Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Merricks Solicitors Limited publishes these 6 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:Agricultural lawCommercial lawConveyancingDispute resolutionFamilyWills 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly rate | £200 per hour | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: fee for the purchase of a £300,000 freehold registered property in Cornwall as the purchaser’s main residence | £1,150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: electronic transfer fee in the purchase worked example (freehold property in Cornwall) | £20.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - uncontested administration of a small testate estate (up to £325,000), stated as an average fee in the region of the figure, about six hours work | average £1,050 | + VAT |
| Probate - value element when acting as executor of a large and complex estate (percentage of the estate) | 0% to 2% | + VAT |
| Employment tribunals - straightforward claim for unfair or wrongful dismissal | average £4,000 to £6,000 | + 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 www.merricks-solicitors.co.uk/fees.html, read 19 October 2026.
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 8: Family, Wills and trusts, Corporate (non-listed), Children, Probate, Commercial property, Residential property, Litigation
- Companies House status
- Active (09492583, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 16 March 2015
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Trading names
- Merricks Solicitors
- Previous names (SRA)
- Goldblack Limited
- SRA firms in Cornwall
- 66 (38 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Cross Street, Wadebridge, PL27 7DTDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Cornwall | 01208 812068 |
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 Merricks Solicitors Limited 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 19 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at merricks-solicitors.co.uk 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
MERRICKS SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 09492583, private limited company, incorporated 16 March 2015. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 May 2025 (total exemption full). Registered office town: WADEBRIDGE. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Companies House also lists 1 earlier registered name, most recently GOLDBLACK LIMITED.
Merricks Solicitors Limited in gold at Wadebridge PL27 7DT, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Cornwall district outline (ONS E06000052).
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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.