Disbursements included in this fee:

• Probate application fee as of 1st May 2019 £155.00 plus £0.50 per sealed copy of the Grant of Representation (usually maximum of 10 copies)
• Bankruptcy-only Land Charges Department searches (£2 per beneficiary)
• £300 to advertise in the The London Gazette & the local newspaper – protects against unexpected claims from unknown creditors.
• Disbursements are costs related to your matter that are payable to third parties, such as court fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.

Potential additional costs

• Dealing with the sale or transfer of any property in the estate is not included.

How long will this take?

On average, estates that fall within this range are dealt with within 6-9 months but this is dependent on extraneous factors such as delays in responses from the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) or other government agencies, utility companies and banks and, not least of all, completion of the sale of the estate property. Typically, obtaining the grant of probate takes 2 weeks. Collecting assets then follows, which can take between 4-6 weeks. Once this has been done, we can distribute the assets, which normally takes place 6 months after the Grant of Representation has been issued.