How much does a will cost at Whitworth Law?

A reasonably straightforward single will is £660 inc VAT. Complex single wills (second marriages, business or farm assets, trusts for children, residence nil-rate-band planning, charitable giving, asset protection from care home fees) run £840 to £1,140 inc VAT. Mirror wills for couples start at £975, with complex mirror wills £1,170 to £1,650. An additional 25% applies if the will needs to be in place within two weeks. Every quote is fixed in writing before any drafting begins.

Will the same person handle my file from the first appointment through to signing or probate?

Yes. The firm has deliberately stayed at one principal and one senior associate so the lawyer who takes your instructions on day one is the lawyer who signs the will, registers the LPA, or applies for the Grant of Probate. There is no paralegal queue and the file does not get passed sideways. David runs wills, LPAs, tax planning and trusts; Samantha runs probate and estate administration.

Can a will and Lasting Powers of Attorney be done in the same appointment?

Yes, and most clients prefer it. We block one appointment to take instructions on the will and on both LPAs (property and finance, plus health and welfare), draft and post for review within the week, sign and witness in our Queen Square office at a second short appointment, and lodge the LPAs with the Office of the Public Guardian. OPG registration takes around eight to ten weeks; the will is signed sooner.

How long does probate take, and can I see a fee estimate before I instruct?

Samantha offers a free phone consultation before any retainer. On that call she will size up the estate, walk through a realistic timetable, and give a fee estimate inside the published ranges (Grant of Probate only £1,800 to £4,800 inc VAT; full estate administration £6,000 to £20,000). Straightforward grant-only cases usually take six to eight weeks; full administrations on more complex estates run six to twelve months from the Grant.

Where is the office, and is there parking?

We are at 18 Queen Square, Bath BA1 2HN, on the north side of John Wood the Elder’s Grade I listed Georgian square. Bath Spa railway station is a four-minute walk. On-street parking on the square itself is pay-and-display; the closest car parks are SouthGate and Charlotte Street. For elderly clients or anyone who cannot easily travel, we hold appointments at home in and around Bath by arrangement.

Whitworth Law · wills, LPAs, probate at 18 Queen Square, Bath

The Bath solicitors for wills, lasting powers of attorney and probate.

A deliberately small private-client practice on 18 Queen Square, Bath, founded in May 2021 by David Whitworth after twelve years running the wills, trusts and probate department at Mowbray Woodwards. Samantha Taylor, a Fellow of CILEx and Accredited Lifetime Lawyer, runs the probate desk and offers a free phone consultation before any retainer. Two named lawyers, one Queen Square address, the same solicitor on your file from the first appointment to the Grant of Probate years later.

Est. 2021 5 years on Queen Square

STEP Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

CILEx Fellow on the probate desk

4.6 / 42 Google reviews from real clients

01 · Wills

A will written once, kept under review when life changes.

Straightforward single wills from £660 inc VAT, complex wills (second marriages with separate beneficiary groups, estates including businesses or farms, trusts for children’s asset protection, residence nil-rate-band planning, charitable giving for IHT reduction, asset protection from care home fees) £840 to £1,140. Mirror wills for couples from £975. Drafted by David in person, signed and witnessed in our Queen Square office or at home, originals retained on the file.

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02 · Lasting Powers of Attorney

Property and finance, plus health and welfare.

Drafting both LPAs (the property-and-finance LPA and the health-and-welfare LPA), with registration at the Office of the Public Guardian handled in-house. Both LPAs for an individual £900 inc VAT; both for a couple £1,320; single LPA £660 individual or £900 couple, plus the £92 OPG registration fee per LPA. Usually paired with a will at the same appointment so the family’s arrangements are made in one sitting.

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03 · Probate and Estate Administration

Run by Samantha Taylor. Free phone consultation before any retainer.

Samantha Taylor, our Senior Associate and a Fellow of CILEx, handles probate and estate administration. Grant of Probate only £1,800 to £4,800 inc VAT depending on estate complexity; full estate administration £6,000 to £20,000 inc VAT. Samantha offers a free phone consultation before any retainer to size up the work, the timeline and a realistic fee range, so families can decide whether to instruct without committing.

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May 2021, after twelve years at Mowbray Woodwards, David sets up Whitworth Law on Queen Square.

David Lloyd Whitworth read Classics at Oxford, began his legal career in London, practised in Cheltenham and Cirencester, and settled in Bath seventeen years ago. He spent more than twelve years as head of the Wills, Trusts and Probate department at Mowbray Woodwards, the long-established Bath practice, including over a decade as an equity partner. On 7 May 2021 he registered Whitworth Law Limited at Companies House (number 13383059); SRA authorisation followed on 3 September.

The firm was set up deliberately small. One principal, one senior associate (Samantha Taylor, a first-class Cardiff law graduate, Fellow of CILEx and Accredited Lifetime Lawyer), one administrator (Jenny Noad). The point is the file does not move between fee earners and the same lawyer who signs the engagement letter is the lawyer who signs the Grant of Probate, even when that is years later. Some of David’s clients have now been with him for approaching twenty years.

David is a knowledgeable solicitor, but also an empathetic person who doesn’t make you feel like you know nothing. He listens, doesn’t criticise and always makes helpful and positive comments.

Dr Steve Chinn · Google review

Tell us briefly what you need. We come back the same working day.

The form goes straight to the office at Queen Square. David or Samantha will reply with a written quote inside the published fee range, a realistic timetable, and the names of any disbursements (OPG, probate application fees, statutory notices) we expect on the file. There are no hidden fees and no hourly billing on wills or LPAs.

Reply by close of the same working day, Monday to Friday.

Or ring the office directly on 01225 233246.

Probate enquiries get a free phone consultation with Samantha before any retainer.

Rated 4.6 from 42 Google reviews

Three clients, in their own words.

David Whitworth has dealt with my personal business for approaching 20 years. Professional acumen plus his friendly approach.
Peter Pop

Samantha Taylor was an excellent support to me in processing my Uncle’s Estate. She kept me regularly updated and made clear to me my role as Executor. She progressed the Estate really quickly and I am very pleased with the outcome.
Sophie Angwin

David is a knowledgeable solicitor, but also an empathetic person who doesn’t make you feel like you know nothing. He listens, doesn’t criticise and always makes helpful and positive comments.
Dr Steve Chinn

The Bath solicitors for wills, lasting powers of attorney and probate.

Three lines of private-client work. One firm. Fixed fees, published up front.

A will written once, kept under review when life changes.

Property and finance, plus health and welfare.

Run by Samantha Taylor. Free phone consultation before any retainer.

May 2021, after twelve years at Mowbray Woodwards, David sets up Whitworth Law on Queen Square.

Inheritance Tax planning and trusts, the unflashy work that quietly saves the most.

Residence Nil-Rate Band, taper and downsizing

Trusts for children, second marriages and asset protection

Estates with farms, businesses or charitable legacies

STEP, CILEx, Lifetime Lawyers. The signals the lay client cannot see, but should.

Three clients, in their own words.

Tell us briefly what you need. We come back the same working day.

Tell us what you need

18 Queen Square, Bath

Monday to Friday, working hours. Probate consultations free of charge.

Five questions worth answering before you instruct.