Published prices
Under the SRA Transparency Rules, firms offering residential conveyancing, probate and certain other services must publish their prices for that work. Woodfines LLP publishes these 27 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:Criminal defenceCare proceedingsPersonal dispute resolutionDivorceEmployment law for individualsResidential conveyancingWills, probate and lifetime planningAgricultureCommercial propertyCorporate commercialBusiness dispute resolutionEmployment law for businessRegulatory lawTransport and logisticsAs listed on the firm's own website, read 7 October 2026. The areas of law further down are what it reported to the SRA.
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Purchase of a freehold residential property by two people with a mortgage - legal fees (worked example)[1] | £2,225.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase - SDLT return to HMRC (worked example)[1] | £95.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase - acting for the lender (worked example)[1] | £125.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase - making a CHAPS payment (worked example)[1] | £40.00 | + VAT |
| Purchase of a leasehold residential property by two people with a mortgage - legal fees (worked example)[1] | £2,695.00 | + VAT |
| Sale of a freehold residential property by two people, repaying an existing mortgage - legal fees (worked example)[1] | £1,500.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing add-on - gifted deposit, per gifted deposit[1] | £550.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing add-on - Help to Buy ISA, per ISA[1] | £50.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing add-on - Lifetime ISA, per ISA[1] | £175.00 | + VAT |
| Conveyancing add-on - trust deed, minimum fee[1] | from £500.00 | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rates by experience of the lawyer[2] | £250 to £450 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - hourly rates for trainee solicitor, paralegal and team assistant[2] | £90 to £175 per hour | + VAT |
| Band | Average fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Gross value of £300,000 | £3,000 to £9,000 | + VAT |
| Gross value of £400,000 | £4,000 to £12,000 | + VAT |
| Gross value of £500,000 | £5,000 to £15,000 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Probate - full estate administration, minimum fee[2] | from £4,000 | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Paralegal/Trainee[2] | £175 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Private Client Executive[2] | £190 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Chartered Legal Executive[2] | £250 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Solicitor[2] | £250 to £280 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Associate Solicitor[2] | £300 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Senior Associate Solicitor[2] | £350 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Partner[2] | £400 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate (grant only) hourly rate - Head of Department[2] | £450 per hour | + VAT |
| Probate - grant only, minimum fee for excepted estates[2] | from £2,000 | + VAT |
| Probate - grant only, minimum fee where an IHT400 is required[2] | from £2,500 | + VAT |
| Item | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation and submission of a claim | £1,500 to £2,000 | + VAT |
| Reviewing the response form when a claim has been made against you (ET3 response) | £250 to £500 | + VAT |
| Preparation for and attendance at a Pre Hearing Review | £1,000 to £1,500 | + VAT |
| Dealing with disclosure of documents, to include drafting a list of documents and agreeing a bundle of documents | £2,000 to £3,000 | + VAT |
| Drafting and exchanging witness statements - claimant's main statement | £2,000 to £3,000 | + VAT |
| Drafting and exchanging witness statements - additional witness statements | £500 to £1,000 | + VAT |
| Drafting a statement of issues and/or chronology | £1,000 to £2,000 | + VAT |
| Preparation for and attendance at a one day hearing | £4,000 to £5,000 | + VAT |
| Service | Price | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Employment tribunal for individuals - estimated grand total of the stages[3] | £12,250 to £18,000 | + VAT |
| Item | Fee | VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Reviewing the claim form outlining your case and the nature of the dispute (ET1 response/particulars of claim) | £750 to £1,000 | + VAT |
| Preparation and submission of the response form when a claim has been made against you (ET3 Defence) | £4,500 to £5,000 | + VAT |
| Preparation for and attendance at a Pre Hearing Review | £4,000 to £5,000 | + VAT |
| Dealing with disclosure of documents, to include drafting a list of documents and agreeing a bundle of documents | £3,000 – £4,000 | + VAT |
| Drafting and exchanging witness statements (per witness statement) | £1,500 – £2,000 | + VAT |
| Drafting a statement of issues and/or chronology | £1,000 to £2,000 | + VAT |
| Preparation for and attendance at a one day hearing | £7,000 – £8,000 | + VAT |
Some figures on the firm's page do not agree with each other; the table follows the page as printed.
From the firm's published price information at these pages, read 7 October 2026:
Key facts
- Authorisation
- Recognised body
- Organisation type
- Recognised body, authorised
- Constitution
- Limited liability partnership
- Practising offices
- 3 (2 branches)
- Branch towns
- Cambridge, Milton Keynes
- Areas of law reported to the SRA
- 12: Probate, Family, Landlord and tenant, Corporate (non-listed), Criminal, Wills and trusts, Employment, Litigation, Residential property, Non-litigation, Children, Commercial property
- Published conveyancing prices
- Prices publishedfee table woodfines.co.uk found 28 August 2026
- Companies House status
- Active (OC316334, file 1 May 2026)
- Incorporated
- 23 November 2005
- Company type
- Limited Liability Partnership
- Trading names
- Woodfines; Woodfines Solicitors
- SRA firms in Bedford
- 28 (13 residential property)
Offices on the SRA record
| Office | Address | District | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head office | Brickstone House, Stannard Way, Priory Business Park, Bedford, MK44 3WGDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Bedford | 0344 967 2505 |
| Branch | Endurance House, Chivers Way, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ZRDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | South Cambridgeshire | 0344 967 2505 |
| Branch | 3rd Floor, One Grafton Mews, Midsummer Blvd, Milton Keynes, MK9 1FBDirectionsGoogle MapsApple Maps | Milton Keynes | 0344 967 2505 |
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 Woodfines 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 7 October 2026 from its website. Check the firm's own page at woodfines.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.
Companies House record
WOODFINES LLP, company number OC316334, limited liability partnership, incorporated 23 November 2005. Status on the Companies House bulk file dated 1 May 2026: Active. Last accounts made up to 31 March 2025 (small). Registered office town: BEDFORD. Full record on ukcompanyfinder.com.
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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 6 October 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.