Marshalls Interest Policy
As part of carrying out your instructions to us, we may need to hold your money in our client account. In holding client’s money, we have an obligation to pay interest on that money at a fair and reasonable rate and we are required to put in place an interest policy; this policy sets out the guidelines for when interest will be paid and is summarised below.
We aim to account to you for interest at a reasonable rate of interest. However, as the holding of your funds is incidental to the carrying out of your legal instructions, the rate is unlikely to be as high as the rate you may be able to obtain when depositing the money we hold on your behalf yourself. In most cases we must ensure that money held on client account is immediately available and so the need for instant access is considered when setting the rate of interest payable by us.
We align our interest rates paid on monies held on general client account to the rates paid on an instant access business deposit account by Lloyds Bank plc. This rate is likely to change from time to time.
Where amounts are held outside of a general client account the rate of interest and date that interest is credited will depend on the relevant institution where the funds are held, and as such fall outside the requirements of this policy. The relevant interest information can be obtained at your request.
Where your money is held on our general client account, any interest paid to you is paid without any deduction for income tax unless you are informed otherwise. As such it is your responsibility to inform HMRC of amounts interest received from us and the implications of this will depend upon your own financial circumstances.
Interest will be calculated from the time the funds become cleared for interest purposes. For direct bank transfers or same day payments the funds become cleared on the day after receipt (cheques may take longer). Interest will be calculated on a daily basis and calculated on amounts held overnight from the day the funds become cleared for interest purposes. Separate matters will be dealt with separately in relation to interest including the application of the limits mentioned below.
Interest will not be paid if the sum of money held is not more than the amount shown in the left column below for a time not more than the period indicated in the right column:
| Amount | Period |
| £1,000 | 8 weeks |
| £2,000 | 4 weeks |
| £10,000 | 2 weeks |
| £20,000 | 1 week |
Interest will not normally be paid if the total amount calculated for the period that cleared funds are held is less than £35.
Interest will normally be calculated at the end of the matter, and we will credit the client ledger at that date.