Welcome to Geldards pricing and service page. Here you will find information in relation to the following areas:
If you are looking for assistance in relation to any of these four areas, the relevant guide/s will provide you with a clear understanding of the costs and related services involved together with contact details.
Chasing late payment takes time and resources. Most businesses operate a tight ship and persistent non-payers can seriously affect a business’ cash flow and ultimately its profits. Furthermore, if the situation is neglected, it can also impact on your business’ overall financial standing.
Debt recovery requires a considered ‘project management’ approach. The method, speed and manner of the recovery must be fully scoped, planned, managed and costed but flexibility is key as circumstances often change during the recovery process. Geldards’ specialist debt recovery team have a market-leading reputation for delivering effective and speedy debt recovery solutions for clients and debts of all sizes. We have an experienced team who are commercially aware and sensitive to your particular needs and who will work alongside you and recommend the most cost-effective means of securing payment of your debt.
The costs set out below relate to a business to business debt of up to £100,000 and will apply if your claim is in relation to a debt that is not defended and/or enforcement action and/or insolvency proceedings are not needed. If your claim is defended and/or enforcement action and/or insolvency proceedings are necessary at any point, we will discuss any further work required and will provide you with revised advice about costs, which could be on a fixed fee or an hourly rate, if more extensive work is needed.
| Our fees and other costs | Maximum VAT at 20% |
| Commission of up to 25% of sums recovered – average commission 17.5%* | As per the level of commission charged |
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| Initial letter to your customer – up to £150.00 | £30.00 |
| Pre-legal aborted file fee*** – up to £75.00 | £15.00 |
*The rate of commission charged will depend on the size of debt, volume of instructions, repeat business, etc, and will be agreed upon with you at the outset of your matter.
** You may not be charged this fee in certain circumstances, e.g. there has not been a successful trace.
*** If you instruct us to close our file because it is no longer viable to pursue the claim, we may charge this fee to cover some of our time-costs incurred.
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| Recoverable from your customer | Not recoverable from your customer | VAT at 20% | Total | ||
| Debt value | Court fee | Our fee + VAT (“fixed costs”) | Our fee + VAT (“preparation costs”) | ||
| £25 – £300 | £35.00 | £50.00 | up to £100.00 | £30.00 | £215.00 |
| £301 – 500 | £50.00 | £50.00 | up to £100.00 | £30.00 | £230.00 |
| £501 – 1,000 | £70.00 | £70.00 | up to £125.00 | £39.00 | £304.00 |
| £1,001 – 1,500 | £80.00 | £80.00 | up to £125.00 | £41.00 | £326.00 |
| £1,500 – 3,000 | £115.00 | £80.00 | up to £150.00 | £46.00 | £391.00 |
| £3,001 – 5,000 | £205.00 | £80.00 | up to £150.00 | £46.00 | £481.00 |
| £5,001 – 10,000 | £455.00 | £100.00 | up to £175.00 | £55.00 | £785.00 |
| £10,001+ | 5% debt value | £100.00 | * | * | * |
* This will vary depending upon the court fee which is based upon debt value at this level.
* Claims above £10,001 we will provide a quote and discuss with you.
| Recoverable from your customer | Not recoverable from your customer | Maximum VAT at 20% | Total | |
| Debt value | Our fee + VAT (“fixed costs”) | Our fee + VAT (“preparation costs”) | ||
| £25 – 5,000 | £22.00 | up to £75.00 | £19.40 | £116.40 |
| £5,001 and above | £30.00 | up to £75.00 | £21.00 | £126.00 |
If you wish to proceed with a claim you should note that:
We aim to set up an account and send the initial letter to your customer within 48 hours of receipt of your instructions. Matters may settle in full within days of your instructions, however, more complex cases, or cases requiring negotiated settlement terms, will require a longer period to conclude.
Paul Hopkins, Partner
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1727
E: paul.hopkins@geldards.com
Paul is a partner and head of the Commercial Dispute Resolution Team in Cardiff. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1987 and has expertise in handling high value, large and complex cases including debt recovery. He was a director of Go Debt Limited between 2000 – 2015 and supervises the Debt Recovery Team in Cardiff.
Nino Simone, Partner
T: +44 (0)1332 378 320
E: nino.simone@geldards.com
Nino is a partner and head of the Commercial Dispute Resolution Team in the Midlands. He qualified as a Solicitor in 1991 and has expertise in handling high value, large and complex cases, including debt recovery. He supervises Lewis Adamson.
Michael Evans, Partner
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1736
E: michael.evans@geldards.com
Michael is a responsive, experienced commercial litigation solicitor, providing tailored, practical and effective dispute resolution advice. Michael advises national and regional businesses and public bodies on a wide range of commercial disputes including contracts, competition, professional negligence and banking claims. He has worked on multiple large-scale, high-value, multi-party disputes and also advises on international issues.
Lewis Adamson, Solicitor
T: +44 (0)1332 378 337
E: lewis.adamson@geldards.com
Lewis qualified as a Solicitor in 2018 and specialises in Dispute Resolution and Litigation. Lewis has experience of dealing with County Court proceedings, mediation and debt recovery matters.
James Kalicinski, Legal Assistant
T: +44 (0)29 2038 6543
E: james.kalicinski@geldards.com
James is a legal assistant with over 12 years’ experience in the debt collection industry specialising in dispute resolution, commercial debt, civil litigation and insolvency. James is currently part-way through his CILEX law studies and has obtained a certificate in law and practice.
We are committed to providing reliable, effective and expert services to all clients and are certified under the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
Paul Hopkins supervises the Debt Recovery Team which is based at our Cardiff Office. Nino Simone supervises the debt recovery work carried out at our Midlands Offices.
Geldards Employment team’s expertise extends across contentious and non-contentious issues and our clients include businesses, public sector organisations, entrepreneurs, senior directors and employees. We aim to make life easier for our clients and our practical approach seeks to resolve issues before they get to the stage of a costly employment tribunal. We recognise however that in certain circumstances legal action is required, and it will be necessary to bring or defend claims in the employment tribunal.
We have set out below our pricing structure regarding the provision of advice and representation to employees and employers in relation to the bringing or defending of claims before the Employment Tribunal for unfair or wrongful dismissal. This includes the costs of entering into pre-claim conciliation where this is mandatory. Please note therefore that our pricing structure in relation to any non-mandatory pre-claim conciliation stage falls outside the scope of this information and you will be provided with an individual cost estimate in this regard at the outset of your mater.
Our pricing structure for bringing and defending claims for unfair and/or wrongful dismissal is as follows:
For attending a tribunal hearing lasting longer than those indicated above there will be an additional charge of £2,000 (with additional VAT of £400) per day.
In the majority of cases, these costs will include the solicitor who is dealing with your case conducting the advocacy themselves. There may be certain situations however, particularly in relation to high complexity cases, where it will be necessary to instruct a barrister to do the advocacy instead. In such cases there will be an additional cost involved in instructing a barrister, see the ‘Disbursements or other costs that can be expected’ section below for details.
We charge by reference to the amount of time taken to undertake the work needed at the relevant hourly rates of the team members involved. Relevant hourly rates range in accordance with the following:
The lowest and highest ends of the range relate to trainee solicitors and partners respectively and the hourly rate applicable to your mater will depend upon who in the team is appointed on your behalf. This will be discussed and agreed with you. Please see ‘Team Profiles’ section for further details.
You may have other funding options available, such as cover under an insurance policy, and we will discuss these options with you at your first appointment.
The factors that could make a case more complex include:
The fees set out above cover all of the work in relation to the following key stages of a claim:
The stages set out above are an indication only, and if some of the stages above are not required, the fee will be reduced.
You may wish to handle the claim yourself and only have our advice in relation to some of the stages. This can also be arranged to suit your individual needs.
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 and will look to you either to provide us with funds in advance or to reimburse us separately.
In addition, it may be necessary to instruct a barrister in relation to your claim. The barrister will charge a brief fee and a daily rate for attending a tribunal hearing which will be in addition to our costs (as outlined above). The barrister’s fees will depend upon their level of seniority and the complexity of the case. On average, in cases that reach a final hearing before a tribunal, which are reasonably straightforward (i.e. lasting 1 – 2 days) the barrister’s fee will be around £2,000 (plus VAT of £400). We will discuss the options for instructing a barrister and the likely cost of doing so as appropriate.
The time that it takes from taking your initial instructions to the final resolution of your matter depends largely on the stage at which your case is resolved. If a settlement is reached during pre-claim conciliation, your case is likely to take 2 – 4 weeks. If your claim proceeds to a final hearing, your case is likely to take 26 – 52 weeks depending upon the caseload of the tribunal where the claim has been lodged. This is just an estimate and we will of course be able to give you a more accurate timescale once we have more information and as the matter progresses.
Lowri Phillips, Partner
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1758
E: lowri.phillips@geldards.com
Lowri qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and has over 20 years’ knowledge and hands-on experience in all aspects of employment law, advising clients on contentious matters. She is an experienced advocate and has represented clients in relation to various types of employment claims, including unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal, at all stages of the claim and represented clients in Employment Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, undertaking advocacy up to Employment Tribunal level.
Emma Tice, Partner
T: +44 (0)1332 378 311
E: emma.tice@geldards.com
Emma advises a host of businesses in different sectors on both contentious and non-contentious employment law and HR matters. She advises across the whole range of employment law matters from recruitment to dismissal and beyond, involving issues of discrimination, disciplinary and grievance, restructures and redundancy, whistleblowing and TUPE transfers. She is particularly talented at cutting through complex legal and factual issues in order to provide clear and concise advice to clients on the most technical of legal issues.
Helen Snow, Senior Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1497
E: helen.snow@geldards.com
Helen qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and is an experienced employment lawyer advising clients on all aspects of employment law including unfair and wrongful dismissal claims. Helen is experienced in dealing with all stages of the claim and has represented clients on numerous occasions in Employment Tribunals and in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, undertaking advocacy up to Employment Tribunal level.
Joga Singh, Senior Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2038 6549
E: joga.singh@geldards.com
Joga qualified as a solicitor in 2006 and is an experienced employment lawyer. He has represented clients in relation to various types of employment claims, including unfair dismissal and wrongful dismissal, at all stages of the claim and regularly represents clients in preliminary and substantive hearings in the Employment Tribunal.
Rachel Mills, Senior Associate
T: +44 (0)1332 254 123
E: rachel.mills@geldards.com
Rachel qualified as a solicitor in 2001 and advises clients on a range of employment issues. She has dealt with numerous employment tribunal claims on behalf of clients in relation to a wide range of issues, including an unfair and wrongful dismissal. Rachel has represented clients on numerous occasions in Employment Tribunal and in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, undertaking advocacy up to Employment Tribunal level.
Ramyar Hassan, Solicitor
T: +44 (0)29 2038 1865
E: ramyar.hassan@geldards.com
Ramyar joined the Employment Team as a Solicitor after qualifying in November 2020. Prior to qualification, Ram spent six months of this Training Contract in the employment department assisting the team with a wide variety of matters, including drafting tribunal documentation, employment contracts, policies and settlement agreements along with providing general assistance to the team on both contentious and non-contentious employment law and information law matters.
Trainee Solicitors
The team will generally have the assistance of trainee solicitors and, again generally, there will be different trainee solicitors in the team approximately every 6 months. In the event of a trainee solicitor carrying out (under appropriate supervision) any work in respect of your matter then you will be provided with their details.
We are committed to providing reliable, effective and expert services to all clients and are certified under the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
The team operates out of offices in both Cardiff and the Midlands and is supervised by Lowri Phillips and Emma Tice. Lowri is a partner based in Cardiff and Emma is a partner based in the Midlands.
Geldards Private Client team has many years of collective experience in helping individuals and families at a time of bereavement and dealing effectively and empathetically with
all matters relating to wills and estate administration and inheritance tax. We tailor our services to meet your requirements. Rather than a call-centre approach, we have individual team members dedicated to your matter and who will work closely with you and keep you updated as the estate administration progresses. As well as providing an efficient service for straightforward estates, our specialist team regularly deals with high value and complex matters.
If you are a lay executor, the cost of having professional help with the estate administration process is usually payable from the estate and can save you a lot of time as well as providing you and the beneficiaries with peace of mind. Having expert input early on means any potential issues can be spotted and addressed in an appropriate way and all relevant tax allowances claimed to offset inheritance tax. There may even be scope for onward estate planning by rearranging an inheritance with a deed of variation within two years of the death of the deceased, to save significant tax now or in the long run.
We have set out below our pricing structure in relation to applying for the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration and the collection and distribution of assets belonging to a person following their death, where these are within the UK and the matters are not contested. The fee estimate detailed below is for the work involved in dealing with an estate administration from start to finish. This estimate is for a straightforward estate where:
We anticipate the work involved in these circumstances will take between 14 – 18 hours work, which would be carried out in accordance with the estimated timeframes mentioned below, with overall fees between £2,750 (plus £550 VAT) – £5,000 (plus £1,000 VAT). VAT is currently chargeable at 20%. Please see the ‘Basis of our charges’ section below for further details.
Disbursements are costs relating to your matter which are payable to third parties. In relation to a straightforward probate matter, typically these will be:
We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process. The disbursements are then added to the firm’s invoice and are payable from the estate.
The exact amount of our fees and disbursements will depend on the individual circumstances of the matter. For example, if there is one beneficiary and no property our fees will be at the lower end of the range (or maybe less than this if you only wish us to help you with part of the process). If there are multiple beneficiaries, a property and multiple bank accounts, our fees will be higher than the range indicated.
Circumstances in which there are likely to be additional costs include:
We will be able to give you a specific estimate once we have more information about the estate.
We charge by reference to the amount of time taken to undertake the work needed at the relevant hourly rates of the team members involved (see below). We do not charge by reference to the value of the estate. As a broad guide, in our experience, our fees exclusive of VAT do not tend to exceed 3% of the gross value of an estate (this is only a very broad rule of thumb as some estates may be high in value but relatively simple to administer, conversely some estates may be quite complex to administer, because of the number of accounts and other assets or because of the number of beneficiaries, even though the overall value involved is relatively modest).
Relevant hourly rates range in accordance with the following:
The lowest and highest ends of the range relate to legal assistants and partners respectively and the hourly rate applicable to your matter will depend upon who in the team is appointed on your behalf. Please see ‘Team Profiles’ section for further details.
A specific estimate will be provided to you following on from an initial meeting or discussion with you, to find out more from you about the estate and circumstances and your
requirements. We will then send you details of engagement setting out the scope of the work you have asked us to carry out and the estimate of our fees, and the circumstances in which our estimate may change, to confirm our instructions with you.
We may be able to offer fixed fee options depending on the circumstances and your requirements, (particularly if you are asking us to help you with a part of the estate administration process rather than all of it).
On average, the process of administering a straightforward estate within the parameters described above will take 6 months. This includes making enquiries to find out the date of death, the value of assets and liabilities in the estate, preparing the paperwork to apply for the Grant to allow the estate to be administered and waiting for the Probate Registry to issue this (typically 4 weeks from submission of the application), placing any statutory notices required, collecting in the assets and settling the liabilities of the estate, preparing estate accounts for approval by executors and main beneficiaries, making an informal settlement of any income tax arising on interest accruing during the estate administration and arranging distributions in accordance with the Will.
If the estate is more complex and particularly if inheritance tax is payable in the estate, the process will typically take between 9-18 months including taking into account waiting time for HMRC tax clearance.
Claire Johnson, Partner
T: +44 (0)029 2039 1728
E: claire.johnson@geldards.com
Claire qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and is a wills, trusts and estate specialist with over 21 years’ experience. She helps individuals, families and business owners with effective strategies to address their succession and wealth preservation worries and goals, making the most of opportunities to save inheritance tax and providing real peace of mind. A graduate of Exeter University, Claire trained as a solicitor with a London firm and spent 6 years working as a tax consultant with KPMG before returning to Wales. Prior to joining Geldards as a partner in 2013 she developed and led the private client offering at 2 other prominent Welsh law firms. Claire advises clients across Wales particularly in relation to tax planning and asset protection through appropriate wills, trusts and lifetime gifts, also dealing with the administration of complex and high-value trusts and estates including those where there is a dispute and the legal issues affecting those in later life and those who lack capacity. As one of the partners heading up Geldards’ Private Client team, Claire considers it a privilege that she and the team act in many cases for different generations of the same families and are very much focused on building lasting relationships with their clients.
Erica Thomson, Partner
T: +44 (0)115 983 3745
E: erica.thomson@geldards.com
Erica qualified as a solicitor in 1997 and is an experienced private client lawyer with over 15 years’ experience. She provides solutions for high net worth individuals including wealth preservation, later life planning and succession planning for individuals and business owners. Erica advises clients across the East Midlands on a full range of issues pertinent to their personal legal requirements including; wills, trusts, lifetime gifts and deeds along with the administration of complex estates and trusts.
Jaclyn Barnes, Partner
T: +44 (0)115 983 3747
E: jaclyn.barnes@geldards.com
Jackie is a Partner in Geldards’ Private Client team, advising clients on wills, tax and estate planning, estate administration, trust administration and court of protection matters. Jackie qualified as a solicitor in 2005 before joining Geldards the following year, having graduated from the University of Warwick in 2002. Jackie became a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners in 2008. Clients are often referred to Jackie by other professional advisers with whom she works to provide a joined-up approach to the client’s personal planning.
David Williams, Partner
T: +44 (0)115 983 3757
E: david.williams@geldards.com
David qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and has approaching thirty years’ experience in advising families and family businesses in wealth protection and succession planning. Having qualified as a lawyer, David ran a property development business and subsequently became general manager of a large building society. All that experience is put to good use in counselling clients in a strategic, common sense and thoughtful manner. One of David’s greatest skills is the ability to listen to clients and to get to the heart of what they are trying to achieve. David works with our large private client team, encompassing wills, trust, tax, family and property expertise to ensure that our clients receive a service that responds to all of their needs.
Anne Taylor, Senior Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1779
E: anne.taylor@geldards.com
Anne qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and specialises in estate planning, estate administration, contentious and non-contentious Court of Protection work, mental capacity work and providing advice on compensation protection. She advises court of protection deputies and attorneys, as well as providing personal planning advice for clients. Anne also works closely with the firm’s clinical negligence team in order to advise clients on compensation protection and court of protection issues. Anne studied at Swansea and Cardiff universities and trained at another Cardiff firm. She joined Geldards in 2011.
Gillian Crouch, Senior Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2038 6547
E: gillian.crouch@geldards.com
Gillian qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive in 2007 and joined the private client team in August 2013. Gillian advises on all areas of private client work including, preparing wills, lasting powers of attorney, Court of Protection applications to appoint a Deputy, removal/replacement of Deputies, the appointment of Trustees for Sale, statutory will applications. Gillian also deals with general management on behalf of Deputies and attorneys, full administration of estates and compensation protection via personal injury trusts.
Laura Ikin, Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1862
E: laura.ikin@geldards.com
Laura qualified as a solicitor in 2012 and specialises in providing advice in relation to Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, trusts and tax and estate planning. She advises clients who wish to plan for later life to ensure their assets are passed on in accordance with their wishes, which can include the preparation of Wills, lifetime trust arrangements and Lasting Powers of Attorney along with providing Inheritance Tax advice. Laura has also advised many business owners on their estate planning, making sure their businesses are being passed on after their days in the most tax-efficient manner whilst taking into account provision for their families. Laura also regularly works in collaboration with financial advisers or accountants to provide a comprehensive and ‘joined up’ approach to client’s estate planning needs. Laura’s favourite part of her role is getting to know her clients and she prides herself on being able to make every client feel comfortable and at ease in discussing what can be complex or sensitive issues.
Zoe Lowe, Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1869
E: zoe.lowe@geldards.com
Zoe works with the Private Client team in Cardiff, specialising in the administration of trusts and estates. A post-graduate of Cardiff University, Zoe joined Geldards in July 2017. Zoe worked as a paralegal before completing a training contract and qualifying as a solicitor in 2016.
Dervla Flynn, Associate
T: +44 (0)1332 378 324
E: dervla.flynn@geldards.com
Dervla is an experienced private client lawyer providing expert advice on Inheritance Tax Planning, Wills, Probate, Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters. A graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, Dervla is not only qualified to practise as a solicitor in England and Wales, but also in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. She has therefore gained a wealth of specialist and invaluable experience on cross border matters.
Hannah Jean, Associate
T: +44 (0)29 20320386525
E: hannh.jean@geldards.com
Hannah is able to undertake all aspects of private client work, including Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, tax and trust and estate administration. Hannah has particular expertise in estate administration and is used to having to work alongside other professionals such as accountants and surveyors to ensure more complex estates are administered as efficiently as possible.
Esther Trevelyan, Chartered Legal Executive
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1892
E: esther.trevelyan@geldards.com
Esther is a Swansea Law graduate having joined Geldards in 2015 and is currently in the process of completing her CILEX portfolio in order to qualify as a Chartered Legal Executive. Esther specialises in the administration of trusts and estates, Court of Protection work including Deputyship applications and providing day to day advice and assistance to lay Executors and Deputies and guiding them through the process. Esther also has experience with Statutory Will and appointment of Trustee applications, Compensation Protection Trusts, Wills and Lasting Powers of Attorney. Esther prides herself on being a huge support for clients who are often going through difficult times.
Bianca Gregory, Paralegal
T: +44 (0)1332 378 371
E: bianca.gregory@geldards.com
Bianca works in our Private Client team in the Midlands, specialising in Estate Administration. Bianca has over 10 years of experience in Private Client and is a post-graduate of Derby University. Bianca is currently completing her CILEX qualifications and will shortly be qualifying as a Private Client Chartered Legal Executive.
Clare Bush, Legal Assistant
T: +44 (0)115 983 3658
E: clare.bush@geldards.com
Clare specialises in the administration of estates and has over 15 years’ experience of working in the Private Client Department.
We are committed to providing a reliable, effective and expert service to all clients and are certified under the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
There are 14 members of the team who may work on your matter depending on your location. Regardless of who works on your matter, they will be supervised by Erica Thomson and Jaclyn Barnes, Partners and Head of Probate and Estate Administration in the Midlands and Claire Johnson, Partner and Head of Probate and Estate Administration in Cardiff.
Geldards Residential Property expertise is second to none. Whether you are buying, selling, re-mortgaging a property or making an investment, we can give you expert help and guidance to ensure the process runs as smoothly as possible.
Our Residential Property team will always put your priorities first, ensuring that they talk to you in plain English and provide a friendly, competitive and professional service. We will keep you updated throughout the process and respond quickly to any enquiries. Ultimately, we aim to ensure that the process is as straightforward as possible so that you can move as smoothly and quickly as possible.
The vast majority of our residential work is carried out in our Nottingham Office. Our Cardiff Office only carries out residential work for specific clients.
The conveyancing process involves the following key stages:
How long it will take for your transaction to complete will depend on a number of factors. The average process for a sale or purchase takes between 6 – 8 weeks and for a re-mortgage between 4 – 6 weeks. It can be quicker or slower, depending on the parties in the chain and the complexity of the transaction. For example, if you are purchasing a leasehold property that requires an extension of the lease, this can take significantly longer.
Our fees for a typical house sale or purchase range from around £750 plus VAT of £150 for a simple transaction to £5,000 plus VAT of £1,000 for a substantial historical building on unregistered land. These figures however may vary in cases with special complications. That is why we will always give you an individual cost estimate at the start of the transaction taking into account the actual features of your purchase. We charge a fixed fee, but this is subject to change if complications become evident during the transactions. We will always advise you immediately about any complications and discuss the potential impact on price before any additional charges are incurred.
Examples of complications may be:
Our fees for a typical re-mortgage range from £500 plus VAT of £100 to £1,000 plus VAT of £200.
In addition to our fees above and disbursements/other costs mentioned below, there will be an administration charge in the form of a TT (bank transfer) fee: £24 incl VAT (sale, purchase
and re-mortgage).
Disbursements are costs related to your matter which are payable to third parties, such as Land Registry fees. We handle the payment of the disbursements on your behalf to ensure a smoother process.
Search Fees: approximately £300 – £350 incl VAT (factors which can affect this include which local authority the property is located within and whether property specific searches are required e.g. a coal mining search) (purchase and re-mortgage)
Official Copy Register Entries and Title Plan: £7.20 incl VAT (sale and re-mortgage)
Land Registry Search fee: £3.60 incl VAT (purchase and re-mortgage)
Bankruptcy Search fee: £2.40 incl VAT per name (purchase and remortgage)
Land Registry fee: This depends on the purchase price of the property or the amount of the mortgage (for a re-mortgage). You can calculate the amount you will need to pay by using the Land Registry calculator: https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/fees-calculator.html
Stamp Duty Land Tax (England): This depends on the purchase price of the property (this is only paid on a purchase). You can calculate the amount you will need to pay by using the HMRC’s calculator: https://www.stampdutycalculator.org.uk/
Land Transaction Tax (Wales): This depends on the purchase price of the property (this is only paid on a purchase). You can calculate the amount you will need to pay by using WRA’s calculator: https://www.stampdutycalculator.org.uk/ltt-calculator.html
Certificate of Compliance fee: this can range between around £90 and £240 incl VAT (freehold or leasehold purchase)
In relation to leasehold purchases, there will be the following additional costs:
You should also be aware that ground rent and service charges are likely to apply throughout your ownership of the property. We will confirm the ground rent and the anticipated service charge as soon as this we receive this information.
In relation to leasehold sales, a fee will be payable to the landlord and/or managing agent for a sales pack the amount of which varies from transaction to transaction. Often it is between around £90 and £900 incl VAT.
For the purchase of a freehold property in Wollaton, Nottingham (registered under one title number) at a price of £300,000 by two buyers, who have owned residential property previously, who are buying with a mortgage and who will only own one residential property on completion of the purchase, the fees and disbursements would be:
| Fees | |
| £1,200 plus VAT of £240 | £1,440.00 |
| Disbursements | |
| Stamp Duty Land Tax | £2,500.00* |
| Land Registry Registration Fee | £135.00 |
| Local Authority Search Fee (including VAT) | £132.30 |
| Drainage Search Fee (including VAT) | £58.80 |
| Environmental Search Fee (including VAT) | £61.20 |
| Chancel Repair Search Fee (including VAT) | £24.00 |
| Mining Search Fee (including VAT) | £44.34 |
| Land Registry Search Fee (including VAT) | £3.60 |
| Bankruptcy Search Fees (including VAT) | £4.80 |
| Bank Transfer Fee (including VAT) | £24.00 |
| Total Disbursements | £2,955.62 |
| Grand Total |
£4,395.62 |
*from 01 October 2021 it will be £5000
Richard Hadrill, Associate
T: +44 (0)115 983 3705
E: richard.hadrill@geldards.com
Richard studied law at Nottingham Trent University and qualified as a solicitor in 1988. He has over 25 years’ experience of dealing with all aspects of residential conveyancing, including freehold and leasehold sales and purchases, re-mortgages, transfers of equity, probate sales, auction sales, shared ownership purchases and equity release. Richard is friendly and approachable, and he provides pragmatic solutions to clients’ problems.
Zoie Monroe, Conveyancer
T: +44 (0)115 983 3653
E: zoie.monroe@geldards.com
Zoie is a graduate legal executive specialising in residential conveyancing with over 10 years’ experience advising on all types of residential property transactions. Whilst primarily based in the Nottingham Office, Zoie has a presence at our other Midland Office in Derby for the benefit of our clients. Zoie joined Geldards in 2016 following her relocation from the North West of England.
Rhian Davies, Senior Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2038 6539
E: rhian.davies@geldards.com
Rhian is an associate in the Property department and deals with a wide variety of commercial and residential matters dealing with both public and private sector clients. A post-graduate of Cardiff University, Rhian joined Geldards in June 2015 having trained and qualified as a solicitor in 2013 with a regional firm where she specialised in residential conveyancing.
Josie Bradford, Associate
T: +44 (0)29 2039 1815
E: josie.bradford@geldards.com
Josie is a solicitor in the property team and advises on both commercial and residential matters. Josie joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in September 2015 and qualified as a solicitor into the property team in March 2017. Josie completed her law degree in CardiffUniversity in 2012. Whilst studying Josie volunteered as an Adviser at the Citizens Advice Bureau. After graduating Josie joined a regional law firm as a paralegal before completing her LPC at Cardiff University in 2014.
We are committed to providing a reliable, effective and expert service to all clients and are certified under the ISO 9001 Quality Management System.
We are also accredited under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS). Our CQS number is CQS03489. Under CQS our Senior Reporting Officer is David Williams.
Your mater will be dealt with by either Richard Hadrill who is an associate, Heather Tew who is a solicitor or Zoie Monroe who is a conveyancer. They are supervised by David Williams who is a Member and head of residential property.
Your mater will be dealt with either Rhian Davies who is an associate, Lori John who is a solicitor, Josie Bradford who is a solicitor or Christian Houston, who is a solicitor. They are supervised by Liz Ganderton and Harriet Morgan who are both partners in our Cardiff Property Department.
In the first instance please arrange to contact any of those named below, who will ensure that your enquiry is directed to the appropriate place:
Richard Hadrill: (T) 0115 983 3705 (E) richard.hadrill@geldards.com
Zoie Monroe: (T) 0115 983 3653 (E) zoie.monroe@geldards.com