Fees for Motoring Offences
We offer our motoring defence services on an hourly rate or fixed fee basis and will discuss the best option with you.
Our hourly rates depend on the seniority of the fee earner involved and are as follows (all costs quoted are exclusive of VAT charged at 20%):-
- Partner - £250/hr
- Associate, Assistant Solicitor, Fellow of Institute of Legal Executives – £180/hr
- Trainee Solicitors, Paralegals and Executives – £130/hr
We offer the following services on a fixed fee basis and we set out below the bracket of likely fixed fee dependent on the nature of the work involved and the seniority of the fee earner:
- Speeding – Consideration of documents and initial consultation in the office - £150 - £250. Magistrates Court representation from an additional £100 - £250.*
- Failure to Provide Information to the DVSA – section 172 Road Traffic Act – Consideration of documents and initial consultation in the office - £150 - £250. Magistrates Court representation from an additional £100 - £250*
- Driving without Insurance - Consideration of documents and initial consultation in the office - £150 - £250. Magistrates Court representation from an additional £100 - £250*
- Drink or Drug Driving – consideration of documents, initial consultation in the office and representation at the Magistrates Court hearing - £300 - £600*
- Driving without Due Care and Attention/ Dangerous driving - consideration of documents, initial consultation in the office and representation at the Magistrates Court hearing - £300 - £600*
- Special Reasons Argument to keep your Licence - consideration of documents, initial consultation in the office and representation at the Magistrates Court hearing - £300 - £600*
- Exceptional Hardship Application to keep your Licence under the Totting Up Provisions - consideration of documents, initial consultation in the office and representation at the Magistrates Court hearing - £1000 - £1500*
- Application for early return of driving Licence - consideration of documents, initial consultation in the office and representation at the Magistrates Court hearing - £350 - £650*
- Using Mobile phone whilst driving - consideration of documents and Initial consultation in the office - £150 - £250 plus vat. Magistrates Court representation from an additional £100 - £250*
- Failure to Provide a blood or breath specimen for analysis - consideration of documents, initial consultation in the office and representation at the Magistrates Court hearing - £300 - £600*
If you are involved in a contested trial in relation to a motoring matter you can expect to pay additional costs of between £500 - £1500 dependent on the work involved.
Please note that additional costs of third parties such as expert medical or accident reconstruction reports are not included in the above fees. Such costs will be discussed with you and agreed prior to any instruction.
*Please note many cases involve more than one appearance at Court and you will be quoted accordingly for additional Court representation over and above the first Magistrates Court hearing, be it on a fixed fee or hourly rate basis. Please also note that the above fees may be increased if there is additional travel involved attending a Court outside of Cheshire.
Timescales
Cases which result in a guilty please usually end on the day of the plea hearing or, in certain circumstances where reports are required, within 4 weeks of the the please hearing.
If you plead not guilty and your case proceeds to a trial then this can take from 3 - 6 months depending on the complexity of your case, number of witnesses and amount of evidence required.
