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$1,495 + GST professional fees.
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What we do
Did you know that lawyers charge $6,459 on average to administer an estate?*
Most lawyers charge their legal costs based on a scale of fees prescribed by legislation that permits them to charge more based on the value of the estate, not necessarily because of the difficulty or complexity of the work.
Below are a couple of scale examples for you:
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For an estate valued at $1 Million, which in today's money is often the value of the family home, a lawyer charging their costs based on the scale of fees (which most of them do) will charge an estate $6,017 (including GST) to obtain a grant of probate.
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For an estate valued at $3 Million, a lawyer charging their costs based on the scale of fees (which most of them do) will charge an estate $9,680 (including GST) to obtain a grant of probate.
Sure, sometimes the complexity may sometimes increase with a higher estate value, but charging more just because you can doesn't sit right with us, so at Probate. Simply. we're doing things differently.
$1,495.00 + GST fixed fee probate with an experienced probate lawyer preparing your probate application for you. If there are any matters that complicate the probate application and lead to a change in these fees, will let you know as soon as practically possible.
If you're looking around and comparing prices online, make sure you also check whether other offerings will have an experienced probate lawyer working for you.
Probate. Simply. We're here to help.
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Lawyers generally charge fees on a scale based upon the value of the estate. Below is a table that represents the savings available to you should you proceed with Probate. Simply. The higher the estate value, the greater the saving.
Other costs
The Supreme Court of NSW require the following costs to be paid prior to or upon lodging your probate application.
The costs are separate to our fixed fees of $,1495 + GST.
As at 1 July 2023 the required Supreme Court of NSW costs are as follows:
Online notice to apply for a grant of probate fee payable to the Supreme Court of NSW: $53.00
Prior to lodging the probate application you are required to lodge a notice in the Supreme Court of NSW advertising your intention to apply for a grant of probate. You are then required to wait for at least 14 days after the notice has been published before applying for the grant of probate so that any other person claiming the existence of another Will or otherwise challenging the current Will can be notified of your proposed probate application. The notice also serves to notify any creditors of the estate so that they may contact you in future.
Probate application filing fee payable to the Supreme Court of NSW: between $0.00 & $6,652.00
Similar to the 'scale of fees' that some lawyers charge for their professional costs, the Supreme Court of NSW also charge the estate filing fees based on the gross value of the estate. The breakdown is:
- Estate gross value less than $100,000 filing fee is $0.00.
- Estate gross value more than $100,000 and less than $250,000 filing fee is $863.00.
- Estate gross value more than $250,000 and less than $500,000 filing fee is $1,171.00.
- Estate gross value more than $500,000 and less than $1,000,000 filing fee is $1,797.00.
- Estate gross value more than $1,000,000 and less than $2,000,000 filing fee is $2,394.00.
- Estate gross value more than $2,000,000 and less than $5,000,000 filing fee is $3,991.00.
- Estate gross value more than $5,000,000 filing fee is $6,652.00.