It's always a simple or straightforward will. Until you know the ramifications, and then,suddenly, it's not so simple. There are title problems, or there are tax problems or there are forced heirship problems, there are debts, or there are entitlements, there are potential disclaimers or a deed of family arrangement. Or you know nothing of any of these issues, and you 'think' it is straightforward and you do a personal grant and then you have made a pigs ear of the whole thing and there are tax ramifications and it is too late. The tax ramifications don't need to be on this death,sometimes they are on the next family death. But you won't understand that unless you know what you are doing. When you are over 20 years in practice dealing with all of the potential problems, then come tell me it is straightforward. And even then I will hesitate. Who knows if the fee is excessive or not? That really depends on the work involved.
Since the start of this year, I have 7 estates where a personal grant was extracted where the LPR or the person next entitled has come to me to sort out problems. I just wish they had come to me before they extracted a grant. My fee for all but one of these estates would have been less than half of the quote on this thread, but I could have saved them far more in tax or in disputes that arose because the LPR didnt know what they could and should have done.