Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Ratcliffes publishes these 25 prices on its own website. The figures below are copied as the firm prints them. For your own matter, ask the firm for a written quote that includes disbursements.
What the firm offers:ConveyancingContested probateMotoring offencesEmployment tribunalsDebt recoveryAs listed on the firm's own website, read 17 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| First appointment - fixed fee, including VAT[1] | £150 | inc VAT |
| Freehold residential sale - conveyancer's fees[2] | from £950 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Properties under £300,000 | £900 | + VAT |
| Over £300,000 and up to £800,000 | £950 | + VAT |
| Over £800,000 | £1400 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Freehold residential sale - additional fee: file storage fee[2] | £20 | + VAT |
| Freehold residential sale - additional fee: compliance fee[2] | £50 | + VAT |
| Wills - straightforward double will (fixed fee)[3] | £300 | + VAT |
| Wills - single will (fixed fee)[3] | £200 | + VAT |
| Probate (non-contested) - estimated total costs[4] | £1,750 to £5,800 | + VAT |
| Probate (non-contested) - hourly rate range[4] | £175 to £290 | + VAT |
| Item | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | £10,000 – £14,000 | + VAT |
| Medium | £14,000 – £22,000 | + VAT |
| High | £22,000 – £40,000 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Motoring offences - drink driving offence, guilty plea (fixed fee)[6] | £2,800 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - contested matter, estimated total costs[6] | £2,300 to £23,000 | + VAT |
| Business debt recovery - hourly rate range[7] | £230 to £290 | + VAT |
| Business debt recovery - relatively straightforward undisputed debt, one to five hours, no enforcement[7] | £230 to £1,200 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - attendance and preparation[6] | £1,000 to £2,500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - considering the prosecution case and unused material[6] | £500 to £2,500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - taking your instructions[6] | £250 to £1,250 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - taking statements from witnesses of fact[6] | £500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - providing advice on the prospects of securing an acquittal[6] | £500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - providing advice on likely sentence if convicted[6] | £250 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - attendance and representation at the Magistrates Court[6] | £500 to £2,500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - instruction of any expert witnesses[6] | £1,000 to £3,000 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - conducting a site visit[6] | £1,000 to £3,000 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - advice and assistance in relation to a special reasons hearing[6] | £800 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences (contested matter) - advice or assistance in relation to any appeal[6] | £1,000 | + VAT |
Some figures on the firm's page do not agree with each other; the table follows the page as printed.
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 17 October 2026:
- [1]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk
- [2]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk/property-law/freehold-residential-sale
- [3]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk/wills-probate
- [4]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk/wills-probate/non-contested-probate
- [5]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk/employment-law/employment-tribunal-unfair-dismissal
- [6]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk/motoring-offences
- [7]ratcliffessolicitors.co.uk/services-for-businesses/business-debt-recovery
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised sole practice
- Organisation type
- Recognised sole practice, authorised
- Constitution
- Sole practitioner
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Family, Landlord and tenant, Children, Residential property, Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Litigation, Probate
- Previous names (SRA)
- Richard Ratcliffe
- SRA firms in Swale
- 14 (8 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 22 Park Road, Sittingbourne, ME10 1DRDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Swale | 01795 477505 |
Areas of law reported to the SRA
Self-reported by the firm in its most recent annual return to the SRA ("the areas of law that the law firm has told us they delivered"). A lagging description of past work, not a live service list, a specialism claim or a quality mark; it may be up to a year old and is blank for newly authorised firms.
Because Ratcliffes reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. The prices shown above, read 17 October 2026 from the firm's website, are for other services and do not include conveyancing. For conveyancing, ask the firm for a written quote. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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The SRA records the firm's constitution as sole practitioner, a structure with no Companies House registration, so there is no company record to cross-reference; the SRA authorisation record is the only public register entry for the firm.
Ratcliffes in gold at Sittingbourne ME10 1DR, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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