Absolutely not. The Solicitor can get into difficulty with their Regulator by doing this, were a complaint to be lodged.1. Given the solicitor was a witness to the will was he entitled to charge ?
Thanks. I will ask for an itemised bill and see where that takes us initially.Absolutely not. The Solicitor can get into difficulty with their Regulator by doing this, were a complaint to be lodged.
Ask the Solicitor to itemise the bill.
Get him to put that in writing!I phoned the solicitor and asked him about being executor and witness and then charging fees.
He said the fees went to his firm of which he is an employee and not to him so it is not an issue. Anyone know if he is correct ?
There was an article on the Indo last week about the cost of Probate. Executors seem to be leaving everything up to the solicitor, hence the big bills..
Net of VAT that is €11,250The Solicitor fee in 2021 came to 13837.50 and this included vat of 23%.
After having a look online I would expect the hourly rate to be more but I would expect the time spent on the work to be no more than half (66 Hours) if even half.Net of VAT that is €11,250
at €100 an hour that is 112 hours or two weeks and four days.
Do you think that is a reasonable hourly rate, do you think that is a reasonable length of time to spend on the work.
Thanks. That gives me some perspective. I am way off picking 66 hours above.Two years ago I got a solicitor to do straight forward probate, the quote for the legal fee was estimated at €2,000 plus VAT based on 8 hours work at €250 per hour. Job was completed on budget. All others had quoted more, some substantially more.
Legal fee with the same solicitor for house sale was a flat €2,000 plus VAT.
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