We undertake Probate work and our team currently includes.
Partner | Solicitor | Legal Assistant (fee earner) |
Jane Hogg (Grade A) | Georgina Roberts (Grade A) | Wendy Rintoul (Grade C) |
Peter Marsh (Grade A) | Gwen Collins (Grade C) |
Our Probate team have in excess of 90 years’ collective experience in delivering high quality work in all matters relating to Wills and estate administration.
The team has particular experience in high value estates, tax matters and trusts. This experience has been gained through working with lots of families, in many cases through successive generations.
Partner/Solicitors & Legal Executives with 8+ years’ experience | £275.00 Grade A |
Solicitors/Legal Executives with 4+ years’ experience | £225.00 Grade B |
Other fee earners of equivalent experience | £185.00 Grade C |
Trainee Solicitors/other fee earners | £135.00 Grade D |
PA/Secretarial and other non-fee earning/management | £100.00 Grade E |
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When it comes to dealing with applications for Grants of Probate/ Letter of Administration and the ongoing administration of an Estate, we offer a range of services that can be tailored to suit you. The exact costs will depend upon the specific circumstances of the Estate, and we will be able to provide you with a more accurate costs estimate following our initial meeting. However, we have set out some examples below to give you an idea as to what you can expect to pay.
Please note that all our fees and disbursements are payable out of the deceased’s Estate and not by you personally.
Obtaining Grant of Probate or Letter of Administration ONLY when there is no Inheritance Tax to Pay
If the Estate is fairly simple and straightforward to deal with, you might like us to just obtain the Grant of Probate (or Grant of Letters of Administration if no valid Will) for you. We can do this for a fixed fee which is currently £900 plus VAT(20%) and disbursements. The disbursements (expenses) are likely to be:
As part of our fixed fee, we will:
We would expect this process to take no longer than 2 – 5 months from the date of instruction. Unfortunately, instead of a period of two weeks to issue the Grant, the Probate Court are taking several months to put in the Application.
Obtaining Grant of Probate or Grant of letter of Administration ONLY when there is Inheritance Tax to Pay
In this case, we would not charge a fixed fee; instead we would charge for the time we spend working on a matter. Our current hourly rates are as follows (*please note that we review these each year in April):
Partner/Solicitors & Legal Executives with 8+ years’ experience | £275.00 Grade A |
Solicitors/Legal Executives with 4+ years’ experience | £225.00 Grade B |
Other fee earners of equivalent experience | £185.00 Grade C |
Trainee Solicitors/other fee earners | £135.00 Grade D |
PA/Secretarial and other non-fee earning/management | £100.00 Grade E |
On average, we would expect our fees in such matters to be in the region of £1,590 – £2,750 plus VAT(20%) and disbursements. The disbursements (expenses) are likely to be:
As part of our fixed fee, we will:
We would expect this process to take no longer than 3 – 6 months from the date of instruction. Unfortunately, instead of a period of two weeks to issue the Grant, the Probate Court are taking several months to put in the Application.
In these cases, we would charge for the time we spend working on a matter. Our current hourly rates are as follows (*please note that we review these each year in April):
Partner/Solicitors & Legal Executives with 8+ years’ experience | £275.00 Grade A |
Solicitors/Legal Executives with 4+ years’ experience | £225.00 Grade B |
Other fee earners of equivalent experience | £185.00 Grade C |
Trainee Solicitors/other fee earners | £135.00 Grade D |
PA/Secretarial and other non-fee earning/management | £100.00 Grade E |
The actual time we spend working on a matter will depend entirely on the individual circumstances of the case and we will be able to provide you with a more accurate estimate following our initial meeting. However, we would say that, on average, such cases tend to fall in the region of £2,000 – £6,000 plus VAT(20%) and disbursements. The disbursements (expenses) are likely to be:
We will handle the full process of obtaining the Grant and subsequent administration of the Estate to distribution and provide full Estate Accounts detailing all monetary transactions.
If any of the following apply, then this might mean that our fees are higher than we have set out above:
Please note that if there is a property to be sold then our Conveyancing Team will provide you with a separate quote to deal with this.
On average, Estates that fall into this category are usually able to be finalised within 9 – 12 months from the date of instruction. This will vary if there is a property within the Estate that takes time to be sold.
In these cases, we would charge for the time we spend working on a matter. Our current hourly rates are as follows (*please note that we review these each year in April):
Partner/Solicitors & Legal Executives with 8+ years’ experience | £275.00 Grade A |
Solicitors/Legal Executives with 4+ years’ experience | £225.00 Grade B |
Other fee earners of equivalent experience | £185.00 Grade C |
Trainee Solicitors/other fee earners | £135.00 Grade D |
PA/Secretarial and other non-fee earning/management | £100.00 Grade E |
The actual time we spend working on a matter will depend entirely on the individual circumstances of the case and we will be able to provide you with a more accurate estimate following our initial meeting. However, we would say that, on average, such cases tend to fall in the region of £4,000 – £10,000 plus VAT(20%) and disbursements. The disbursements are likely to be:
We will handle the full process of obtaining the Grant, paying the inheritance tax, and the subsequent administration of the Estate to distribution and provide full Estate Accounts detailing all monetary transactions
If any of the following apply, then this might mean that our fees are higher than we have set out above:
Please note that if there is a property to be sold then our Conveyancing Team will provide you with a separate quote to deal with this.
On average, Estates that fall into this category are usually able to be finalised within 9 – 18 months from the date of instruction. This will vary if there is a property within the Estate that takes time to be sold.