Terrible Firm - please do not use
Britton and Time charged £36,000 for their services as executors of a simple estate. This figure did not even include any of the disbursements, or conveyancing (all up, total expenses were £49,000). For a very simple estate consisting of an apartment, three bank accounts and some shares, net value just over £200,000.
An executor of an estate is supposed to be acting in the best interests of the beneficiaries, to maximise the distribution. In this case Britton and Time appeared to be acting only in their own interests, dragging out the process to maximise the fees they could charge (it took them an entire year before they even put the property on the market, and just two months shy of two years to complete the work). Ordinary executor fees are 1.5% - 6% (for complicated cases). Britton and Time’s fees? 18%. I have a litany of other issues with them, including lack of communication, unprofessional behaviour, threats to withhold funds from beneficiaries etc etc, but the overcharging is the one that really sticks. I would recommend avoiding this firm at all costs (no pun intended).