PRICING STRUCTURE

Pricing structure

All prices are exclusive of VAT of 20% unless specified otherwise.

FamilyWe offer a fixed fee initial meeting in order for us to ascertain the issues you have, give initial advice and detail the estimated costs in achieving what we recommend, the cost for this service is £175.

Matrimonial

Fixed Divorce Charges

Petitioner - simple divorce with no work carried out in relation to a financial Consent Order £500 + Court fees

Petitioner - divorce with documents relating to a Financial Consent Order - charged at hourly rates + Court fees

Respondent - simple divorce with no financial issues £300

Respondent - divorce with a Financial Consent Order - charged at hourly rates

If you are unsure of what your particular circumstances are we are happy to offer you a fixed fee initial appointment to discuss £175

Divorce Court Application fee £550

Please note: Court Application Fees are exempt of VAT

Wills and Powers of Attorney

Wills
Basic single will - £175
Basic mirror wills - £187.50
Codicil - £100

Additional will charges (added to the cost of a basic will)
Life interest trust - £200
Discretionary trust - £350

Additional services
Letter of wishes - £50
Severance of tenancy - £137.50
Home visit (fee will vary depending on distance) - Price quoted on request

Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs)
Single (property & finance or health & care) - £325 *
Both (property & finance and health & care) - £490 *

Couples' package (property & finance and health & care for each person) - £700*

*All LPAs have to be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to be effective. The OPG charges a registration fee of £82 per LPA. The fees quoted above do not include OPG registration fees.

Probate

We undertake all aspects of work relating to probate and the administration of a deceased’s estate. Because each estate is different in size and complexity, we do not offer a standard fixed fee for this work. Instead, work is charged at an hourly rate of £275 plus disbursements.

We offer an initial consultation for a fixed fee of £175. The purpose of this consultation is to establish what the estate consists of and what work is required. Clients are then given an estimate of our likely fees based on the information provided.

For a basic estate where the main asset is the deceased’s residence and the estate does not exceed £325,000 and the estate is passing to the deceased’s spouse and children, our fees would not normally exceed £1,000 plus disbursements.

For a more complicated estate where there are other assets such investment properties or shares and there is potentially inheritance tax to pay, our fees are more likely to be between £3,000 and £5,000 plus disbursements. Our fees will vary depending on the size and complexity of the estate as well as the provisions of the deceased’s will.

In addition to our fees, there will be a number of disbursements which we will have to pay out during the course of handling the estate. The most common disbursements are:

• £155 to the Probate Registry. This is the court fee payable when submitting the application for the Grant of Representation (plus £1 for each additional copy of the Grant of Representation that is required).

• £87.84 to The Gazette. This is the fee payable for placing a notice in The Gazette to notify any creditors of the deceased that they must come forward. It may also be necessary to place similar notices in the deceased’s local paper which will incur an additional fee.

• £2 to HM Land Registry for bankruptcy search (per beneficiary)

The fees set out above do not include any of the following:

• Disputes relating to the deceased’s will

• Claims against the deceased’s estate under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

• Variations to the disposition of the estate

• Conveyancing work relating to the sale or transfer of any property owned by the deceased

• Claims brought on behalf of the estate

• Tracing missing beneficiaries

Each person’s estate will have a different combination of assets and liabilities. Because of this, the time it takes to complete the administration of estate varies and will be dependent upon the circumstances of the individual.

We provide an estimated timescale at the initial consultation.

Those timescales may change if unforeseen circumstances arise, such as, if assets or liabilities which the executors were not aware of at the outset subsequently come to light.

In such circumstances we will provide revised timescale and fee estimate.