List of Charges

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Valid from 1st January 2025 until 31st December 2025. Our fees are reviewed each year and a new list published on 1st January each year. The fee quoted is for a single document only unless otherwise indicated and is exclusive of VAT and any disbursements.

We offer a free initial telephone consultation or online meeting and, where it’s requested and reasonable to do so, a free initial face to face meeting. Subsequent face to face meetings may be charged at the firm’s hourly rate of £155 per hour.

Wills:

Simple Will (for a single person)                                                                                           £230.00

Single Will with a property trust / right of occupation                                                      £300.00

Single Will with discretionary trust of residue                                                                     £325.00

Single Will with flexible life interest trust of residue                                                         £325.00

Single Will with a discretionary trust for business assets                                             £380.00

Simple mirror Wills - price per couple                                                                                 £415.00

RNRB / TRNRB compliant mirror Wills - price per couple                                               £695.00

(Wills contain both a life interest trust and clauses dealing with the residence nil rate band / transferable residence nil rate band, ensuring maximum inheritance tax efficiency and protection).

For Wills containing a trust, our fee includes the cost of preparing a letter of wishes.

Lasting Powers of Attorney (for a single person):

Single Lasting Power of Attorney (either finance or health)                                          £315.00

Pair of Lasting Powers of Attorney (finance and health)                                                 £575.00

Lasting Powers of Attorney (for a couple):

Pair of Lasting Powers of Attorney (either finance or health)                                       £575.00

Set of Lasting Powers of Attorney (finance and health)                                                  £1,125.00

Document updates – Codicil - (cost per person):

Amendments by post / telephone or online / email                                                        £80.00

Amendments requiring a home visit                                                                                   £130.00

For Wills not originally drafted by us all Codicils cost                                                     £155.00

Lifetime discretionary trusts (for estates valued under the nil rate band):

Simple asset protection trust for a single person                                                              £1,975.00

Asset protection trusts for a married couple                                                                      £2,895.00

Lifetime discretionary trusts (for estates valued over the nil rate band):

Asset protection trust for a single person                                                                            £2,695.00

Asset protection trusts for a married couple                                                                       £3,895.00

Settlor-excluded asset protection trust                                                                                £1,975.00

The fee for an asset protection trust includes the cost of a new Will / new Wills.

Other lifetime discretionary trusts:

Pilot trusts                                                                                                                                    £825.00

(for example a money only or shareholder protection trust)

Other services:

Severance of joint tenancy                                                                                                      £155.00

Fee for a quick turnaround of documents                                                                            £110.00

Registering a trust with the Trust Registration Service                                          from £300.00

 

You will be able to pay our fees by card, cheque or BACS. Payment options will be written on your invoice which will be presented to you once each individual piece of work you have instructed us to carry out has been completed.