Probate Court fees: snakes and one ladder
Smith Partnership considers the impact of the proposed increase in the Probate fee regime.
You may have heard that the government has resurrected its plan to introduce a sharp increase in Probate Court fees. When the idea was last proposed in 2016 the intended increase was substantial and the government eventually bowed to sustained pressure to withdraw its plans.
Unfortunately, we now find ourselves facing another attempt to increase the fee and, whilst the fee-hike is lower than previously proposed, the increases are still extraordinary.
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