2026 practice fees
The Legal Services Board approved IPReg's application of its proposed 2025 Practice Fee Regulations (setting out the fee levels for the 2026 practice year) on 12 November 2025. The approval means that practising fees for 2026 will increase by 3.4% across all fee paying categories, other than for attorneys who are not in active practice (those fees have not increased since 2023).
You can see our application, submitted on 10 October, here.
Further information on the process for the approval of practice fees can be found here. Practice fees for previous years are available on request.
Fees are for the year from 1 January. We do not require any additional payment (and nor do we give refunds) if your practice fee type changes during the year or if you resign from the register.
Hardship
The fee waiver application process for registered attorneys that was introduced in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic remains in the 2025 Regulations and includes applications on the basis of general hardship. To apply to IPReg to have your practising fees waived on the basis of hardship, please read paragraphs 4-7 of the 2025 Regulations and make an application via the Practice Fee Waiver Application tab of your Annual Return menu in your IPReg account. You must provide evidence of hardship.
The 2024 Practice Fee Regulations set out the fee levels for the 2025 practice year.
Fees 2026
The fees for an individual/body to be entered on or to remain on a single register (ie Patent or Trade Mark) or both registers (ie Patent and Trade Mark) can be found below:
| Practice Fee Types | Single Registrant Fee | Dual Registrant Fee |
| Attorney solely undertaking corporate work | £ 216.00 | £ 345.00 |
| Attorney in private practice | £ 262.00 | £ 430.00 |
| Attorney not in active practice | £ 171.00 | £ 273.00 |
| Sole trader | £ 430.00 | £ 614.00 |
| Registered Body Fees | For Entry on or to remain on a single register or both registers |
| i) Registered body through which only a single attorney and no other attorneys or other professionals* provide services | £169.00 |
| ii) Any other registered body | £430.00 + £86.00 for each attorney practising via the body + £345.00 for each other professional practising via the body |
* an ‘other professional’ for the purpose of the Practice Fees Rules means a manager or employee based in the UK who is: (i) not a registered attorney but holds the qualifications necessary for registration; (ii) a qualified European patent and/or trade mark attorney; (iii) a barrister of England and Wales; or (iv) a solicitor of England and Wales. This does not include paralegals, trainees, support or administrative staff unless they hold the qualifications necessary for registration.