Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)
£500 plus VAT for one LPA (either Property and Affairs or Health and Welfare).
£750 plus VAT for two LPAs when they are prepared at the same time.
FOR THIS FEE we will prepare the document in accordance with your particular requirements, act as certificate provider, arrange for the registration of the LPA with the Office of the Public Guardian, correspond with your chosen attorneys regarding their role and responsibilities and provide you with two certified copies of each LPA once registration was complete.
£500 plus VAT for one LPA (either Property and Affairs or Health and Welfare).
£750 plus VAT for two LPAs when they are prepared at the same time.
FOR THIS FEE we will prepare the document in accordance with your particular requirements, act as certificate provider, arrange for the registration of the LPA with the Office of the Public Guardian, correspond with your chosen attorneys regarding their role and responsibilities and provide you with two certified copies of each LPA once registration was complete.
Wills
Costs for the preparation of Standard Wills:
Individual Wills from £150.00 plus VAT
Wills for a couple (Mirrored Wills) from £235.00 plus VAT
Wills & Severance £375.00 plus VAT
A straightforward standard Will for an individual assumes that the person making the Will makes provision for one or two legacies and then leaves
his/her estate directly to one individual with a gift-over provision in the event of that individual passing away before the person making the Will.
A straightforward standard Will for a couple is a mirrored Will in which the couple agree their beneficiaries and provide that on the first death the entire estate passes to the other and on the second death to their children (or to three
or four named beneficiaries) with one gift-over provision.
Your Will instructions will be considered non-standard if for example you require:
• More than two legacies/specific provisions
• More than one class gift of residue (more than two in the case of mirrored Wills)
• More than one gift-over provision (or where there is a need for default provisions)
• Life Interest Trusts
• Rights to residue
• Will Trusts (specific or residuary)
Advice on Estate Planning
• Provision for children from previous relationships
• Business and agricultural assets
• Foreign assets
• Disinheriting persons who would otherwise benefit on intestacy, (or previous marriage or relationship) or from the provisions of a previous Will).
• Advice concerning the ownership of assets (the difference between assets held jointly/as tenants in common).
The cost of non-standard Wills vary according to complexity and would typically be between £250 and £500 plus VAT.
In the event you do not ask us to proceed to prepare a draft Will, our charges will be limited to the time spent and advice provided at our initial meeting. This would normally be in the region of £85 plus VAT.