Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Cook & Talbot Limited publishes these 20 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:Debt recoveryProbateResidential conveyancingEmploymentWillsAs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Debt recovery - letter before action[1] | £40 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Up to £5,000 | £400 | inc VAT |
| £5,001 to £10,000 | £550 | inc VAT |
| £10,001 to £200,000 | £750 | inc VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Residential conveyancing - sale fee[1] | £795.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - sale, bank transfer fee[1] | £42.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase fee[1] | £795.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase, SDLT or LTT form completion fee[1] | £90.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold purchase fee[1] | £795 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold purchase, bank transfer fee[1] | £42.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold purchase, SDLT or LTT form completion fee[1] | £90.00 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - further charge if the property is unregistered[1] | £125.00 | + VAT |
| Wills - single, straightforward Will[2] | £240 | + VAT |
| Wills - straightforward mirror Wills for a couple[2] | £350 | + VAT |
| Employment - unfair or wrongful dismissal claim, simple case (bringing or defending)[3] | £2,000 to £3,000 | + VAT |
| Employment - unfair or wrongful dismissal claim, medium complexity case (bringing or defending)[3] | £5,000 to £7,500 | + VAT |
| Employment - attending a Tribunal hearing, additional charge per day[3] | £500 | + VAT |
| Probate - full administration of an estate with no tax to pay, estimated total of our charges (5 to 30 hours)[4] | £1,450 to £8,700 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rate[4] | £290 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - percentage of the gross estate excluding the property, where the firm is appointed as executor[4] | 1% of the gross estate | + VAT |
| Probate - percentage of the property value, where the firm is appointed as executor[4] | 0.5% of the property value | + VAT |
| Probate - grant of probate only, fixed fee (plus the probate application fee)[4] | £850 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, 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
- 6: Probate, Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Landlord and tenant, Residential property, Employment
- SRA firms in Sefton
- 42 (23 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Ground Floor, The Old Courthouse, 2a Albert Road, Southport, PR9 0LEDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Sefton | 01704 535216 |
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 Cook & Talbot 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 cookandtalbotsolicitors.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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The SRA record carries no company registration number for this firm even though its constitution is recorded as incorporated company (limited by shares), so no Companies House record is cross-referenced.
Cook & Talbot Limited in gold at Southport PR9 0LE, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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