Wills & probate 22 Cressfield Place, Leeds

Your will, your affairs and the estate you leave, set out plainly.

Marsden Oake is a small firm of solicitors in Leeds. We write wills and lasting powers of attorney, and we help families apply for probate and deal with an estate. You speak to the solicitor doing the work, and you know the cost before anything starts.

Call 0113 496 0274 Or write to us

Red-brick Victorian mill buildings beside the River Aire in Leeds, with people sitting on the grass bank in the foreground — **Fig. 1**The River Aire, a short walk from the office.Photo: Gary Butterfield

Office

Leeds city centre

Regulated

By the SRA since 2008

Fees

In writing, before work starts

Appointments

Office, phone or home visit

01 / ServicesFour kinds of work

What we do, and only that.

We keep to one area of law so we can do it carefully. Each matter is explained in plain English, with the fee confirmed in writing first.

Wills

A will that says what you want, drafted to suit your family and signed and witnessed correctly. Single and mirror wills, and wills that include a trust.

Probate

Applying for the grant of probate, or letters of administration where there is no will, so that the estate can be dealt with.

Probate prices and service

Lasting powers of attorney

Choosing who can make decisions about your money, your health and your care if you are no longer able to, and registering the forms with the Office of the Public Guardian.

Estate administration

Collecting in the assets, paying the debts and any tax, keeping proper accounts and passing the estate to the people entitled to it.

Estate administration prices

02 / How it worksFrom first call to finish

Four steps, and you will always know which one you are on.

Step 1
A first call
Ring 0113 496 0274 or write to us. Tell us briefly what you need, or who has died and what you know so far.
Step 2
A meeting
At the office, by phone, or at home if that is easier. We listen, explain the options and answer your questions.
Step 3
The fee, in writing
We confirm what we will do, who will do it, how long it should take and what it will cost, before any work starts.
Step 4
The work
The same solicitor handles your matter throughout and writes to you at each stage, so you are never left wondering.

03 / The firmLeeds, since 2008

A small firm that takes its time with you.

Marsden Oake has been authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority since 2008. We work from an office on Cressfield Place in Leeds city centre, and we see clients from across West Yorkshire.

Most of the people who come to us are doing this for the first time. Some are planning ahead; others have just lost someone and have a pile of letters on the kitchen table. Either way, we start with a conversation, not a form.

We would rather you understood your will than simply signed it. If something in a draft is unclear, we rewrite it until it is not.

When we deal with an estate, we keep the family informed in writing at each stage, and we keep proper accounts that anyone entitled to see them can read.

A woman in glasses sitting in her wheelchair at home, reading through a bundle of papers with a pen in her hand, beside a tall sash window — **Fig. 2**Most matters start at home, with the papers in front of you. We can come to you.Photo: Centre for Ageing Better

When you call, you speak to the solicitor who will handle your matter. Not a call centre, and not a different person each time.

04 / Fees & regulationPrice and service information

What it costs, set out before you ask.

Price and service information in the format the SRA Transparency Rules ask for. A live site carries the firm's own figures here.

Fees pages, one per service
Service	What the page sets out	Status
Probate (uncontested estates)	Our fees and how they are worked out, likely disbursements such as the probate application fee, what is and is not included, the key stages and typical timescales, and who will do the work.	Firm adds its figures
Estate administration	Hourly rates or fixed fees, VAT, the stages of administration and the experience of the people involved.	Firm adds its figures
Wills and lasting powers of attorney	Fixed fees for single and mirror wills and for each lasting power of attorney, and the registration fee paid to the Office of the Public Guardian.	Firm adds its figures

Regulation

Solicitors Regulation Authority

Authorised and regulated by the SRA, number shown here (example).

Complaints

Our complaints procedure

How to raise a concern, how quickly we respond, and your right to take an unresolved complaint to the Legal Ombudsman.

Verification

SRA digital badge (example)

05 / ContactCall, write or visit

Write to us, or ring.

Telephone: 0113 496 0274
Email: marsdenoake@example.com
Office: 22 Cressfield Place
Leeds LS1
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Home visits by arrangement