CHARGES

Once quoted our fee is inclusive of the following;

• Direct contact with Personal Case Manager

• Advertisements for claims against the estate when necessary

• All letters and phone calls

• Court fees for Probate

• Arrangement of Loan where possible to pay Inheritance tax

• Regular updates of Progress to joint executors and others by arrangement

• Handling the income tax affairs from the 5th April to the date of probate, but this excludes prior year work

• VAT

An invoice will be raised after the Grant of Representation and will be payable from the Estate unless there are insufficient funds in which case the liability will fall on those giving Kings Court their authority to act. Interest will be charged on outstanding accounts of over one month at the rate of 4% above the Royal Bank of Scotland's base rate.

Where cases are unusually complex or where there is litigation ( eg family disputes) we reserve the right to negotiate a different charging structure or to withdraw from acting. If we are asked to perform work outside of the terms of the contract our standard charging rate for Directors is £190 per hour and for Probate Executives at £120 per hour. The fee does not cover creation or management of trusts, the tracing of missing beneficiaries, the sale or management of property or other assets, valuation and land registration fees, registering unregistered land and associated costs.