Do I have to pay estate management fees?

If we were appointed in the Will to act as Executors or you instruct us to manage the Probate and estate administration for you, then we will charge legal fees for the work we carry out. Our fees are always agreed with you in advance and where we are charging an hourly rate, we will provide you with a cost estimate at the outset and keep you updated on that cost estimate.

Where any law firm or bank is instructed to manage an estate, the fees that will be charged to the estate will be set out in that firm’s terms of business and agreement with you. Legal costs in dealing with the estate administration are legitimate costs from the estate and should usually be covered by estate funds. You may be asked to cover initial costs (such as the court fee for the Grant of Probate) where assets cannot be accessed without the Grant.