Kept

Wills and estates, at a fixed fee you can read before you ring

Two solicitors, one strongroom, and nothing else on the menu. We write wills and lasting powers of attorney, and we look after estates when someone has died. Every price is on this page.

See the fixed fees

Regulated as a solicitors' practice. First half hour free, by phone or at the office.

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Every will we write is kept here, free

The original goes into our strongroom the day it is signed and stays there until it is needed, whether that is next year or in forty. You get a copy and a card for your wallet that says where the original is.

If you move away, change your mind or want it back, it is yours: ring us and collect it, no fee.

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We are Ruth and Kwame

Between us, thirty-one years of wills and estates. You will meet one of us at the first appointment and deal with the same one until the end — no trainee you have never met signing your letters.

We see people at the office, at home, and in hospital or a care home when that is where they are.

Book a first half hour

Fixed fees

Prices include VAT. If something turns out more complicated than the fee covers, we tell you in writing before doing any more work, and you decide.

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A single willFor one person, including a meeting and one revision£240
Mirror willsFor a couple leaving things to each other and then the same people£380
Lasting power of attorneyProperty and money, or health and care; registration fee extra£350 each
Getting probate onlyWe apply; you or the family do the rest£950
Looking after a whole estateStraightforward estates, one house, no business; quoted in writing firstfrom £2,400

The first week after someone dies

In the order that matters. None of it has to be done by you alone, and very little of it needs a solicitor yet.

  1. The doctor

    A doctor confirms the death and issues the certificate of the cause. Nothing else can start without it.

  2. Register

    At the register office within five days. Ask for several copies of the death certificate; banks want originals.

  3. Find the will

    Check papers at home, ask their solicitor, or ask us to search. Don't arrange a funeral that goes against it.

  4. Tell Us Once

    One government service tells most departments at once. The registrar gives you the reference.

  5. Then ring us

    Not before. We start with a free half hour and a list of what we need, and nothing is signed that week.

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Shelves of coloured lever-arch files, red, blue, teal and yellow, in a wooden bookcase.

Before you come

What to bring for a will
A rough list of what you own and owe, the names and addresses of the people you want to include, and photo ID.
For an estate
The death certificate, the will if there is one, and any bank letters. A carrier bag of post is fine; we sort it.
What we don't do
Disputes over a will in court, business partnerships and tax planning for large estates. We will name someone who does.
Home and hospital visits
Within twelve miles, no extra charge. Further than that, travel time at cost, agreed first.