Our Fees

At Springle & Co. Solicitors we believe in transparent pricing so you know exactly how much you are going to pay right from the start.

Fixed Fees for Wills (Prices include VAT@20%)

Service Cost
Simple Single Will £360
Simple Mirror Wills £420
Single Codicil £180
Mirror Codicils £240
Mirror Wills including Life Interest Trusts £900
Mirror Wills including Discretionary Trusts £1200
Severance of Joint Tenancy £150

Lasting Powers of Attorney – Property and Financial Affairs and Health and Welfare (Prices include VAT@20%)

Service Cost* Cost Total
Single Lasting Power of Attorney, one type £350 £420 + £82 Registration Fee £502
Single Lasting Power of Attorney, both types £450 £540 + £164 Registration Fees £704
Mirror Lasting Powers of Attorney, one type £450 £540 + £164 Registration Fees £704
Mirror Lasting Powers of Attorney, both types £650 £780 + £328 Registration Fees £1108
Registration of an Enduring Power of Attorney £450 £540 + £82 Registration Fee £622

* excluding fees.

Fixed Fees for Straightforward Grant Applications, Deeds and Property Transactions (Prices include VAT@20%)

Service Cost* Cost Total
Application for a Grant of Probate £625 £900 + £300 Probate Registry Court Fee £1200
Application for a Grant of Letters of Admin £625 £900 + £300 Probate Registry Court Fee £1200
Registration of Deceased Joint Proprietor £125 £150
Deed of Renunciation £250 £300
Deed of Variation of a Will or Intestacy £250 £600
Removal of a Restriction £200 £240
Assent of a Registered Freehold Title £350 £420 + £45 Land Registry Fee ** £465
Transfer of a Registered Freehold Title £350 £420+ £45 Land Registry Fee ** £465

* excluding fees.

** Land Registry Fee is dependent upon the value of the property

Estate Administration Fees

Our bespoke service means that you can benefit from as much or as little support as you need. Our aim is to make our charges fully transparent so that you are aware from the outset how much the work is likely to cost.

We offer a free initial consultation to determine the complexity of the work, following which we will provide you with a quote for our charges.

The value of the estate to be administered does not necessarily determine the level of the charges. Matters which are likely to have an impact on charges are the volume and nature of the investments held by the deceased, whether the deceased owned any assets in a foreign country, the number and the location of beneficiaries, any liability to inheritance tax, lifetime gifts made by the deceased, issues regarding the validity of the Will, trusts of which the deceased was a beneficiary, trusts created during the lifetime of the deceased or by the Will and disputes within the family.

All probate and estate administration work is carried out by Claire Springle TEP, who qualified as a Solicitor in 2001 and is a full member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) and a full accredited member of the Association of Lifetime Lawyers, a specialist association of professionals who provide legal advice and support to the vulnerable and elderly.

Claire attended the University of Nottingham and completed the Post-Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course with distinction at Northumbria University. Claire completed her training contract at Eversheds, qualifying into the Private Client department there, and worked at several large firms in Newcastle upon Tyne before setting up her own firm, Springle & Co. Solicitors in 2020.

Claire has specialised in all areas of private client law since qualifying over 20 years ago, including wills, inheritance tax planning, trusts, lasting powers of attorney, Court of Protection applications and complex probate and estate administration matters.

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It is very difficult at the beginning of a matter to accurately estimate the amount of time it is going to take to administer an Estate, and therefore how much it is going to cost. However, to illustrate the likely costs involved, here is a guide to the work we will carry out and our fees based upon a straightforward Estate Administration matter comprising one property, three bank accounts and two beneficiaries.

  • Arranging date of death valuations of the assets of the Estate;
  • Ascertaining the outstanding liabilities of the Estate at the date of death;
  • Notifying beneficiaries of their entitlement under the Will and obtaining identification for anti-money laundering purposes;
  • Notifying utility providers of the death;
  • Completing the necessary forms for HMRC;
  • Submitting the application to the Probate Court and dealing with any issues arising from the application;
  • Collecting in the assets of the Estate and reconciling the funds received;
  • Discharging outstanding liabilities;
  • Placing Statutory Notices in a local newspaper and the London Gazette;
  • Arranging for a property to be marketed for sale;
  • Finalising the income tax position of the deceased up to the date of death and for the period of administration;
  • Preparing Estate Accounts and arranging for them to be approved by the Executors;
  • Carrying out bankruptcy searches on beneficiaries;
  • Paying legacies;
  • Distributing the Estate.

Applying for the grant, collecting in and distributing the estate

We anticipate that it would take approximately 10 to 15 hours of time to carry out these tasks.

We charge on an hourly rate of £300 Including VAT @ 20%. The total estimated charges would be between £3,000-£4,500.

The Probate Registry Court fee is £300 and each copy of the Grant, needed for each asset of the estate, is £1.50.

The cost of placing Statutory Notices, if required, is approximately £350 and the cost of Bankruptcy Searches are £2 each.

If less time than anticipated is spent on the tasks listed above, our charges will obviously be less.

For Estates that are more complicated, for example if there is inheritance tax to pay, or trusts are involved, the charges are likely to be higher but an estimate would be provided at the outset of the matter.