RKB Law Solicitors

What RKB Law Solicitors does

RKB Law Solicitors is a niche UK law firm based at 7 Mill Street, Maidstone, Kent (ME15 6XW), trading through RKB Legal Services Ltd (Company Reg: 09917272). Founded in 2017 by Solicitor and Director Ravinder Brar (qualified 2008, 12+ years PQE, LLM Human Rights Law), the firm operates as a private limited company authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA IDL 636207). It provides specialist legal services across eight practice areas: Immigration, Community Care, Court of Protection & Mental Capacity, Public Law & Judicial Review, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Housing, Family, and Equality & Discrimination law.

The client base consists of individual consumers and families, with a notable concentration on vulnerable adults, migrants, and individuals challenging public body decisions. The firm operates a direct-to-consumer go-to-market motion: it acquires clients primarily through its website, online enquiry forms, the phone line (01622 541 054), word-of-mouth referrals, Google Reviews, and an active blog and social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. It also accepts work via a Legal Aid Agency contract in Community Care law.

Revenue is generated through three streams: hourly billing at £134-£278 per hour depending on fee-earner grade, fixed-fee packages for immigration applications (£950-£2,500 plus VAT and Home Office fees), and publicly funded Legal Aid for eligible Community Care and Court of Protection matters. An initial consultation is offered at £250, and free initial consultations are used to assess case viability. The firm has no proprietary technology product, relying on standard small-firm operational tooling (website CMS, Google Analytics, Trustindex for review verification). Team size is approximately 7 (firmographics) including 4 named professionals (1 director-solicitor, 1 solicitor, 1 Chartered Legal Executive, 1 paralegal).

Name

RKB Law Solicitors

Legal name

RKB Legal Services Ltd

Website

https://rkb-law.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RKB Law Solicitors is a niche UK law firm in Maidstone, Kent, founded in 2017, serving individual clients across Immigration, Community Care, Court of Protection, Public Law, Human Rights, Housing, Family, and Equality/Discrimination matters via hourly billing, fixed fees, and Legal Aid funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Health Law, Legal Counsel & Regulatory Affairs Offices (HLAJACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Immigration legal services
• Community care law
• Court of protection
• Mental capacity law
• Judicial review services

Headquarters

HQ city

Maidstone

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: The firm charges clients based on hourly rates depending on the grade/experience level of the fee earner handling the case. Rates range from £134 (Grade D - trainee solicitors/paralegals) to £278 (Grade A - solicitors with over 8 years' experience) per hour.
2. Fixed Fee Legal Services: The firm offers fixed price costs for specific immigration applications including initial applications for leave to remain (£1,500), extension applications (£1,200), naturalisation (£1,500), visitor visas (£950), and judicial review (£2,000 plus hourly rate).
3. Legal Aid Funding: RKB Law holds a contract with the Legal Aid Agency for community care law matters. Clients who qualify (based on income or receiving benefits) can receive free or subsidized legal representation. Non-means-tested legal aid is available for DOLS cases under Section 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

RKB Law Solicitors is a niche law firm based in Maidstone, Kent, providing specialist legal advice and representation to individuals across eight core practice areas: Immigration, Community Care, Court of Protection & Mental Capacity, Public Law & Judicial Review, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Housing, Family, and Equality & Discrimination law. The firm serves vulnerable adults, families, and individuals challenging decisions of public bodies, with services delivered by a small team of solicitors under Director Ravinder Brar and supplemented by Legal Aid funding and fixed-fee private client packages.

Product overview

RKB Law is a niche law firm based in Maidstone, Kent, offering specialist legal services across eight core practice areas. The firm's core offering is a portfolio of specialist legal advisory services in Immigration, Community Care, Court of Protection & Mental Capacity, Public Law & Judicial Review, Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Housing, Family, and Equality & Discrimination law. These services are delivered through individual specialist solicitor teams supervised by Director Ravinder Brar. The firm complements its core legal services with two funding modules: Legal Aid (for means-tested community care and Court of Protection cases via a Legal Aid Agency contract) and Fixed Fee/Private Funding packages (offering transparent fixed-price or hourly-rate options with a free initial consultation).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Immigration Services
• Community Care Law Legal representation in community care matters, including advocacy under the Care Act 2014, assessments and provision of services by NHS and local authorities, and representation in Court of Protection cases.
• Court of Protection & Mental Capacity Specialist legal services for vulnerable adults and their families, including lasting power of attorney, mental capacity assessments, deprivation of liberty safeguards, and deputyship applications under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
• Public Law & Judicial Review Challenging unlawful decisions of public bodies through judicial review proceedings, including appeals concerning NHS continuing care, local authority failures to assess needs, and homelessness applications.
• Human Rights & Civil Liberties Legal advice and representation under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010, challenging decisions by public bodies that breach fundamental rights including Article 8 (private and family life) and protection against discrimination.
• Housing Law Specialist guidance for both landlords and tenants on a wide range of housing matters, including possession proceedings, eviction, disrepair claims, service charge disputes, homelessness applications, and discrimination claims.
• Family Law Compassionate legal advice across a broad range of family matters including divorce, civil partnership dissolution, financial provision, matters concerning children, and non-molestation injunctions.
• Equality & Discrimination Law Legal services under the Equality Act 2010 to challenge discrimination on grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and disability. Includes civil claims and judicial review challenges against discriminatory public body decisions.
• Legal Aid Funding Publicly funded legal representation for eligible clients in community care cases and Court of Protection matters. RKB Law holds a contract with the Legal Aid Agency, offering means-tested and non-means-tested legal aid (including for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard cases under Section 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005).
• Fixed Fee & Private Funding Packages Transparent fixed-price legal services and hourly rate options for privately funded clients, with free initial consultation. Hourly rates range from £134 (paralegals) to £278 (senior solicitors) plus VAT.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully represented Pam and Roy Hickmott in Court of Protection case for their autistic son Tony Hickmott detained since 2001
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Doughty Street ChamberscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRavinder Brar works alongside barristers Oliver Lewis and Aswandi Weereratne QC from Doughty Street Chambers in representing the Hickmott family in their Court of Protection case. This represents a professional collaboration between RKB Law and Doughty Street Chambers barristers on significant human rights and mental capacity cases.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Leigh Day: Large London-headquartered firm with significant public law, human rights, community care, and Court of Protection practices. Comparable in practice-area focus on individuals challenging public bodies, but a much larger and more established player.
• Simpson Millar: National consumer law firm with established public law, Court of Protection, community care, and housing practices. Comparable on the public law / community care axis that underpins RKB, though at materially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Irwin Mitchell: Large national full-service firm with public law, Court of Protection, community care, and personal injury practices. Comparable in Court of Protection and community care work, but operates as a broad incumbent across many practice areas and geographies.

Direct peers

• Hodge Jones & Allen: London firm with strong community care, mental capacity, public law, human rights, and immigration practices. Closely aligned with RKB on Court of Protection, community care, and civil liberties work, and similarly oriented to individual rather than corporate clients.
• Gherson Solicitors: London-based specialist immigration and nationality firm. Directly comparable to the immigration segment of RKB's practice, particularly around applications, appeals, and judicial review of Home Office decisions.
• Kingsley Napley LLP: London full-service firm with a strong Court of Protection, public law, human rights, and immigration practice. Overlaps with RKB on the higher-end of these specialist areas, particularly mental capacity and judicial review.
• Bindmans LLP: London-headquartered firm practising public law, human rights, civil liberties, community care, mental capacity, and immigration. Closest comparable to RKB Law in practice-area mix and client base (vulnerable individuals challenging public bodies), though materially larger.
• Duncan Lewis Solicitors: One of the UK's largest legal aid firms with significant community care, mental capacity, immigration, and public law capacity. Comparable in Legal Aid Agency contracting and in the community care / Court of Protection work that anchors RKB's practice, though at much greater scale.
• Deighton Pierce Glynn: Bristol/London firm specialising in community care, mental health, Court of Protection, public law, and discrimination. Directly comparable niche focus and client demographic, with a similar Legal Aid-style public funding orientation.
• Bates Wells: London firm with public law, regulatory, and human rights work intersecting with RKB's practice areas. Comparable in its purposeful, values-driven positioning and individual-client public law work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rkb_solicitors
• Facebookfacebook.com/rkbsolicitors
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rkblawsolicitors

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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