Probate Price List
What will it cost?
We offer fixed fee service where our fees will be 1% of the value of the gross (total) estate plus vat (currently 20%)
This includes: obtaining the grant, collecting assets and distributing them.
Example breakdown of costs:
Legal fees £600.00
VAT on legal fees £120.00
Disbursements:
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Probate court fee of £155.00
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Bankruptcy-only Land Charges Department searches (£3.90 per beneficiary).
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£400.00 Post in The London Gazette – Protects against unexpected claims from unknown creditors. – these are recommended but the decision to place these adverts would be yours
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£400.00 Post in a Local Newspaper – This also helps to protect against unexpected claims. – these are recommended but the decision to place these adverts would be yours.
As part of our fixed fee we will:
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Provide you with a dedicated and experienced probate solicitor to work on your matter – this will be either mark cook a solicitor with over 30 years experience OR Catherine Reynolds a solicitor with over 15 years experience
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Identify the legally appointed executors or administrators and beneficiaries
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Accurately identify the type of Probate application you will require
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Obtain the relevant documents required to make the application
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Complete the Probate Application and the relevant HMRC forms
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Draft a legal oath for you to swear
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Make the application to the Probate Court on your behalf
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Obtain the Probate and securely send two copies to you
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Collect and distribute all assets in the estate
On average, estates that fall within this range are dealt with within 4-9 months. Typically, obtaining the grant of probate takes 8-12 weeks. Collecting assets then follows, which can take between 4-8 weeks. Once this has been done, we can distribute the assets, which normally takes 2-3 weeks.
These fees are on the following assumptions:
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There is a valid will
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There is no more than one property
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There are no more than 4 bank or building society accounts
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There are no other intangible assets
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There are no disputes between beneficiaries on division of assets. If disputes arise this is likely to lead to an increase in costs
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There is no inheritance tax payable and the executors do not need to submit a full account to HMRC
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There are no claims made against the estate
Contact Us Today
Please call us on 0191 567 7244 and we’ll be happy to help you. A consultation is always completely free and there’s no obligation to use any of our services – just honest advice. We’ll even be able to give you a transparent fixed-fee quote about our costs.
If you would rather contact us online, you could email us on info@cooklaw.co.uk or complete our Free Online Enquiry and we will be in touch with you shortly.