Landlord services guide
Eviction specialists and landlord solicitors: fixed fees compared
Six firms and services that help landlords in England serve Section 8 notices and bring possession claims, with the fixed fees each publishes, read on its own site on 24 October 2026, its regulator as the register shows it, and the company behind it. Listed A to Z, not ranked. The court fees are GOV.UK’s. LetCompliance, the software that runs the let and holds the file a specialist asks for, is set out first and is not a law firm.
- Reviewed
- Editor
- Erdem Volkan
- Firms
- 6, A to Z
LetCompliance, the publisher’s own software
Runs the let beside every firm here
Landlord software for the whole let: adverts and applications, the tenancy and its signatures, rent and Direct Debit, arrears and the Section 8 notice, repairs, deposits, certificates and Making Tax Digital for UK property income.
From £7.99 a month for one property.
The court fees are the same whoever you instruct: £415 to issue a possession claim in the county court and £152 for a warrant of possession (GOV.UK, updated 13 July 2026). Beside them, the firms here publish fixed fees from £195 + VAT to serve a Section 8 notice (Slee Blackwell) and £1,539 in all for a claim on a notice Landlord Action drafted, its court fee and advocate included. LetCompliance runs the let the claim comes from: it builds the notice from the tenancy and the rent on every paid plan and hands the specialist the file in one bundle.
LetCompliance, the publisher’s own software
What LetCompliance does beside your solicitor
The specialist runs the claim. LetCompliance runs the let it comes from, so the notice, the arrears, the deposit and the certificates are already on record, dated, when the specialist asks for them.
The Section 8 notice, drawn from the let
Form 3A with Grounds 1, 1A, 7, 7A, 7B, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17 in the statute’s own words, the notice period for each, every landlord named, and the arrears worked out for Ground 8.
On every paid plan, not in the trial
The arrears, and whether Ground 8 is met
The arrears engine works out what is owed and whether the Ground 8 threshold is met: three months’ rent on a monthly tenancy, 13 weeks’ on a weekly or fortnightly one. Four-weekly rent gets no Ground 8 figure; the screen says to take advice.
On every plan
One evidence bundle for the specialist
A zip with a numbered index: the notice as sent, the rent ledger, the agreement, the deposit protection and Prescribed Information, the certificates and whether each reached the tenant, the inspections, repairs and notes, and a list of what the record does not hold. It never says what a court will make of it.
On every paid plan, not in the trial
The possession tracker
After the notice: its expiry, the claim, the hearing, the order, the warrant and the eviction, with the next step prompted and every date on your dashboard and calendar feed.
On every paid plan, not in the trial
The rent statement
Month by month: what was charged, what was paid, the balance carried forward and the longest run of unpaid months, as a PDF.
On paid plans and the trial
What it does not do. LetCompliance is not a law firm. It does not issue claims, attend hearings or give legal advice, and it does not say whether a notice is valid or what a court will decide.
LetCompliance publishes this guide and is landlord software. It is not one of the firms compared below and is not ranked against them.
Plans are one price for each size of portfolio, never a charge per property, a month: £7.99 for 1 property, £14.99 for up to 3, £19 for up to 10, £29 for up to 20 and £49 for any number. Every new landlord account starts with a 3-day trial and no card.
Listed A to Z, not ranked
Six eviction firms and services, A to Z
Fixed fees as each firm’s own page showed them on 24 October 2026, with VAT as the page states it. Regulators are as the SRA and FCA registers show them, or as the firm states it where it is not on the SRA register.
| Firm | What it offers | Published fees (read 24 October 2026) | Regulator | Company (Companies House) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attwells Solicitors | Possession proceedings for landlords, step by step, from offices in Suffolk, Essex and London. |
| SRA 466580, recognised body since 1 November 2011 (its site lists more SRA numbers for other offices). | ATTWELLS SOLICITORS LLP, OC327266 Incorporated 30 March 2007. Found on the register by name: the pages read give no company number. |
| Landlord Action | Eviction from the notice to the bailiff, debt recovery and other landlord services, at fixed fees. |
Read on landlordaction.co.uk/instruct | SRA 605660, licensed body since 1 October 2013. | Incorporated 14 May 2012. The SRA register gives this number. |
| Landlord Law | A landlords’ membership with legal guides, documents and a members’ forum, a do-it-yourself eviction route, and members-only forms to instruct its recommended solicitors on fixed fees. |
Read on landlordlaw.co.uk | Its site says its content is written or approved by a specialist landlord and tenant solicitor, and that members can book telephone advice with its panel solicitors. | LANDLORD LAW SERVICES LTD, 08153069 Incorporated 23 July 2012. |
| LegalforLandlords | Notices, possession applications and bailiff appointments for landlords and agents, beside its insurance services. |
Read on step 1, step 2 and step 3 on legalforlandlords.co.uk | Its site says it is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, FRN 528518 (authorised since 1 April 2011 on the FCA register); its claim fee includes solicitor fees. | LEGALFORLANDLORDS LTD, 06957943 Incorporated 9 July 2009. |
| Slee Blackwell Solicitors | Fixed-fee possession work for residential landlords, from Devon. |
| SRA 628016, recognised body since 1 May 2016. | SLEE BLACKWELL SOLICITORS LLP, OC404335 Incorporated 16 February 2016. Found on the register by name: the pages read give no company number. |
| Stephensons Solicitors | A fixed fee package for each step of the possession process, from the north west of England. |
| SRA 449153, licensed body since 1 May 2024. | STEPHENSONS SOLICITORS LLP, OC322962 Incorporated 6 October 2006. The SRA register gives this number. |
The fixed part
The court fees, whoever you instruct
- Issuing a claim for possession: £415 in the county court, £559 in the High Court (fees order 1.4).
- Issuing a warrant of possession, for the county court bailiffs: £152.
- Source: GOV.UK, civil court fees (EX50), updated 13 July 2026 and read on 24 October 2026.
- Conducting litigation and appearing in court for someone else are reserved legal activities under the Legal Services Act 2007, section 12: only a person authorised for them may do them.
Before you choose
What to check
What is in the fixed fee
Some fees include the court fee, the advocate and VAT, and some add them. Compare the figure in all, not the headline.
Who drafted the notice
Several firms charge more to take over a notice someone else served, because it has to be checked first. A notice drawn from complete records saves that step.
If the tenant defends
Fixed fees usually stop at an undefended claim. Ask what happens, and at what rate, if the tenant files a defence or a counterclaim.
Who will be in court
Ask whether a solicitor or an instructed advocate will attend the hearing, and whether that is in the fee.
Before you rely on this page
This page is not legal advice. It sets out what each firm publishes, read on one day; fees change, and a fixed fee covers only what it says it covers. Get the scope and the fee in writing before you instruct anyone.
Check a solicitor on the SRA register and a firm’s FCA permissions on the FCA register before you instruct it.
Method
How this page was put together
- Fees: each firm’s own pages, read on 24 October 2026, without making an account or asking for a quote. Pages that draw their prices in the browser were read in one. Every fee is given as the page gave it, with VAT as the page states it, and a fee a page does not publish is marked as not published.
- Registers: the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers and the Financial Conduct Authority registers where a firm is regulated, Companies House for the company behind each firm, and Companies House’s published list of authorised agents (dated 21 October 2026), all read the same day. Where a firm’s pages give no company number, the company found on the register under the name it gives or trades as is shown, and the cell says so.
- Not ranked: the firms are listed A to Z. Nothing was bought or tried; this is a desk comparison of published pages and public registers. Any link that pays LetCompliance a fee is marked Sponsored; the links here go to the pages that were read.
- LetCompliance publishes this guide and makes landlord software. It is set out first because it is the publisher’s own product, and it is not compared with the firms.
FAQs
Questions landlords ask
How much does it cost to evict a tenant through a solicitor?
Adding each firm’s published fees for the notice, the claim and the bailiff to the court fees, VAT included, gives £2,073 at Slee Blackwell (at Taunton, Exeter or Barnstaple), £2,361.60 at Landlord Action (on a notice it drafted), from £2,664.60 at LegalforLandlords (its bailiff page does not say whether the £152 warrant fee is in its bailiff fee; from £2,816.60 if it is not) and £3,117 at Attwells with its hearing preparation and advocate, on the fees read on 24 October 2026. The court fees alone are £415 for the claim and £152 for the warrant. A defended claim costs more; ask each firm how it charges for one.
Can I evict a tenant without a solicitor?
Yes. A landlord can serve the notice and bring the possession claim in person; what the law reserves to authorised people is acting in court for someone else. Many landlords use a specialist for the claim and the hearing because a mistake in the notice or the paperwork can mean starting again.
What is the difference between an eviction specialist and a solicitor?
A firm on the SRA register is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Some eviction specialists are not, and instead use solicitors or advocates for the court work, as their own pages explain. Check the register, and ask who will conduct the claim.
What does a solicitor need from me for a possession claim?
Usually the tenancy agreement, the notice and proof of how it was served, a rent statement, the deposit protection and Prescribed Information, and the safety certificates given to the tenant. LetCompliance gathers them from the let into one bundle with a numbered index, on every paid plan.
