bluestilton
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A section 68 letter and a quote are two different things. There is no requirement for the former to specify a monetary amount.The actual costs will depend upon the amount of work to be done and the degree of complexity of the transactions. There will be outlays such as stamp duties and VAT at 23% on the professional fee.
The solicitor should give you what is called a Section 68 letter setting out a summary of the work involved and the likely estimated costs. It would be wise to get a few quotes BEFORE instructing a solicitor to act.
I would supply no PPS number until you've been told how much is going to be charged.
Because if he supplies anything and the solicitor acts on it he is hired or will be looking for payment. There is no way I'd hire a solicitor unless I knew the price in advance. This case is not complicated. There is no reason not to be given a price.
They were:The children merely disclaim their inheritence. Once they do this their share goes back into the estate and the mother inherits free of tax. I'm surprised the OP was not told this by the solicitor.
In order for her to make her will my siblings and I need to sign back our share of the estate to her, she can then sort out as she wishes.
She then makes a will leaving the house to whoever
By law he is required to give you a Section 68 letter. This letter should at the very least give you an estimate of the fees either a percentage of the estate or an actual figure.
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1994/act/27/section/68/enacted/en/html
(c) where the provision of particulars of the actual charges or an estimate of such charges is not in the circumstances possible or practicable, the basis on which the charges are to be made,
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