Kenyan Advocates Remuneration Order (ARO) Fee Tables (360 Subject Value Brackets)
Browse deterministic instruction fee, 1/3 getting-up fee, +50% Part B Advocate-Client uplift, and 16% VAT breakdowns from KES 100,000 to KES 1,000,000,000 across all 6 statutory scales.
High Court & Magistracy
Full sliding-scale calculations for both Defended (100% scale + 1/3 Getting-Up) and Undefended / Summary (65% scale) civil suits.
+50% Statutory Uplift
Includes Party-and-Party Bill of Costs plus the mandatory Part B (+50%) Advocate-Client fee uplift and 16% VAT.
Schedules 1, 3 & 10
Pre-computed sale/transfer, commercial lease, charge/mortgage, and High Court probate & administration grant scales.
Schedule 6 — High Court, ELRC & ELC Defended Suit (Party & Party Costs)
60 KES Value BracketsAdvocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014 — Schedule 6 Part A (Defended Scale + 1/3 Getting-Up Fee)
Statutory instruction fee and 1/3 getting-up fee for defended suits, petitions, and claims in the High Court of Kenya, Environment & Land Court (ELC), and Employment & Labour Relations Court (ELRC).
Schedule 6 — High Court Summary / Default Judgment (Undefended Scale)
60 KES Value BracketsAdvocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014 — Schedule 6 Part A (Undefended / Summary Scale)
Statutory instruction fee for undefended liquidated claims, default judgments under Order 10, and uncontested summary proceedings in the High Court.
Schedule 6 Part B — High Court Advocate-Client Bill of Costs (+50% Uplift)
60 KES Value BracketsAdvocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014 — Schedule 6 Part B (Party & Party Scale Increased by 50%)
Advocate-Client Fee Note and taxation calculation in the High Court, ELC, and ELRC where Party-and-Party instruction and getting-up fees are increased by 50% under Part B.
Schedule 7 — Subordinate / Magistrates' Court Party & Party Scale
60 KES Value BracketsAdvocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014 — Schedule 7 (Subordinate Courts Scale)
Instruction fee and getting-up fee calculation for civil suits in the Chief Magistrates', Senior Principal Magistrates', Principal Magistrates', and Resident Magistrates' Courts.
Schedule 1 — Conveyancing, Sale Agreement, Transfer & Charge Scale
60 KES Value BracketsAdvocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014 — Schedule 1 (First Scale — Sales, Purchases, Mortgages & Charges)
Conveyancing scale fees for vendor and purchaser advocates handling land sales, transfers, apartments, and bank charges/mortgages in Kenya.
Schedule 3 — Probate, Succession & Letters of Administration Scale
60 KES Value BracketsAdvocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014 — Schedule 3 (Non-Contentious Probate & Administration of Estates)
Instruction fee scale for obtaining Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration Intestate based on gross capital value of the deceased estate.
Key Practice Questions
Under Schedule 6 Paragraph 2 and Schedule 7 of the Advocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014, where a denial of liability is filed and a matter proceeds toward trial, the Getting-Up Fee is one-third (1/3) of the basic Instruction Fee.
Under Schedule 6 Part B and Schedule 7 Part B of the Advocates (Remuneration) Order, 2014, minimum Advocate-Client fees are calculated as the Party-and-Party scale fees increased by one-half (+50%), plus 16% VAT and disbursements.
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