Two common procedures sit outside the Civil and Family Proceedings Fees Orders that drive the rest of the United Kingdom calculator: a grant of probate and an insolvency petition. Each is governed by its own statutory instrument and depends on inputs (estate value; an Official Receiver deposit) that are not part of the shared case-type taxonomy, so the calculator deliberately treats them as out of scope and returns no computed figure — pointing instead to the right order. This page documents what those fees are and where they live, so the categorisation is transparent rather than a gap. There is no statutory lawyer tariff in England & Wales.
Grant of probate / letters of administration
A grant of probate (where there is a will) or letters of administration (where there is not) — the court’s authority for personal representatives to administer a deceased person’s estate. The fee depends on the value of the estate.
You apply for it when administering an estate that requires a grant before assets (bank accounts, property) can be released or sold.
State court fee — separate order. Set by the Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2004 (SI 2004/3120), not the Civil Proceedings Fees Order: a flat £300 where the estate exceeds £5,000, and nil at or below £5,000. Because it turns on estate value (outside the litigation-value taxonomy), the calculator treats it as out of scope and returns no figure.
Compute this case in the calculatorBankruptcy / winding-up petition
A petition to make a person bankrupt or to wind up a company. The court fee is accompanied by a deposit toward the Official Receiver’s costs, and the figures live in the insolvency fees regime rather than the general civil one.
You file it as a creditor (or, for bankruptcy, a debtor) seeking a formal insolvency process against a person or company that cannot pay its debts.
State court fee — separate order. Governed by the Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) Order 2016 (SI 2016/692) plus the Official Receiver’s deposit. Because both the court fee and the deposit sit in that separate regime, the calculator treats this case as out of scope and returns no figure.
Compute this case in the calculatorProbate and insolvency fees in England & Wales are set by separate statutory instruments (SI 2004/3120 and SI 2016/692) and depend on inputs outside the shared case-type taxonomy, so the calculator returns no figure and points to the governing order. They are mandatory statutory fees, not lawyer fees; England & Wales has no statutory lawyer tariff. See the methodology page for the out-of-scope rationale.