Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Abels publishes these 21 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:Family lawDivorceChildren mattersResidential conveyancingCommercial conveyancingProperty developmentCivil litigation and claimsWills, trusts and probateEmployment disputesAs listed on the firm's own website, read 16 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Wills - single will (basic)[1] | £300 | + VAT |
| Wills - mirror wills (basic)[1] | £450 | + VAT |
| Wills - life interest trust mirror wills[1] | £500 | + VAT |
| Lasting powers of attorney - one lasting power of attorney[1] | £350 | + VAT |
| Lasting powers of attorney - two lasting powers of attorney[1] | £550 | + VAT |
| Lasting powers of attorney - four lasting powers of attorney[1] | £800 | + VAT |
| Probate - straightforward estate meeting the page's listed conditions, grant of representation, fixed fee[2] | £850 | + VAT |
| Probate - additional charge for the Inheritance Tax form, guide where the main asset is the former home of the deceased[2] | £1,150 | + VAT |
| Probate - getting a grant in other cases[2] | £1,500 to £4,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - administering the estate once a grant is obtained[2] | £1,500 to £10,000 | + VAT |
| Employment disputes - additional work, hourly rate[3] | £240 per hour | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - additional work, per item of correspondence[3] | £24 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - initial interview of no more than 45 minutes[3] | £240 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - written initial view of prospects[3] | £240 to £360 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - preparing or responding to a claim in the Southampton Employment Tribunal[3] | average £720 to £1440 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - preliminary directions hearing step[3] | £360 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - disclosure of documents, based on two hours of work[3] | £480 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - witness statement, per statement of no more than 6 pages[3] | £720 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - document bundles for the tribunal[3] | average £480 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - representation at the final tribunal hearing of no more than a day[3] | £1800 to £3000 | inc VAT |
| Employment disputes - preliminary hearing needing attendance of less than one and a half hours[3] | average £600 | inc VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 16 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Non-litigation, Residential property, Probate, Commercial property, Litigation, Landlord and tenant, Children, Wills and trusts
- SRA firms in Southampton
- 56 (27 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Cumberland House, 15-17 Cumberland Place, Southampton, SO15 2BGDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Southampton | 023 8022 0317 |
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 Abels reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. Our check on 28 August 2026 did not find a conveyancing price page. The prices shown above, read 16 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 verified Southampton band of £800 to £2,100 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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The SRA records the firm's constitution as partnership, 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.
Abels in gold at Southampton SO15 2BG, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Southampton district outline (ONS E06000045).
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Source: SRA Firm data web service (terms 1 July 2020, attribution required); firm status, offices and areas of law as reported by the SRA on 3 November 2026. Areas of law are self-reported by each firm in its annual return and describe work it told the SRA it delivered, not a live service menu or a quality mark. Companies House fields from the Basic Company Data bulk file dated 1 May 2026. Geocoding by postcodes.io: contains OS data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026, Royal Mail data (c) Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026, National Statistics data (c) Crown copyright and database right 2026. No firm on this site is sponsored, ranked or endorsed, and nothing here implies SRA endorsement of this site.