliminary assessment of registrability. It is not an exhaustive clearance search and does not constitute a legal opinion or guarantee of registration.

3. Fees and payment

Our fees are fixed and published on our website. Current fees for UK trade mark registration are £555 for one class, £800 for two classes and £1,045 for three classes, each with the UKIPO official fees included (£205 for the first class and £60 for each additional class from 1 April 2026). Each further class is £245 including the UKIPO fee. Full pricing for every service is on the schedule of fees on the relevant practice page.

Payment is due before we file your application. We accept payment by card link (card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, secure checkout by Stripe) or by bank transfer, and work begins on cleared payment. EUIPO, WIPO and other national official fees are payable in addition to our professional fees unless the schedule states otherwise.

Disbursements: if your matter requires disbursements beyond the published fees (for example, evidence of use in a distinctiveness objection), we will tell you and obtain your approval before incurring them.

No VAT is charged. Western Legal Corporation Limited is not VAT registered.

4. What is included

Our professional fee includes: preliminary trademark search, registrability advice, class selection guidance, application drafting, filing with the relevant registry, handling of standard examination queries and formality objections, and updates at each stage to registration.

What is not included: Substantive objections under section 3 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (distinctiveness), opposition proceedings, appeals, and renewal applications are not covered by the standard professional fee. If additional work is required, we will advise you and provide a quote before proceeding.

5. Search guarantee

If we advise you to proceed with filing and the UKIPO subsequently refuses your trademark due to a conflicting earlier mark that our preliminary search should have identified, we will refund our professional fee less a £50 administration charge. UKIPO government fees are non-refundable as they are paid directly to the registry. This guarantee does not apply to refusals on distinctiveness or other grounds unrelated to prior conflicting marks.

6. Your right to cancel

As our services are provided at a distance, you have the right to cancel your instructions within 14 days of the date we confirm acceptance of your instructions, in accordance with the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013.

If you ask us to begin work before the 14-day cancellation period expires, you expressly consent to us starting work immediately. If you then cancel during the 14-day period, you will be required to pay for any work already completed and any UKIPO or other official fees already incurred, which are non-refundable.

To cancel, please notify us in writing at sp@westernlegal.co.uk.

7. Our obligations

We will carry out your instructions with reasonable care and skill, in accordance with the SRA Standards and Regulations and the SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors. We will keep you informed of progress at each material stage. We will reply in writing within 24 hours.

8. Your obligations

You agree to provide us with accurate and complete information, respond to our requests for information or decisions in a timely manner, and pay our fees when due.

9. Limitation of liability

We do not guarantee that any trademark application will be accepted by the relevant registry. Registration decisions are made by the UKIPO, EUIPO, WIPO or the relevant national registry and are outside our control. Our liability is limited to the professional fees you have paid us for the relevant matter, except in cases of fraud or wilful default.

10. Confidentiality and privilege

Communications between us are protected by solicitor-client legal professional privilege. We will keep your information confidential in accordance with our professional duties and our privacy policyCookie settings.

11. Complaints

If you are unhappy with any aspect of our service, please see our complaints procedure. You may also contact the Legal Ombudsman or the SRA as described in that procedure.

12. Regulatory information

Santosh Pandey is a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 641612). You can verify this at sra.org.uk.

Western Legal Corporation Limited is registered in England and Wales (Company No. 10453250). Registered office: 19 The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, SE1 2JE.

13. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.