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Reply ID 15172

Not used them for wills, but I've used Jameson and Hill in Fore Street for conveyancing in the past and had great service.

Reply ID 15185

Longmores in Castle Street did our will years ago under a charity scheme called Will Aid, it cost us £50 which they donated to charity. I think Will Aid is still going, maybe you can google it. Recently we decided to update our will as our lives are a bit more complicated now we are older. Also, having seen the effects of early onset Alzheimers tear apart a family we know well, we wanted to sort something out about Power of Attorney (morbid, I know, but it's kind of comforting to try to plan for such eventualities). So we went back to Longmores and they have done us an epic will, a power of attorney thingy and importantly, some complicated business changing the status of our home ownership with the Land Registry that enables our kids to avoid inheritance tax on our house when we are both dead - if you don't do this and you own a family sized house in Hertford, your estate will probably be worth over a quarter of a million and your beneficiaries will be well clobbered by inheritance tax. The final bill for sorting all this out was just over a grand which seems a lot but it was time consuming and Longmores kept us informed about the cost. I am sure there are internet sites where you can DIY the whole business for a fraction of the cost but Longmores were helpful, friendly and sensitive so I recommend them. [^]

Reply ID 15197

I used Breeze and Wyles (near the Ram) for a a very straightfoward will a few years ago. I can't remember the actual cost but it was reasonable. http://www.breezeplus.com/BW/index.asp

Reply ID 15204

McLellans, OX. They've done us proud on many a matter and stuck to their quote even when the matter at hand turned into a drawn out problem. Tenatious, professional, and very sound advice indeed. Earlier this year we had a simple matter needing sorting & got a quote from McLellan's and Longmores. We thought L's was rather expensive (in our view, I'm sure others have their own opinions, is a negative comment about solicitor's sue-able?[xx(] Eeek!) and based on an open ended hourly rate & McL's were a fixed fee. The crux is: get some prices first before opting. But then you already know that.[:)]

Reply ID 17576

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Any recommendations for a solictor who deals with financial settlements following divorce? Happily, the child issues are all resolved fairly amicably. He's billed me over £500 so far and as far as I can tell a form letter to ex's solicitor asking for a statement of assets is the only substantive result.

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http://www.divorceinfo.com/letterfromlawyer.htm Often an agreement will happen because you and your spouse meet over the kitchen table or on the phone and work it out, then communicate it to your respective lawyers. This agreement may be remarkably similar to what the two of you could have agreed had you been willing to cooperate with each other at the beginning through mediation or negotiations, but you won't think about that by then, because to do so would be to admit to yourself that you've wasted several thousand dollars on legal fees. Even though I told you at the outset not to talk to your spouse, I will by then be secretly glad that you did and will work to help your agreement succeed (if I can avoid spending much time on it). Remember, by then, I will want out.

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