Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Smiths (Solicitors) LLP publishes these 60 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:Wills and probateResidential conveyancingMotoring offencesEmployment tribunal claimsDebt recoveryAs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Probate - grant-only application, excepted estate (no IHT400), fixed fee[1] | £1,250.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration, hourly rates from paralegal to partner[1] | Paralegal £210 / Partner £300 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration, worked example for a straightforward estate with one property (total legal fees estimate)[1] | £4,810 to £5,685 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - summary-only offences at local courts, fixed fee for representation (one hearing)[2] | £500 | + VAT |
| Motoring offences - hourly rates for work after the first hearing[2] | Solicitors with over eight years' experience £220 / Solicitors with between four and eight years' experience £180 / All other solicitors and paralegals £150 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - paralegal, hourly rate[3] | £130 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal unfair or wrongful dismissal claim, simple case (excluding hearing costs)[3] | £3,000 to £6,000 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal unfair or wrongful dismissal claim, medium complexity case (excluding hearing costs)[3] | £6,000 to £12,000 | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal unfair or wrongful dismissal claim, high complexity case (excluding hearing costs)[3] | £12,000 to £25,000+ | + VAT |
| Employment tribunal - additional charge per day for the firm attending a hearing as well as counsel[3] | £1,000 to £2,000 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - issuing a letter before action (or second letter)[4] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - statutory demand, company or individual[4] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - issuing a county court claim form (plus fixed recoverable costs)[4] | £75.00 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| £25.01 - £500.00 | £125.00 | + VAT |
| £500.01 - £1000.00 | £145.00 | + VAT |
| £1000.01 - £5000.00 | £155.00 | + VAT |
| £5001.01 plus | £175.00 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| £25.01 - £5000.00 | £50.00 | + VAT |
| £5000.01 plus | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| £25.01 - £5000.00 | £20.00 | + VAT |
| £5000.01 plus | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| £25.01 - £5000.00 | £50.00 | + VAT |
| £5000.01 plus | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Debt recovery - issue of warrant (instructing bailiff), our fee[4] | £75.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - re-issue of warrant, our fee[4] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - instructing a High Court Enforcement Officer, our fee[4] | £81.75 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - issue of bankruptcy or winding up proceedings, our fee[4] | £1200.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - issue of attachment of earnings, our fee[4] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - issue of order for debtor to attend for questioning, our fee[4] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - application for charging order over property, our fee[4] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - application for third party debt order, our fee[4] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - protracted and defended actions, standard hourly rates, solicitor[4] | £155.00 to £175.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - litigation team hourly rates once a claim is defended[4] | £180 to £275 per hour | VAT not stated |
| Residential conveyancing - complex source of funds investigations, additional charge starting at[5] | from £250.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold purchase, additional fee[5] | £400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold sale, additional fee[5] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - shared ownership transaction, additional fee[5] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - newbuild purchase, additional fee[5] | £400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - freehold transaction with management company involvement, additional fee[5] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - sale or purchase involving a rentcharge, additional fee[5] | £125.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - purchase in a company name with a mortgage, additional fee[5] | £400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - transaction involving unregistered title, additional fee[5] | £300.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - sale with a Help to Buy redemption, additional fee[5] | £250.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - use of a Help to Buy ISA (per ISA), additional fee[5] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - use of a Lifetime ISA (per ISA), additional fee[5] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - deed of variation required as part of an ongoing matter, additional fee starting from[5] | from £450.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - preparation of a statutory declaration, additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - preparation of a declaration of solvency, additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - transaction involving solar panels, additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - transaction involving off mains drainage, additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - reviewing or sourcing an indemnity policy (per policy), additional fee[5] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - transaction involving a tenanted property, additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - gift towards the purchase price by a third party (per gift), additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - corresponding or liaising with solicitors acting for a lender, additional fee[5] | £400.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - correspondence with more than one client or an additional third party, additional fee[5] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - transaction involving a power of attorney, additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - deed of postponement (per deed), additional fee[5] | £200.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - repayment of additional loans (per loan), additional fee[5] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - corresponding with occupiers, additional fee[5] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - preparation of a deed of covenant, additional fee[5] | £100.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - satisfying a restriction, caution or notice (per entry), additional fee[5] | £125.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - upgrading of a title at the Land Registry, additional fee[5] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - paper correspondence required, additional fee[5] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - preparation or approval of a key undertaking, additional fee starting from[5] | from £150.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - protracted and defended actions, standard hourly rates, associate partner[4] | £195.00 to £205.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - protracted and defended actions, standard hourly rates, partner[4] | £300.00 per hour | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 17 October 2026:
- [1]smithpartnership.co.uk/transparency/wills-and-inheritance-probate-uncontested
- [2]smithpartnership.co.uk/transparency/motoring-offences-summary-offences
- [3]smithpartnership.co.uk/transparency/employment-tribunals-unfairwrongful-dismissal
- [4]smithpartnership.co.uk/transparency/debt-recovery
- [5]smithpartnership.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-10/Smith_Partnership_Residential_Property_Legal_Fees.pdf (PDF)
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 5 (4 branches)
- Branch towns
- Leicester, Burton-On-Trent, Swadlincote, Stoke on Trent
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 12: Corporate (non-listed), Litigation, Residential property, Commercial property, Children, Employment, Criminal, Personal Injury, Wills and trusts, Probate, Family, Landlord and tenant
- Companies House status
- Active (OC387136, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2013
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- Smith Partnership
- SRA firms in Derby
- 51 (24 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Norman House, Friargate, Derby, DE1 1NUDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Derby | 01332 225225 |
| Branch | Charnwood Court, 5b New Walk, Leicester, LE1 6TEDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Leicester | 01332 225225 |
| Branch | 45 High Street, Burton-On-Trent, DE14 1JPDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | East Staffordshire | 01283 548282 |
| Branch | 22 High Street, Swadlincote, DE11 8HYDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | South Derbyshire | 01283 226444 |
| Branch | Alexander House, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, ST1 3GNDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Stoke-on-Trent | 01332 225225 |
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 Smiths (Solicitors) 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 17 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at smithpartnership.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
SMITHS (SOLICITORS) LLP, company number OC387136, limited liability partnership, incorporated 8 August 2013. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (full). Registered office town: DERBY. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Smiths (Solicitors) LLP in gold at Derby DE1 1NU, its 4 other practising offices in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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