Newport Office - 01633 251801
Pontypool Office - 01495 763333
Newport Office - 01633 251801
Pontypool Office - 01495 763333
Fixed Fees
We offer a fixed fee of £695 plus VAT for obtaining a Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration (where there is no Will) to a simple estate with a gross value as at date of death which is under £300,000. The work included in the fixed fee is limited to completing, from information provided by you, an inheritance tax return (IHT205) and the oath or statement of truth for executors, submitting the application to the Probate Registry on your behalf and informing you once the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration are obtained and sending them to you. This quote is for estates where:
We may at our discretion agree to additional work being carried out on a fixed fee basis.
Disbursements not included in this fee
These are items that have to be paid to third parties, which you will have to pay in addition to our fee. These typically include:
Time scales
Once you have provided us with all the information we need, it normally takes us no more than about 2 weeks to prepare the inheritance tax return and statement of truth for you to sign. Once we have these, signed by you, together with the Probate Registry fee in cleared funds, it normally takes us less than a week to submit them to the Probate Registry. How long the Probate Registry takes to deal with it can vary significantly, and is outside our control, but typically it is about 2 – 4 weeks.
Probate and Estate Administration Work on an hourly rate
Other work will (unless otherwise agreed) be charged according to the time spent, at the hourly rate(s) of the person(s) dealing with the matter, plus VAT.
Our fees for this type of work can vary significantly depending on the amount of work involved. As a guide, the fees for full estate administration will typically start from £1,000 – £3,000 plus VAT for very straight forward estates, £3,000- £8,000 plus VAT for estates where a lot more work is required due to the make up of the estate, whilst fees for complex estates can exceed £8,000 plus VAT. This does not include disbursements, which are payable in addition.
The amount of work involved will depend on the individual circumstances of the matter. For example, if there is one beneficiary who is also the sole executor, there is no land or buildings, and there are only a handful of bank accounts, there are no debts or liabilities of the deceased to be paid, and there are no other complicating factors, costs are likely to be at the lower end of the range. If there are multiple beneficiaries, one or more parcels of land or buildings, multiple bank accounts and investments, other assets, many debts and liabilities to be discharged and other complicating factors, costs are likely to be higher. Before undertaking any work, we will meet with you to discuss the estate and give you a more specific fee estimate
Disbursements associated with estate administration:
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other disbursements, which are very much fact-specific to each individual estate.
Please note that dealing with the sale or transfer of any property in the estate is not included
The work we undertake on your behalf will (unless you instruct otherwise) include:
Timescales
In general, the administration of estates that fall within this range takes between about 3 and 12 months. Typically, obtaining the grant of probate takes 6 to 12 weeks. Collecting or selling assets then follows, which generally takes between 6 weeks and 6 months. Once this has been done, we can prepare final estate accounts for your approval and then proceed to distribute the assets, all of which normally takes between about 1 week and 3 months.
Fixed Fees for Commercial Debt Recovery
These costs apply where your claim is in relation to an unpaid invoice which is not disputed and enforcement action is not needed. If the other party disputes your claim at any point, we will discuss any further work required and provide you with revised advice about costs if necessary, which could be on a fixed fee (e.g. if a one off letter is required), or an hourly rate if more extensive work is need.
Anyone wishing to proceed with a claim should note that:-
Stage 1 Costs
DEBT VALUE OUR FEE (including VAT)
Up to £5,000.00 £300.00
Over £5,000.00 £400.00
Our Fee includes:
Stage 2 Costs
If at the end of Stage 1 your debt is not paid, our Stage 2 costs include:
DEBT VALUE COURT FEE OUR FEE (including VAT)
Up to £300.00 £25.00 £200.00
£301 – £500 £35.00 £200.00
£501 – £1000 £60.00 £250.00
£1001 – £1,500 £70.00 £250.00
£1,501 – £3,000 £105.00 £300.00
£3,001 – £5,000 £185.00 £300.00
£5,001 – £10,000 £410.00 £300.00
£10,001 – £100,000 4.5% of value of claim £300.00
£100,001 – £200,000 5% of value of claim £400.00
Greater than £200,000 £10,000.00 £400.00
Matters usually take 2 months from receipt of instructions to you to receipt of payment from the other side, depending on whether or not it is necessary to issue a claim. This is on the basis that the other side pays promptly on receipt of Judgment in default. If enforcement action is needed, then a matter will take longer to resolve.
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