Are these solicitor's costs excessive?

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Rachel Gill

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Hi All, The solicitor dealing with my late uncles will is charging 34,000 in fees. Is this way over the top for an estate worth 730,000. Can I get some advice on this Please.
 
It depends on the work done rather than on the value of the estate. You should get some sort of breakdown.
 
Did you get a quote in advance?

Is the estate complex?

Is conveyancing on the sale of a house included?
 
No complications about the will. Solicitor had to get temporary pps nos for 10 beneficaries. Nothing sold in the estate. No price given at the beginning. I have wrote to LRSA who have wrote to solicitor for breakdown of her fees. Its been horrendous the stress and utter lies from the solicitor.
 
Rachel Gill said:
No complications about the will. Solicitor had to get temporary pps nos for 10 beneficaries. Nothing sold in the estate. No price given at the beginning. I have wrote to LRSA who have wrote to solicitor for breakdown of her fees. Its been horrendous the stress and utter lies from the solicitor.
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You're mnaking a lot of claims there.

- Who hired the solicitor
- Who agreed the price for the solicitor
- Who is the executor
- 10 temporary PPS suggest a lot of beneficiaries AND non residents.
- You've not outlined what the assets consists of. If it's a house of 500K, cash of 200K and some shares than 34K is outrageous.

Whatever you do, do not claim the solicitor is lying. Be temperate in language.
 
You can hire a firm of Legal Costs Accountants to review the solicitor's bill and advise you whether or not it is in their opinion reasonable and whether or not you have grounds to challenge it. This will inevitably cost you money but may also save you money.
 
Rachel Gill said:
No complications about the will. Solicitor had to get temporary pps nos for 10 beneficaries. Nothing sold in the estate. No price given at the beginning. I have wrote to LRSA who have wrote to solicitor for breakdown of her fees. Its been horrendous the stress and utter lies from the solicitor.
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There may not be much complications on your dead uncles side but it sounds like there are complications on the distribution of the assets if 10 temporary PPS numbers had to be got. I'm not saying if €34,000 is justified or not but the cost of it has just gone up!! And I am presuming there are more than just these 10 beneficiaries as well. Dealing with a big distribution means a lot more work.
 
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