Our Prices

Single Will £200 plus Vat
Joint Will £350.00 plus vat
lasting power of attorney – £395 plus vat plus £82 (registration fee) each
For both lasting power of attorney (property and financial affairs and health welfare) – £600 plus vat plus £164 (registration fee)

• Home visits available subject to additional payment and availability

Probate fees 

1. For work carried out upto and including obtaining Grant of Probate/Letters of administration – fixed fee of £1500 plus vat plus disbursements, where estate straightforward:

• no more then one property and several bank accounts in the uk.
• No Inheritance tax payable.
• Valid Will.

2. For Work carried out post grant of probate/letters of administration; for straightforward estate – fixed fee of£1200 plus vat plus disbursements.

3. For Work carried upto and including grant of probate/letters of administration where matter complicated and taxable assets – £2000 to £5000 plus vat plus disbursements.  We anticipate this would involve between 10 to 25 hours of work with an hourly rate of £170-£200 per hour.

4. For Work carried out post grant of probate/letters of administration where complex issues – £2000 to £10,000 plus vat plus disbursements.The exact cost will depend on the individual circumstances of the case. For example, if there is one beneficiary and no property; costs will be the lower end of the range. If there are multiple beneficiaries; properties and multiple bank accounts; costs will be at the higher end.

Typical Disbursements 

• Bankruptcy search – £2.00 per beneficiary
• Court fee – £274.00
• Office Copies – £1.50 per copy
• Section 27 Advert fee – Dependent on the local newspaper plus Law Gazette Fee but approximately £250 + VAT
• Land Registry Office Copies – £3.00 per copy
• Valuation Fees – Dependent on the estate agents

Additional Cost

• Bank Transfer fee – £48 inclusive of VAT
• ID verification (£7.20 including VAT per beneficiary)
• Will search fee (£126 including VAT)
• Shareholding valuation fee – dependent upon the shareholding

The current rate of VAT payable is 20%

Key Stages of obtaining Grant of Probate and Distribution of the Estate

• Identify the legally appointed executors or administrators and beneficiaries; this to be done within seven days approximately of taking initial instructions.
• Thereafter taking instructions from the executors and or trustees of an estate and establishing a summary of the deceased’s assets at the date of death; this to be obtained within three weeks approximately of taking initial instructions.
• Ascertaining liabilities of the estate and obtaining valuations of the assets for tax purposes; this to be obtained within four weeks of taking initial instructions.
• Assessing if any inheritance tax due and then Preparing appropriate HMRC inheritance tax forms. If Inheritance tax payable; then submitting the IHT form to the inland revenue; this to be done within six to eight weeks approximately of taking initial instructions.
• Complete Probate application and get the legal oath to be sworn by the executors of the estate; this to be done within eight to ten weeks approximately of taking initial instructions.
• Make an application to the Probate Court; this to be submitted within twelve weeks approximately of taking initial instructions.
• Obtain the Probate securely and send copies to client; this to be obtained within twenty-four weeks approximately of taking initial instructions.
• Collect and pay the inheritance tax; and any and other liabilities of the estate and then distribute the estate to beneficiaries of the estate, this to be done within twenty-six weeks approximately of taking initial instructions.

Please note, the cost of selling or transferring a property within the estate is not included in this price.

Typical time scales

• On average a straightforward estate can take between 6 to 9 months to conclude. If there are complexities then it can take upto 12 to 16 months; which includes from taking instructions. This could be where there is a property to sell. Typically, obtaining a grant of probate takes between 3 to 6 months, and a minimum of 16 weeks. . Collecting assets then follows, which can take upto 3 to 9 months thereafter. Once this has been done; we can then distribute the assets which normally takes a further 4 weeks.

Experience and Qualifications of Staff

• The Department is managed by Zahra Tayob, who is a qualified solicitor and specialises in Private Client matters. The team is supervised by Kauser Dossani who has been a practicing solicitor for over 25 years, and has extensive experience in dealing with probate matters. The hourly rate charged will be between £170 per hour to £200 per hour; depending on the experience of the staff handling the case.