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Stephen Rimmer LLP

SRA number 497398 · Authorised since 1 November 2011

Head office 28-30 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, BN21 4PX

Website stephenrimmer.com · Phone 01323 644222 · Publishes prices: yes, read 16 October 2026

Published prices

Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Stephen Rimmer LLP publishes these 27 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:Debt recoveryEmployment tribunalsLicensing applicationsResidential conveyancingProbate and estate administrationWillsLasting powers of attorneyMotoring offencesCriminal defenceAs listed on the firm's own website, read 16 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.

ServicePriceVAT
Debt recovery - letter before court action, could cost as little as (including VAT)[1]from £144inc VAT
Debt recovery - fully contested trial, costs could reach (up to), including VAT[1]average £30,000inc VAT
Employment tribunal - acting for an employee in a typical claim, fees from a simple matter that settles quickly to a substantial case fully contested (including VAT)[2]average £840 to £24,000inc VAT
Employment tribunal - acting for an employer in a typical claim, fees from a simple matter that settles quickly to a substantial case fully contested (including VAT)[2]average £300 to £36,000inc VAT
Residential conveyancing - overall span of the firm's fees, from its lowest example (a freehold remortgage where the mortgage is low) to its highest (a leasehold apartment purchase valued at several million pounds)[3]£495 to £3,000+ VAT
Residential conveyancing - fee to send funds electronically using the CHAPS system, per payment[3]£35+ VAT
Licensing applications - fixed fee for dealing with an application for a licence (including VAT)[4]£840inc VAT
Probate - fixed fee for completing the probate papers and applying for a Grant of Probate only[5]£750+ VAT
Probate - fixed fee for completing the probate papers and applying for a Grant of Probate where an IHT400 is required[5]£1,500+ VAT
Wills - simple will, single[5]£275+ VAT
Wills - simple will, joint (mirror)[5]£450+ VAT
Wills - codicil, single[5]£180+ VAT
Wills - codicil, joint (mirror)[5]£275+ VAT
Lasting power of attorney - property and financial affairs (excludes the registration fee)[5]£350+ VAT
Lasting power of attorney - health and welfare (excludes the registration fee)[5]£350+ VAT
Lasting powers of attorney - property and financial affairs and health and welfare together (excludes the registration fees)[5]£525+ VAT
Lasting powers of attorney - mirror powers of attorney, property and financial affairs for spouses or civil partners[5]£525+ VAT
Lasting powers of attorney - joint mirror powers of attorney, property and financial affairs and health and welfare for spouses or civil partners[5]£850+ VAT
Lasting powers of attorney - extra charge for correspondence with each individual attorney[5]£25+ VAT
Criminal defence - attendance at the police station where the client already had representation under the same investigation (single fee)[6]£320+ VAT
Motoring offences - driving offences, guilty plea, first hearing at the Magistrates' Court[6]£600+ VAT
Motoring offences - additional fixed fee if the case is adjourned or does not conclude on the same date[6]£600+ VAT
Motoring offences - special reasons and exceptional hardship hearings, fixed fee for one hearing[6]£1,000+ VAT
Motoring offences - special reasons and exceptional hardship hearings, each additional hearing[6]£600+ VAT
Motoring offences - Magistrates' Court half-day trial, fixed fee[6]£2,000+ VAT
Motoring offences - Magistrates' Court trial, additional fee for every extra half-day[6]£600+ VAT
Motoring offences - additional witness statements beyond the two included, per witness[6]£200+ VAT

From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 16 October 2026:

  1. [1]www.stephenrimmer.com/services-for-business/debt-recovery/debt-recovery-pricing
  2. [2]www.stephenrimmer.com/services-for-business/employment-law/employment-tribunals-pricing
  3. [3]www.stephenrimmer.com/services-for-you/residential-conveyancing/residential-conveyancing-pricing
  4. [4]www.stephenrimmer.com/services-for-business/commercial-property-solicitors/licensing-applications-pricing
  5. [5]www.stephenrimmer.com/services-for-you/wills-probate/probate-solicitors/probate-estate-administration-pricing
  6. [6]www.stephenrimmer.com/services-for-you/criminal-defence-solicitors/road-traffic-solicitors/road-traffic-offences-pricing

Key facts

Authorisation
Recognised body
Organisation type
Recognised body, authorised
Constitution
Limited liability partnership
Practising offices
3 (2 branches)
Branch towns
Eastbourne, Bexhill-on-Sea
Areas of law reported to the SRA
6: Landlord and tenant, Criminal, Residential property, Family, Probate, Commercial property
Companies House status
Active (OC340622, file 1 May 2026)
Incorporated
6 October 2008
Company type
Limited Liability Partnership
SRA firms in Eastbourne
26 (15 residential property)

Offices on the SRA record

OfficeAddressDistrictPhone
Head office28-30 Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne, BN21 4PXDirectionsGoogle MapsApple MapsEastbourne01323 644222
Branch21 Lushington Road, Eastbourne, BN21 4LGDirectionsGoogle MapsApple MapsEastbourne
Branch46-48 Parkhurst Road, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1DEDirectionsGoogle MapsApple MapsRother01424 216329

Areas of law reported to the SRA

Landlord and tenantCriminalResidential propertyFamilyProbateCommercial property

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.

Conveyancing prices: published by the firm under SRA Transparency Rule 1

Because Stephen Rimmer LLP reports residential property work, it must publish its conveyancing price, charging basis, disbursements, VAT treatment and timescales on its website. This firm's published conveyancing prices are shown above, read 16 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at stephenrimmer.com for any update before instructing it. Compare against the national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.

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Companies House record

STEPHEN RIMMER LLP, company number OC340622, limited liability partnership, incorporated 6 October 2008. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: EASTBOURNE. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.

Where the offices are
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