Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Maclachlan Solicitors Limited publishes these 13 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:Residential propertyWills and probatePowers of attorneyAs listed on the firm's own website, read 19 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Single will, simple, fixed fee starting from | from £250 | + VAT |
| Pair of simple mirror wills, fixed fee starting from | from £350 | + VAT |
| Will, example case: single person with cash legacies and a charity residue | £350 | + VAT |
| Pair of wills, example case: married couple with young children and guardians appointed | £450 | + VAT |
| Pair of wills with a life interest trust to the survivor, example case | from £650 | + VAT |
| Will including a disabled trust with professional trustees, example case | £750 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rate of the solicitor dealing with the matter | £260 to £280 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - administration of an average estate with a property, bank accounts and insurance or investments | average £4000 to £4500 | + VAT |
| Probate - fixed fee to obtain the grant for a simple estate | £1500 | + VAT |
| Probate - administration of a more complex estate | average £6,500 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rate used in the typical estate guide | £275 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - typical estate of ten to twenty hours, estimated total costs | £2750 to £5500 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant only basis, fixed fee | £1500 | + 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 maclachlansolicitors.co.uk/service/wills-and-probate, read 19 October 2026.
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Branch towns
- Shaftesbury
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Landlord and tenant, Corporate (non-listed), Non-litigation, Wills and trusts, Probate, Commercial property, Residential property
- Companies House status
- Active (07520343, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 8 February 2011
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Maclachlan Solicitors (Practising Style for Maclachlan Solicitors Limited)
- SRA firms in Dorset
- 53 (30 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 2 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8EJDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01935 817736 |
| Branch | 2 Salisbury Street, Shaftesbury, SP7 8EJDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01747 440448 |
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 Maclachlan Solicitors Limited 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 19 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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Companies House record
MACLACHLAN SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 07520343, private limited company, incorporated 8 February 2011. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 April 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: SHAFTESBURY. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Maclachlan Solicitors Limited in gold at Shaftesbury SP7 8EJ, its 1 other practising office in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Dorset district outline (ONS E06000059).
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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.