Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Guy Williams Layton LLP publishes these 22 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:Bankruptcy and insolvencyCommercial propertyCorporate and businessDebt recoveryTimeshare and fractional ownershipAdvising the elderlyDispute resolutionConveyancingLasting powers of attorneyProbateTrustsWillsAs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly charging rates by grade, effective 1 April 2026[1] | Partner, solicitors and legal executives with 8+ years’ experience £300.00 / solicitors and legal executives with 4+ years’ experience £240.00 / other fee earners of equivalent experience £200.00 / trainee solicitors and other fee earners £160.00 / PA, secretarial and other non-fee earning staff £110.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Retrieving documents held in safe custody, charge per item retrieved[1] | £100 | + VAT |
| Probate - obtaining the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration only, where there is no inheritance tax to pay, fixed fee[2] | £950 | + VAT |
| Probate - obtaining the Grant of Probate or Letters of Administration only, where there is inheritance tax to pay, fees expected to be in the region of[2] | average £1,590 to £2,750 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant and subsequent administration of the estate to distribution, cases tend to fall in the region of[2] | average £2,000 to £6,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant and administration of an estate subject to inheritance tax, cases tend to fall in the region of[2] | average £4,000 to £10,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rates by grade[2] | Partner, solicitors and legal executives with 8+ years’ experience (Grade A) £300.00 / Grade B £240.00 / Grade C £200.00 / Grade D £160.00 / Grade E £110.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £1,000 | £40 | + VAT |
| £1,000 – £10,000 | £70 | + VAT |
| Over £10,000 | £100 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £300 | £50 | + VAT |
| £300 – £500 | £50 | + VAT |
| £500 – £1,000 | £70 | + VAT |
| £1,000 – £1,500 | £80 | + VAT |
| £1,500 – £3,000 | £80 | + VAT |
| £3,000 – £5,000 | £80 | + VAT |
| £5,000 – £10,000 | £100 | + VAT |
| £10,000 – £200,000 | £100 | + VAT |
| Over £200,000 | £100 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £5,000 | £22 | + VAT |
| Over £5,000 | £30 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Debt recovery - enforcement by Warrant of Control (County Court Bailiff) for debts up to £600, firm's costs (court fee extra)[3] | £2.25 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement by Writ of Control (High Court Enforcement) for debts over £600, firm's costs (court fee extra)[3] | £51.75 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - payment plan, per instalment[3] | £10 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - order to obtain information from a judgment debtor, firm's costs (court fee and attendance extra)[3] | £250 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - attachment of earnings, firm's costs (court fee extra)[3] | £250 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - charging order, firm's costs (court fee, court attendance and Land Registry fees extra)[3] | £350 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - third party debt order, firm's costs (court fee and attendance extra)[3] | £350 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - statutory demand, firm's costs (process server's fee extra)[3] | £300 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - bankruptcy, firm's costs (court fee, Official Receiver's deposit and other fees extra)[3] | £600 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - winding up demand, firm's costs[3] | £300 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - winding up, firm's costs (court fee, Official Receiver's deposit and other fees extra)[3] | £750 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - disputes and other work not covered by the fixed charges, hourly rates by grade (from 1 October 2026 edition)[3] | Grade A Partner/Senior Solicitor £300 / Grade B Solicitor £240 / Grade C Solicitor/Legal Executive/Senior Paralegal £200 / Grade D Paralegal/Trainee Solicitor £160 / Grade E Other £110 per hour | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 17 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Licensed body (ABS)
- Organisation type
- Licensed body (alternative business structure), authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 2 (1 branch)
- Branch towns
- Wirral
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Wills and trusts, Probate, Litigation, Commercial property, Landlord and tenant, Residential property, Employment
- Published conveyancing prices
- Prices publishedfee table gwl.co.uk found 28 August 2026
- Companies House status
- Active (OC401033, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 28 July 2015
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- SRA firms in Liverpool
- 170 (54 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | 4th Floor, Castle Chambers, 43 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 9SHDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Liverpool | 0151 236 7171 |
| Branch | 87 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 0AUDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Wirral | 0151 342 1831 |
| Registered office | 4th Floor, Castle Chambers, 43 Castle Street, Liverpool, Liverpool, L2 9SH | not a practising office |
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 Guy Williams Layton LLP 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. Its conveyancing price page is at gwl.co.uk (located 28 August 2026, with a fee table). Compare against the verified Liverpool band of £650 to £1,600 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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Companies House record
GUY WILLIAMS LAYTON LLP, company number OC401033, limited liability partnership, incorporated 28 July 2015. 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: LIVERPOOL. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
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