Probate, Administration of Estates and Trusts

Put your confidence in Mowll & Mowll to guide you through the legal process with careful advice and reliable support.

Our highly experienced team has particular expertise in complex and high value estates. We use this experience to guide you through the process of obtaining Probate and administering an estate.

Please see below what our clients say about us:

“Thank you for your understanding during a very difficult time.”

“May I take this opportunity to thank you for all your excellent service.”

“Would like to say that from the very beginning of Sharon Baker dealing with my late mum's estate she has shown us compassion and understanding in a difficult time and has remained an excellent communication throughout, Sharon has made the whole process a lot easier for us to deal with at a very hard time so thank you.”

“…very attentive and helpful in what turned out to be a distressing time.”

The services we provide are:

Creation and administration of Trusts
Probate and administration of Estates
Intestacy
Deeds of variation

To discuss your requirements and the costs involved please contact Sharon Baker, and Chris Neeve

We also have the expertise to advise on Inheritance and Will disputes.

Cost information

At Mowll and Mowll we recognise that everyone is an individual with circumstances specific to them. We aim to provide a high quality and cost effective service tailored to you particular requirements in the following:

Probate only
Probate and administration of estates including estates where there is no will
Drafting deed of variation

Our fees vary depending on your requirements:

Applying for Probate

It may be that you, as an executor, are happy you can administer the estate but would appreciate assistance in making the application for probate. If so then, so long as you provide all the necessary financial information we will make the application and, on receipt of the grant of probate will hand it to you to complete the administration.

In the case that the estate is an “excepted estate” (meaning there is no requirement to complete Inheritance Tax forms), we charge of fixed fee of £650.00 plus VAT.

In the case that the estate is not an excepted estate, we charge a fixed fee of £950.00 plus VAT. Please get in contact and we can advise whether an estate is an excepted estate or not.

Applying for Probate and administering the estate

It may be that you would prefer to hand the administration to us to deal on your behalf. If so we will have an initial meeting to discuss the estate following which we will take steps to confirm the value of the estate, prepare the application for probate, deal with any Inheritance Tax, Capital Gains Tax and Income Tax considerations, collect in the assets of the estate, settle any liabilities and distribute the estate to the beneficiaries.

Our fees for this are calculated on the value of the gross estate. At the outset of an administration we suggest that our fee will be a % of the value of the estate (from 1-3%). A more precise quotation can be given once we have sufficient detail

External fees

In addition to our fees may be some external fees. The probate application fee is £300 plus £16.00 for each copy of the grant of probate. To protect executors it is advisable to place Statutory Notices in the London Gazette and a local newspaper. Other fees may also arise during the administration.

It is difficult to give an accurate time scale as some aspects of the administration are not under our control. For example, when collecting detailed valuations of the estate we are dependent on replies from banks, building societies and other agencies. Once the probate application is made the Probate Service can take up to 12 weeks to issue the grant. We endeavour to deal with each matter as expeditiously as we can.