Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Martin Chater trading as Morton Chater Solicitors publishes these 15 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:WillsCommercial conveyancingLasting powers of attorneyResidential conveyancingFamily lawProbateAs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Probate - application for the grant only, no Inheritance Tax to pay[1] | £1400.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - application for the grant with a full Inheritance Tax account completed, tax not payable[1] | £2500.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - application for the grant with a full Inheritance Tax account completed, tax payable[1] | £3500.00 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Gross value of estate £250,000 or less | Fixed fee of £5,000 | + VAT |
| Gross value of estate over £250,000 | 2% of the gross value of the estate | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Wills - simple will[2] | £350.00 | + VAT |
| Wills - mirror wills for a husband and wife[2] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Wills - complex wills, hourly rate[2] | £200.00 per hour | VAT not stated |
| Family - fixed fee initial consultation of one hour[3] | £85.00 | + VAT |
| Family - uncontested divorce or dissolution, applicant[3] | £650.00 | + VAT |
| Family - uncontested divorce or dissolution, respondent[3] | £425.00 | + VAT |
| Family - cohabitation agreement[3] | £850.00 | + VAT |
| Family - prenuptial or postnuptial agreement[3] | £1500.00 | + VAT |
| Family - separation agreement[3] | £1200.00 | + VAT |
| Family - preparing a consent order and sending it to the court, agreement only[3] | £1000.00 | + VAT |
| Family - negotiations, hourly rate[3] | £250 per hour | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 16 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised sole practice
- Organisation type
- Recognised sole practice, authorised
- Constitution
- Sole practitioner
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 5: Family, Residential property, Probate, Commercial property, Wills and trusts
- Trading names
- Morton Chater Solicitors
- SRA firms in Central Bedfordshire
- 34 (12 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Grove House, 76 High Street North, Dunstable, LU6 1JFDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Central Bedfordshire | 01582 501240 |
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 Martin Chater trading as Morton Chater Solicitors 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 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 national average of £1,575 plus VAT and the disbursements you will pay on top.
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The SRA records the firm's constitution as sole practitioner, 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.
Martin Chater trading as Morton Chater Solicitors in gold at Dunstable LU6 1JF, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
Outline: Central Bedfordshire district outline (ONS E06000056).
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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.