Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Bishop Akers LLP publishes these 13 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:Residential conveyancingProbateAs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Probate - fees most probates incur[1] | £1,500 to £5,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - low value estate with two or three assets, one executor or administrator and two beneficiaries (stated as an approximate fee)[1] | average £1,500 | + VAT |
| Probate - illustrative example of a high value complex estate, likely fee[1] | average £15,000 to £20,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rate of the fee earners who may work on the matter[1] | £300 to £380 per hour | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - fees start from[2] | from £1,350 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - freehold sale, average fee example for a straightforward transaction at a property value of £350,000[2] | average £1,650 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - freehold purchase, average fee example for a straightforward transaction at a property value of £350,000[2] | average £1,900 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold sale, average fee example for a straightforward transaction at a property value of £350,000[2] | average £1,900 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - leasehold purchase, average fee example for a straightforward transaction at a property value of £350,000[2] | average £2,150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - expedition fee where there are fewer than three working days between exchange and completion[2] | £150 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - SDLT return on a purchase[2] | £50 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - bank fee, outgoing CHAPS transfer[2] | £40 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - additional bank transfer fee, incoming funds sent in batches rather than one single payment[2] | £10 | + 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
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 1
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 7: Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Landlord and tenant, Probate, Residential property, Corporate (non-listed), Employment
- Trading names
- Bishop Akers & Co
- SRA firms in Sevenoaks
- 30 (19 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Haven House, 193 Swanley Lane, Swanley, BR8 7LADirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Sevenoaks | 01322 660617 |
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 Bishop Akers 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 19 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at bishopakers.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 limited liability partnership, so no Companies House record is cross-referenced.
Bishop Akers LLP in gold at Swanley BR8 7LA, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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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.