If you have a problem with a road traffic offence, you need expert help from our team of general motoring and drink driving solicitors.
Whatever the offence, and wherever it is in the UK, our motoring lawyers will advise you, guide you through, and resolve your case, from the most simple, to the most complex.
How? Through our dedicated team of specialist motoring lawyers who are experts in the investigation of technical cases, who will work to challenge the case against you, to keep your licence, or to secure an acquittal on your behalf, to keep you on the road.
Our motoring solicitors deal solely with this niche area of practice which requires specialist drink driving solicitors and other general motoring lawyers to achieve the best possible outcome for you. We have a team of 16 in-house solicitors and barristers who are experts in their field. Our clients consistently refer to the excellence of our reputation.
Our aim is to keep you driving, to keep your job, to enable you to meet your family’s financial needs. Keeping your licence is our job so instruct our motoring solicitors to achieve the best outcome for you.
Our pricing for dealing with motoring cases in respect of a single hearing in the Magistrates Court for a summary only road traffic offence are as follows:
Exceptional Hardship Argument
£750 – £2,000 plus VAT at 20%.
The fee will depend on location and degree of complexity.
Guilty Plea and Sentence
£500 – £1,250 plus VAT at 20%.
The fee will depend on location and degree of complexity.
Trial
Trials will normally be dealt with based on hourly rates as below.
No two trials are exactly the same so we cannot provide you with a reliable estimate of the cost. The typical costs, however, of a straight forward case proceeding to trial with no unexpected complications is in the region of £1,000 – £2,000 plus VAT at 20%.
However, on occasions, for a relatively straight forward matter, a fixed costs package may be agreed.
Key Stages
The fees set out above cover all of the work below:
- Taking initial instructions.
- Reviewing the papers advising you on merits.
- Preparing correspondence to the prosecution.
- Preparing for hearing.
- Attending court and representing you there.
These apply in all of the three categories above.
Disbursements
Disbursements are the costs payable to the third parties such as experts. Occasionally we may seek to instruct an expert report and costs of any disbursements in respect of this will be in addition to the above.
Expert reports for motoring offences may typically costs in the region of £500 – £1,500 plus VAT at 20%.
Hourly Rates
Where a case is dealt with by reference to our hourly rates, the following are applied:
| Senior Solicitor | Solicitor/Senior Legal Executive | |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation, attendance, advocacy, waiting, travel | £198.00 | £174.00 |
| Letters out | £19.80 | £17.40 |
| Telephone calls | £19.80 | £17.40 |
Plus VAT at 20% on each of the above.
Preparation, attendance, advocacy, travelling and waiting are all charged per hour or part thereof.
Letters out and telephone calls are all charged per item.
* Exceptionally the figures, preparation, attendance and advocacy above may be subject to an increase dependent on the seriousness, and/or complexity of your case. Such figure will be assessed at relevant stages in the proceedings and fully communicated with you. In the event that you are successful and awarded a Defendants Costs Order, you will only have to pay the difference between the costs submitted at the above hourly charging rates and the amount subsequently paid by central funds following consideration of any defendant’s costs order.