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Western Legal / Independent legal advice
ILA certificates · Lender-ready

Independent legal advice, certified in 48 hours, without derailing your completion.

Personal guarantee ILA and occupier consent waivers, advised by video and certified remotely by an SRA-regulated solicitor. Your lender's specific certificate requirements are confirmed before the call, so it is done in one round.

48 hoursStandard turnaround from payment
Same-dayUrgent appointments available
Lender-readyCertificate matched to the lender's form
Signing before a solicitor
Fees

The ILA fee schedule.

FOUNDING CLIENT RATES: Western Legal is in the process of SRA firm authorisation. Current fees apply until authorisation completes; founding clients keep priority access afterwards.
FIXED FEE · NO VAT · FIXED FEE · NO VAT · WL SOLICITOR-LED
Schedule of feesGBP · No VAT
ItemWhat it coversFee
Personal guarantee ILAReview of the guarantee and facility, single scheduled video appointment (identity verification and advice), certificate in the lender's required form. 48-hour standard turnaround.from £399
Personal guarantee ILA, same-dayEverything above, prioritised to a same-day appointment and certificate.from £649
Occupier consent / waiver ILAAdvice and certificate for occupier consent forms and postponement deeds.from £299
Additional document, same matterWhere one appointment covers a further guarantee or deed on the same transaction.from £150
"From" prices are starting fees for standard scope; your exact fee is fixed in writing before you pay anything and never changes after that. Returning clients keep their original rates for 12 months. No VAT is charged: the price quoted is the price paid. Official fees (UKIPO, Companies House, court) are shown separately on your quote before you pay anything.

Bespoke and urgent matters outside the schedule: £650 per hour, capped estimates given in advance. Corporate retainers from £995/month.

How it works

Built for the week of completion.

STEP 01

Send the documents

The guarantee or waiver, the facility letter, and your lender's certificate form if they have one. Quote in writing same day; your appointment is scheduled once payment confirms the engagement.

STEP 02

One scheduled video appointment

Identity verified, the document explained clause by clause, your worst-case exposure quantified, your questions answered.

STEP 03

Certificate delivered

Signed and returned the way your lender requires, electronically or wet-ink by post, with your broker or solicitor copied in.

Common questions

ILA FAQs.

What is an ILA certificate and why does my lender want one?

When you give a personal guarantee or waive rights as an occupier, the lender needs to know you understood what you signed, otherwise the document is vulnerable to being set aside later. A solicitor's certificate of independent legal advice is how lenders close that risk, and most will not complete without it.

Can the advice really be given remotely?

Yes, by video call, with identity verified and the certificate signed electronically or in wet ink and posted, depending on what your lender requires. We confirm the lender's specific certificate requirements before the call so there is only one round.

How fast can you do it? My completion is this week.

Standard turnaround is 48 hours from payment and papers. Same-day appointments are available at the urgent rate, tell us the completion date in your enquiry and it will be worked to.

Do you advise me whether to sign the guarantee?

The advice covers the nature and effect of the document, the worst-case exposure, and the questions to ask before signing. The commercial decision stays yours, but you make it knowing exactly what the document does.

My spouse/partner has been asked for ILA on the same deal. Can you advise both of us?

Usually not, independence is the point, and lenders typically require separately advised parties to have separate advisers. We can advise one of you and point the other to an appropriate adviser.

Get in touch

Confidential review within 24 hours.

Send a brief outline of your matter. You will receive a personal reply from a solicitor, with a fixed-fee quote where the scope is clear. Payment is taken before work begins; every fee is fixed in writing first.

Emailsp@westernlegal.co.uk WhatsApp+44 7915 318 920
How this practice worksEverything starts in writing, and written replies are fastest. Calls are reserved for engaged clients and Counsel-tier matters, and where a matter needs an appointment it is a single scheduled video appointment, included in your fixed fee.

Prefer a paid deep-dive before committing? Book a £150 document triage, credited in full against any engagement within 30 days.

Confidential by default. Your details go directly to the solicitor, never to a call centre. Replies come in writing; no cold calls, ever. Privacy policy.

Received. You will hear back within 24 hours, usually much sooner. If the matter is urgent, message us on WhatsApp.