Costs

It is our preference to work on a fixed fee or time cost basis whereby we agree terms with the solicitor who will settle our invoice when the assets have been liquidated (sold).

If there is no one available to sign our terms of business we may proceed on a contingency basis whereby we ask the beneficiaries we find to sign a contract of appointment that permits the solicitors to pay us for the work involved in finding the beneficiaries, compiling reports and submitting claims. Our fee is calculated as a percentage of our client’s net share after all other costs and taxes have been deducted and is paid to us on the same day as our client is paid by the solicitor administering the estate.

Our fee is only ever paid out of the beneficiary’s distribution, not out of their personal assets, so the beneficiary will never be out of pocket. If the beneficiary receives nothing, then we receive nothing.