Motoring Offences Fixed Fees
Diagnostic Appointment
We offer an initial 1-hour appointment, where we will discuss your case and confirm our advice in writing, for a fixed fee of £150.00 +VAT (£30.00) = Total: £180.00.
This may provide you with all of the advice you need. However if further assistance is required we will be happy to discuss with you the potential further costs. Below are examples of these additional fixed fee costs.
Guilty Plea
The fixed fee for advice and representation on a guilty plea at the first hearing is £300.00 +VAT (£60.00) = Total: £360.00, unless there is an issue of Exceptional Hardship or Special Reasons, for which there will be a separate hearing and additional costs as set out below.
Exceptional Hardship
There is an additional fixed fee in the range of £350.00 + VAT (£70.00) to £500.00 + VAT (£100.00) = Total between £420.00 and £600.00, depending on the complexity of the case, where we will be arguing against disqualification under the ‘totting up’ provisions. (These fees are based upon our estimate of time required to take your instructions and prepare for the exceptional hardship hearing based upon a notional cost of £250 per hour).
Special Reasons
There is an additional fixed fee in the range of £250.00 +VAT (£50.00) to £500.00 +VAT (£100.00) = Total: £300.00 and £600.00, depending on the complexity of the case, where there are ‘special reasons’ to argue against disqualification or endorsement of penalty points. (These fees are based upon our estimate of time required to take your instructions and prepare for the exceptional hardship hearing based upon a notional cost of £250 per hour).
Not Guilty Plea and Trial
The fixed fee for representation at the first hearing on a not guilty plea is £250.00 + VAT (£50.00) = Total: £300.00.
Further costs to prepare the case for trial will be dependent on the complexity of the case but usually start from a fixed fee of £500.00 +VAT (£100.00) = Total £600.00 for a half day hearing to £1000 plus vat of £200, making a total of £1200 for a full days hearing. (These fixed fees are based upon our estimate of time required to take your instructions and prepare for the exceptional hardship hearing based upon a notional cost of £250 per hour).
In each case we will be able to give you an estimate of the cost of the case at the initial meeting.
Any disbursements such as the cost of expert reports, where required, will be an additional cost that we will advise you upon before incurring.
Services provided may include, but not be limited to:
- Considering prosecution evidence;
- Taking your instructions (on the phone or in-person if location permits);
- Providing advice on the plea and likely sentence, options available at court in relation to sentencing or trial issues (including case management information) where a not guilty plea is advised;
- Advising upon sentence guidelines and likely penalty.
- Drafting witness statements;
- Drafting instructions to experts (where required);
- Explaining the court procedure so that you are aware of what to expect at court;
There is usually no disbursements incurred with motoring services.
Timescales
Guilty Plea – In most cases of a guilty plea the case will conclude on the day of the first hearing. If there are any complexities requiring adjournment the case will usually conclude within 4 weeks thereafter.
Not Guilty Plea – The majority of contested cases will conclude within a 4 month period on current time scales for the court in South Yorkshire. This time scale may differ for different parts of the country.
We will aim to give a more accurate expectation of timescale on discussion of your case. In relation to timescales for cases to be heard in the Magistrates’ Court this can vary, and the average current wait times is up to 4 months. In light of this we cannot give you a time and date your hearing will be considered. However, we will make enquiries with the court to give an approximate date the matter may be heard.
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