Pricing Guide
Applicable from 10th August 2026
The SRA Transparency Rules require us to provide you with information relating to our costs.
*Unless otherwise stated all fees set out in this document are exclusive of VAT – the current rate of VAT chargeable is 20%*
General matters and matters where it is not possible to provide a fixed cost estimate
In all circumstances, our charges will be calculated mainly by reference to the time spent dealing with the matter. This includes advising, attending on you and others, attendances at Court, considering your documents, dealing with papers, preparation of detailed costs calculations, correspondence, e-mails, telephone calls, attendance and file notes, travelling and waiting time.
Charges are in set at 1/10th of an hour (i.e. units of 6 minutes) and routine communications are charged as one unit.
Hourly rates for other members of staff are:
Directors - £295 per hour
Solicitors, Legal Executives & Conveyancers - £295 per hour
Paralegal Staff - £175 per hour
For example, if a Solicitor worked on your file for half an hour this would equate to 5 units at a cost of £147.50 plus VAT.
Please also refer to our Schedule of Fees & Charges from 10th August 2026 which sets out other charges which may be incurred during a transaction.
Residential Conveyancing
A straightforward residential sale or purchase generally takes between 12 and 24 weeks from receipt of the contract papers to completion. Our standard legal fees, set out below, cover all the work normally required to complete a straightforward residential sale or purchase. This includes the key legal work involved in your transaction, such as:
· Receiving your instructions and opening your file, including carrying out identity and anti-money laundering checks.
· Preparing or reviewing the legal documentation relating to your sale or purchase and investigating the legal title to the property.
· Obtaining and reviewing searches (where applicable) and raising or responding to any legal enquiries.
· Liaising with all relevant parties, including the other party's solicitor, your estate agent, mortgage lender (where applicable) and any other third parties involved in the transaction.
· Receiving and reviewing your mortgage offer (where applicable) and ensuring any lender requirements are satisfied.
· Reporting to you on the legal aspects of the transaction, advising you of any issues and ensuring you are ready to proceed.
· Exchanging contracts, at which point the transaction becomes legally binding.
· Completing your sale or purchase, including transferring funds, redeeming any existing mortgage (on a sale) or receiving mortgage funds (on a purchase), and confirming completion.
· Dealing with any post-completion formalities, including submitting any Stamp Duty Land Tax or Land Transaction Tax return (where applicable) and registering your ownership and any mortgage at HM Land Registry (purchase only).
You should note the prices included in this guide are not exhaustive and are a guide only.
Sale Costs VAT
Up to £150,000 £850.00 £170.00
£150,000 - £200,000 £925.00 £185.00
£200,001 - £250,000 £1,000.00 £200.00
£250,001 - £300,000 £1,050.00 £210.00
£300,001 - £350,000 £1,125.00 £225.00
£350,001 - £400,000 £1,175.00 £235.00
£400,001 - £500,000 £1,250.00 £250.00
£500,001 - £600,000 £1,325.00 £265.00
£600,001 - £700,000 £1,375.00 £275.00
£700,001 - £800,000 £1,450.00 £290.00
£800,001 - £900,000 £1,500.00 £300.00
£900,001 - £1,000,000 £1,575.00 £315.00
Above £1,000,000.00 – please contact us for a bespoke quote
Purchase Costs VAT
Up to £150,000 £950.00 £190.00
£150,000 - £200,000 £1,025.00 £205.00
£200,001 - £250,000 £1,075.00 £215.00
£250,001 - £300,000 £1,150.00 £230.00
£300,001 - £350,000 £1,200.00 £240.00
£350,001 - £400,000 £1,275.00 £255.00
£400,001 - £500,000 £1,325.00 £265.00
£500,001 - £600,000 £1,525.00 £305.00
£600,001 - £700,000 £1,575.00 £315.00
£700,001 - £800,000 £1,650.00 £330.00
£800,001 - £900,000 £1,700.00 £340.00
£900,001 - £1,000,000 £1,775.00 £355.00
Above £1,000,000.00 – please contact us for a bespoke quote
Other Costs VAT
Equity Release £750.00 £150.00
Re-mortgage £750.00 £150.00
Additions
Our standard legal fees apply to straightforward freehold residential sale and purchase transactions. If your matter involves any of the circumstances below, an additional fee may apply.
Additional £150.00 plus VAT if we are not instructed on both the sale and purchase
Additional £500.00 plus VAT to be added for a New Build
Additional £350.00 plus VAT for Shared Ownership
Additional £350.00 plus VAT for Leasehold
Additional £300.00 plus VAT for Help to Buy equity loan release
Some transactions require significantly more legal work than a standard residential sale or purchase and cannot be priced using our standard fee structure.
Please contact us for a bespoke quotation if your transaction involves:
· First registration of unregistered land.
· Transfer of part.
· Unregistered land.
· Complex title issues.
· Agricultural land or property.
· Commercial or mixed-use property.
· Trusts or declarations of trust.
· Company buyers or sellers.
· Probate or Court of Protection transactions.
· Any other non-standard or unusually complex matter.
If you are unsure whether your transaction falls into one of these categories, please contact us and we will be happy to discuss your requirements and provide a quotation.
Disbursements
Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as HM Land Registry, HM Revenue & Customs, local authorities and search providers. We pay these fees to the third parties for you to ensure the transaction proceeds smoothly. Not every disbursement listed below will apply to every transaction. We will advise you of the disbursements applicable to your matter before they are incurred wherever possible.
Some of the common disbursements you will encounter in a property transaction are:-
Standard search fees (e.g. drainage and water, environmental, local authority search) – approximately £300 but vary depending on the type of search requested
HM Land Registry fees – these fees vary depending on the nature of the transaction. Further information on the current fees are on the website https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-registration-services-fees
HM Land Registry title documents
Bankruptcy search fee
Official priority search fee (OS1/OS2), where applicable.
Submission fee for Stamp Duty Land Tax/Land Transaction Tax returns.
Submission fee for registration applications to HM Land Registry (AP1/e-DRS submission)
Electronic signature (e-signing) fees, where electronic execution of documents is required or requested.
Electronic bank transfer (telegraphic transfer/CHAPS) fees for sending completion monies.
On purchases - Stamp Duty Land Tax/Land Transaction Tax may be payable. You can calculate the amount payable on either HRMC website or the Welsh Revenue Authority website. The relevant authority will depend upon the location of the property.
HMRC SDLT calculator – https://www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax
Welsh Revenue Authority LTT calculator - https://gov.wales/land-transaction-tax-calculator
With leasehold property you will often be required to pay additional disbursements, for instance:-
Fees for replies from the landlord to leasehold enquiries
Fees for covering costs in relation to deeds of covenant and/or consent
Fees for management packs and information where a management company is involved
Fees for Licences to Assign or other landlord consents.
Notice of Transfer fees.
Notice of Charge fees.
Certificate of Compliance fees.
Share certificate or membership certificate fees (where applicable).
It is not possible to estimate such disbursements as they vary in each transaction. You should also be aware that when buying, for instance, a flat or property which is managed and/or has communal areas you will likely be required to contribute to maintenance etc. by payment of a service charge and/or management fee.
If you have been referred to us, please note that our fees may differ from those outlined above. Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us
Wills, Probate, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters
Wills
Our standard fee for preparing a basic Will covers all of the work normally required to prepare, draft and complete your Will. This includes the following key stages and services:
· Taking your instructions and discussing your wishes.
· Advising you on the preparation of your Will and the options available to you.
· Preparing a draft Will for your approval.
· Making reasonable amendments following your review of the draft.
· Preparing the final Will for signature.
· Arranging for the Will to be signed and witnessed (where completed at our offices).
· Providing you with a copy of the Will and discussing options for its safe storage
We would normally expect the cost of a basic Will to be in the region of £295.00 plus VAT and the cost of Mirror Wills for couples to be in the region of £500.00 plus VAT. More complex Wills including those requiring Trust drafting will likely cost more than a basic Will.
Our standard Will fee applies to the preparation of a straightforward Will and does not include more complex estate planning, inheritance tax planning or the creation of trusts. Where additional advice or work is required, this will be discussed with you before any additional costs are incurred.
Inheritance Tax planning and advice is charged at the hourly rates set out above, and the creation of a Discretionary Trust is charged at a fixed fee of £1,000.00 plus VAT.
Where your circumstances require more complex work, we will provide you with a personalised quotation once we have taken your instructions.
Probate
Our expert team are here to provide advice and support in all probate matters including interpreting the Will (where one has been left) or on the Intestacy Rules (where there is no Will) as well as making the application for a Grant of Probate/Letters of Administration and the collecting in and distribution of assets.
No estate is too complex and we will ensure that, at all times, your matter is dealt with the solicitor/lawyer/paralegal with the appropriate level of expertise. We can provide expert advice on Inheritance Tax and assist to minimise any such liability with the application of appropriate allowances, exemptions and reliefs.
Our Probate/Estate Administration service includes but is not limited to:
· advice on the terms of the Will or Intestacy Rules;
· identification of executors/personal representatives;
· advice on Inheritance Tax including available allowances, exemptions & reliefs;
· applying for the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration, where necessary;
· collecting in assets;
· paying any liabilities;
· paying legacies;
· advice and preparation of Deed of Variation, where one is required;
· preparation of Estate Accounts; and
· distribution of the estate.
Our probate matters are charged on an hourly rate basis as detailed above. Our charges will also contain an element based on the value of the estate. This is because the value is a reflection of the importance of the matter and consequently the responsibility on the firm. Therefore, we also charge 1% of the gross value of the estate (excluding any residence at which the deceased resided where the rate will be 0.5%). As such, the exact costs of probate matters are very much dependent on the independent circumstances of each case. Typically, we would estimate the administration of a straight-forward estate to take in the region of 10 – 15 hours work and the costs would therefore be in the region of £2,950.00 - £4,450.00 plus VAT exclusive of the value element charge (see above) and disbursements (see below).
As a guide only, we would consider the following circumstances to be a simple, straight-forward estate:
· there is a valid Will;
· there is no more than one property;
· there are no more than 4 bank or building society accounts;
· there are no other intangible assets;
· there are between 1 and 5 beneficiaries;
· there are no disputes between beneficiaries as to the division of assets;
· there is no Inheritance Tax payable and a full IHT account is not required to be submitted to HMRC; and
· there are no claims made against the estate.
Where an estate is more complex, the costs estimate is likely to increase. As a guide only, we would consider the following circumstances to increase the complexity of an estate:
· there is no Will or a home-made Will;
· administrators/beneficiaries need to be located;
· there are numerous stocks/shares/investment policies;
· there are foreign assets;
· there are large numbers of beneficiaries;
· there are lifetime gifts to declare;
· there is an Inheritance Tax liability or a full (long-form) Inheritance Tax Return is required; or
· a Deed of Variation is required.
Please be aware the above lists are not exhaustive. The costs for dealing with the sale of properties within the estate are not included and will be charged for separately.
We will be able to provide you with a more accurate costs estimate at the outset of the matter when we have taken your instructions and details of the estate.
Disbursements
In addition to our costs, there are disbursements which may also be payable. Disbursements are costs relating to your matter charged by third parties. The likely disbursements in a probate matter are as follows:
· AML Identity Check - £25.00;
· Probate Application Fee - £304.50 (not subject to VAT) plus £1.50 (not subject to VAT) per office copy for estates with a value of over £5,000;
· Bankruptcy Search Fees - £6.00;
· Statutory Notice to Creditors in the London Gazette - approximately £100.00 (optional); and
· Notice in Local Newspaper – approximately £80.00 - £100.00 (optional).
Our legal costs in probate matters are payable from the estate.
The length of time it will take to deal with an estate will vary and very much depends on the size and complexity of an estate as well as how quickly you can provide us with the necessary information and how long it takes to receive responses from companies such as banks, building societies, share registrars etc.
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed the timescales involved in probate matters with the Probate Registry experiencing significant delays as well as new processes with asset holders slowing matters down. In current circumstances, we would hope to be able to make an application for a Grant within 12 – 16 weeks of our instruction. Where a full Inheritance Tax Return is required, HMRC are currently taking 20 working days to process the required certificate. The Probate Registry are currently taking around 8 weeks to process applications. At present, the most straight-forward of estates are taking 6 – 12 months to administer.
We will endeavour to progress your matter as quickly as possible, but we are very much in the hands of third parties who are experiencing significant delays.
Where there is an estate property to sell, the time it takes to conclude administration depends on the length of time it takes to sell the property. Where possible, we will aim to prepare interim Estate Accounts and make interim distributions to beneficiaries when administration is on hold due to a property sale.
Lasting Powers of Attorney
We would normally expect our costs for assisting with the drafting and registration of one Lasting Power of Attorney to be in the region of £375.00 plus VAT. For clients instructing us to draft and register both types of Lasting Power of Attorney (Financial Decisions & Health and Care Decisions) we would expect our costs to be in the region of £575.00 plus VAT.
There are Office of the Public Guardian registration fees which are currently £82.00 per Lasting Power of Attorney. These are not included in the above costs estimates.
Our standard fee for preparing and registering a Lasting Power of Attorney covers all of the work normally required to prepare, complete and register your document. The preparation of a straightforward Lasting Power of Attorney will typically take between 4 and 6 weeks from receiving your instructions. Once the application has been submitted, registration with the Office of the Public Guardian usually takes between 8 and 12 weeks, although this timescale is outside our control. Our service includes the following key stages and services:
· Taking your instructions and advising you on the different types of Lasting Power of Attorney available.
· Discussing your wishes and ensuring the document reflects your instructions.
· Preparing the Lasting Power of Attorney documentation.
· Making reasonable amendments following your review of the draft.
· Arranging for the documents to be signed and witnessed.
· Checking that the documents have been correctly executed.
· Submitting the application for registration with the Office of the Public Guardian.
· Providing you with certified copies of the registered Lasting Power of Attorney and discussing options for the original’s safe storage
Court of Protection Matters
Court of Protection matters are charged on the hourly rate basis set out above. The costs involved in making a Deputyship application to the Court of Protection can range from £2,150.00 - £6,450.00 plus VAT. Disbursements include Court Fees and obtaining a mental capacity assessment form from the appropriate doctor.
A more detailed costs estimate will be provided to you once we have taken your full instructions at the outset of the matter.
Employment
Our charges are based on the time spent on your matter at the hourly rate applicable to each fee earner (see general pricing guide above).
A number of factors influence how long your matter is likely to take and whether it is relatively straightforward or more complex.
The figures below are therefore a guide as to what you could expect to spend. We will provide specific advice to regarding costs and timescale.
Please note that all charges are plus VAT at the current rate of 20%.
Fees guide
Acting for you as employee to finalise a settlement agreement where the matter is straightforward and little or no negotiation is required on the terms. Includes advising you and liaising with your employer to finalise the agreement: £600 - £750 plus VAT.
Tribunal claims :-
Straightforward claims including negotiating settlement £750 - £5,000 plus VAT
Medium complexity - £5,000 to £12,000 plus VAT
Complex £12,000+ plus VAT
The above costs apply whether you are an employee or an employer, bringing or defending claims for wrongful dismissal.
Factors which influence whether costs are higher or lower are:-
· The volume of documentation.
· The length of any history of events/facts.
· The number of witnesses.
· Complex legal issues.
· The extent to which facts are disputed by the other party.
· Whether any medical or other expert evidence is required.
The extent to which it is necessary to make interim applications to the Tribunal during the course of your matter (for instance if the other party does not cooperate with a Tribunal Order before the final hearing).
The above rates apply to all work in connection with bringing the matter to a Tribunal hearing. If your case settles prior to a final hearing, costs will depend on the stage that the proceedings have reached at the time of settlement.
Disbursements
These are third party costs such as fees for other experts in your case. They are payable in addition to our fees. This could include the cost of medical experts or specialist employment Counsel. Counsels’ fees are estimated at between £1,000 and £5,000 Plus VAT per day (depending on the experience of Counsel) for attending a Tribunal hearing (including preparation). It may be necessary to instruct Counsel during the matter. We will obtain a fee estimate and advise you on the likely cost before proceeding with the instruction.
Services included in the costs estimates: -
· Taking your initial instructions, reviewing documents and initial advice on the merits of your case.
· If appropriate, entering into pre-claim conciliation with a view to settling your claim and at all stages, exploration as to whether settlement can be reached.
· Preparation of the claim or response;
· Preparing for and attending a Preliminary Hearing (mostly to determine procedural steps to bring the matter to a Final Hearing)
· Dealing with procedural orders made by the Tribunal such as exchanging documents, preparation of witness statements.
· Consideration of documents received from the other party.
· Preparation for the Final Hearing
· Preparation of instructions to experts if necessary
· Preparation of instructions to Counsel from time to time.
Timescales
This is very much dependant on the employment Tribunal’s waiting times but on average completion time for an employment Tribunal claim, which goes to a full hearing, is between 12 and 36 months.
As above, many claims settle before a Final Hearing. Whether this is possible depends on a number of factors and therefore timescale will very much depend on your individual case.
Third Party Costs
Exc. Vat VAT Inc. VAT
Compliance Costs
ID Check (electronic or manual) per person
(Fee includes check and completion of risk assessment) £25.00 £5.00 £30.00
ID Check – Company. Per UK entity.
(Fee includes full domestic company search and risk assessment) £50.00 £10.00 £60.00
Bank Account Check £5.00 £1.00 £6.00
Lawyer Check & Entity Screen £15.00 £3.00 £18.00
Source of Funds Check £20.00 £4.00 £24.00
Lender Compliance Report (NAVRO/LC5) £15.00 £3.00 £18.00
Bank charges
CHAPS fee £40.00 £8.00 £48.00
BACS fee
(Applicable where amount being sent is over £1,000) £10.00 £2.00 £12.00
Conveyancing Disbursements
LMS fee £35.00 £7.00 £42.00
ULS fee £25.00 £5.00 £30.00
Lender Exchange NIL NIL NIL
Official Copy documents (per document): £7.00 NIL £7.00
Official Search £7.00 NIL £7.00
Index Map Search £8.00 NIL £8.00
Bankruptcy Search (per individual) £6.00 NIL £6.00
Company Wind-Up Search £30.00 £6.00 £36.00