Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Battens Solicitors Limited publishes these 53 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:Business asset and debt recoveryCommercial dispute resolutionCommercial property lawCorporate and business lawEmploymentTrade marks and intellectual propertyFamily law and divorceFamily mediationPersonal injuryResidential conveyancingResidential landlord and tenantWills, trusts, probate and estate administrationAgricultural and rural lawClinical and medical negligencePlanningAs listed on the firm's own website, read 18 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Residential conveyancing - hourly rate per hour, directors, associate directors and senior associates[1] | £285 to £365 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - hourly rate per hour, associates[1] | £260 to £275 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - hourly rate per hour, other solicitors and legal executives[1] | £205 to £240 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - hourly rate per hour, paralegals[1] | £155 to £260 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - hourly rate per hour, trainee solicitors and apprentices[1] | £135 to £195 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - hourly rate per hour, secretaries and support[1] | £115 to £120 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - professional fees range (transactions up to £1,000,000)[1] | £1,400 to £2,400 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: legal fees in a freehold buying cost breakdown[1] | £1,830 | inc VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: legal fees in a freehold selling cost breakdown[1] | £1,830 | inc VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: legal fees in a freehold remortgaging cost breakdown[1] | £990 | inc VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - worked example: legal fees in a leasehold buying cost breakdown[1] | £1,625 | inc VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - fixed fee example, freehold property valued at £250,000[1] | £1,650 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - fixed fee example, leasehold property valued at £175,000[1] | £1,825 | + VAT |
| Residential conveyancing - transfer of equity between joint owners (typically complex transfers)[1] | £990 to £1,650 | + VAT |
| Employment - unfair dismissal, one day hearing, estimate for employees[2] | £18,000 to £25,000 | + VAT |
| Employment - standard hourly rate for employee claims[2] | £360 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - unfair dismissal, one day hearing, estimate for employers[3] | £20,000 to £30,000 | + VAT |
| Employment - standard hourly rate for employer claims[3] | £360 per hour | + VAT |
| Employment - BattensHR annual fixed fee for employer advice[4] | from £1,900 | + VAT |
| Probate - minimum cost to apply for a grant when asset information has been provided[5] | from £1100 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rates per hour, trainee solicitor to director[5] | £100 to £305 | + VAT |
| Probate - administration of a basic estate[5] | average £4,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - administration of a complex estate[5] | from £15,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - reasonable charge for winding up an average estate[5] | 2% of the gross value of the assets | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - pre-legal stage, flat fee per letter[6] | £75 | + VAT |
| Band | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Exceeds £5,000 but does not exceed £10,000 | £1,500.00 | + VAT |
| Exceeds £10,000 but does not exceed £200,000 | £2,500.00 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Debt recovery - obtaining a County Court Judgment[6] | £250.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: order to obtain information from a judgment debtor[6] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: application to request bailiff service of the order to obtain information[6] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: application for an attachment of earnings[6] | £350.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: re-issue of an order to obtain financial information and an attachment of earnings[6] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: request for a warrant of control[6] | £150.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: re-issue of a warrant of control[6] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: application to instruct a High Court Enforcement Officer[6] | £350.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: application for a charging order[6] | £1,000.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: application for an order for sale[6] | £2,500.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - enforcement: application for a third party debt order[6] | £2,000.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - insolvency: statutory demand[6] | £500.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - insolvency: bankruptcy petition[6] | £2,500.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - insolvency: winding up petition[6] | £2,500.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate per hour for disputed or more complicated claims, directors, associate directors and senior associates[6] | £285 to £365 | VAT not stated |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate per hour for disputed or more complicated claims, associates[6] | £260 to £275 | VAT not stated |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate per hour for disputed or more complicated claims, other solicitors and legal executives[6] | £205 to £240 | VAT not stated |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate per hour for disputed or more complicated claims, paralegals[6] | £155 to £260 | VAT not stated |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate per hour for disputed or more complicated claims, trainee solicitors and apprentices[6] | £135 to £195 | VAT not stated |
| Debt recovery - hourly rate per hour for disputed or more complicated claims, secretaries and support[6] | £115 to £120 | VAT not stated |
| Debt recovery - tracing a debtor who has disappeared, firm's fee[6] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - personal service of documents, firm's fee[6] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Debt recovery - documents sworn or affirmed, firm's fee[6] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Divorce - fixed fee divorce, inclusive of VAT and the court fee[7] | £1,500 | inc VAT |
| Family mediation - mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM), up to one hour[8] | £225 | + VAT |
| Family mediation - joint mediation sessions and follow-up work, per hour[8] | £350.00 per hour | + VAT |
| Family mediation - average mediation, per person (illustration)[8] | average £3,000 | + VAT |
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 18 October 2026:
- [1]www.battens.co.uk/services/personal/residential-property-costs-and-timescales
- [2]www.battens.co.uk/services/personal/employment-tribunal-costs-and-timescales-for-employees
- [3]www.battens.co.uk/services/business/employment-tribunal-costs-and-timescales-for-employers
- [4]www.battens.co.uk/services/business/employment-and-battens-hr
- [5]www.battens.co.uk/services/personal/costs-and-timescales-for-probate-applications
- [6]www.battens.co.uk/services/business/asset-debt-recovery-costs-and-timescales
- [7]www.battens.co.uk/services/personal/fixed-fee-divorce
- [8]www.battens.co.uk/services/personal/family-mediation
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Incorporated company (limited by shares)
- Practising offices
- 7 (6 branches)
- Branch towns
- Wareham, Bath, Sherborne, Poundbury, Castle Cary, Bridport
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 12: Probate, Intellectual Property, Residential property, Litigation, Employment, Wills and trusts, Commercial property, Family, Landlord and tenant, Corporate (listed), Personal Injury, Children
- Companies House status
- Active (02948102, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 13 July 1994
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Previous names (SRA)
- Batten & Co Nominees Limited
- SRA firms in Somerset
- 79 (45 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Maltravers House, Petters Way, Yeovil, BA20 1SHDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Somerset | 01935 846000 |
| Branch | 2-4 West Street, Wareham, BH20 4JUDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01929 768720 |
| Branch | First Floor, 7 Gay Street, Bath, BA1 2PHDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Bath and North East Somerset | 01225 562581 |
| Branch | The Bank House, Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BUDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01935 814811 |
| Branch | Ansbury Annexe, 4 Pendruffle Lane, Poundbury, DT1 3WJDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01935 862410 |
| Branch | Francis House, Fore Street, Castle Cary, BA7 7BQDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Somerset | 01963 834477 |
| Branch | Ground Floor, 16 West Street, Bridport, DT6 3QPDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Dorset | 01308 800524 |
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 Battens Solicitors 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 18 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at battens.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
BATTENS SOLICITORS LIMITED, company number 02948102, private limited company, incorporated 13 July 1994. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 30 June 2025 (full). Registered office town: YEOVIL. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
Battens Solicitors Limited in gold at Yeovil BA20 1SH, its 6 other practising offices in navy, and the 5 nearest SRA-regulated firms in slate.
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