Our Fees

As market leaders, we lead by example and demonstrate excellence, integrity, and transparency in all our dealings with legal professionals at law firms.

We are fair and transparent with our fees.

The scale and scope of charging are entirely flexible and designed to meet the needs of individual clients on a case-by-case basis.

The diverse pricing options cater to different case complexities, allowing us to maintain standards whilst giving flexibility and choice to our clients.

The fee structures we offer are as follows:

Fixed fee

We agree a fixed amount with you and work the case to completion; fees are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.

This method is ideal in cases of partial intestacy and known missing heirs, where it is often possible to authorise expenditure from the estate.

Time recorded or time charged

Undertaken by our highly experienced instructed work team on an hourly basis or part thereof.

We will agree specific reporting points prior to commencement; this may be based on the accruing cost or indeed when heirs are located or any other point convenient to you and your client.

This selection is preferred by most legal firms.

Disbursements and expenses such as mileage are payable as extras on time-based cases.

Contingency fee

We will underwrite the entire cost of researching the case at no cost to our clients or the estate. Our fees are paid by the beneficiaries whom we locate in the form of a percentage agreement. We will agree a finder’s fee with the beneficiaries as a percentage of their individual share; these are usually in the range of 5% to 20% dependant on the complexity, value and fractional share of the estate.

This is an excellent option if no formal instruction can be given or there is no-one to directly authorise expenditure from the estate, or when executors or administrators do not wish to risk their own money in funding research.

Our fee structures are transparent and, as a matter of principle, we never incur additional charges without clearing this with clients in advance.