Call: 01273 713600 (Brighton)
Call: 01903 898985 (Littlehampton)
24 hour emergency number: 07747 753232
Email:
Call: 01273 713600 (Brighton)
Call: 01903 898985 (Littlehampton)
24 hour emergency number: 07747 753232
Email:
Costs
POLICE STATION
We can advise you FREE OF CHARGE if you are interviewed by the police. If you are under arrest we can attend 24/7. The police often ask people to attend for interview by appointment – we can attend with you FREE OF CHARGE. It is very important that you obtain legal advice prior to being interviewed. Our 24 hour emergency number is 07747 753232 or email us.
LOCAL AUTHORITY INTERVIEW
You may be entitled to Legal Aid. Contact us to discuss funding.
REGULATORY INTERVIEWS
An interview by a regulator or prosecuting authority can be used as evidence against you in subsequent proceedings. It is important to obtain legal advice. It might be that a prosecution is avoided. Contact us to discuss costs.
COURT
You may be entitled to Legal Aid. We can advise you on eligibility.
MAGISTRATES COURT - PRIVATE COSTS
In most cases we are able to represent you for a fixed fee. For a straightforward matter we can agree the following:
- Guilty plea or first appearance 500 plus VAT
- (Many guilty pleas are completed in one hearing)
- Guilty plea - subsequent hearings 450 plus VAT
- Not guilty plea - half day trial 1,500 plus VAT
- (Includes up to two and a half hours attendance/preparation)
- Not guilty plea - day trial 2,225 plus VAT
- (Includes up to three hours attendance/preparation)
- Road traffic - special reasons trial 1,500 plus VAT
- Road traffic - exceptional hardship 1,500 plus VAT
- Guilty plea or first appearance 1,000 + VAT
- (Many guilty pleas are completed in one hearing)
- Guilty plea - subsequent hearing 750 plus VAT
- Not guilty - half day trial 3,000 plus VAT
- (Includes up to three hours attendance/preparation)
- Not guilty - full day trial 4,000 plus VAT
- (Includes up to three hours attendance/preparation)
- Road traffic - special reasons trial 3,000 plus VAT
- Road traffic - exceptional hardship 3,000 plus VAT
Note: VAT is charged at 20%.
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Note: VAT is charged at 20%.
How long will my case take?
Magistrates Court
Guilty Plea - When you appear in the Magistrates Court for your first appearance you will be asked to enter a plea. If you plead guilty, for less serious matters, the court will try and deal with you there and then. (For instance the less serious road traffic cases). For matters that require a report by the Probation Service usually the matter is adjourned for around 6 weeks. At the next hearing it is expected the matter is finalised. If the case is so serious that a custodial sentence is given this may be dealt with on the first hearing. For some serious offences the Magistrates send the case to the Crown Court for sentence. The Crown Court hearing is usually a month later.
Not guilty – if you appear and enter a not guilty plea and the case is to be tried in the Magistrates Court the case will be adjourned for a trial. The length of the adjournment is dependent on a number of factors but most importantly how booked up the court slots are. The delay can be anything from 2 months to 6 or 7 months – it is difficult to be precise.
Crown Court
Guilty – sent to Crown Court. It is expected that you would be sentenced at the first hearing in the Crown Court (4 weeks after your Magistrates Court appearance) but sometimes there has to be a delay for a Pre-Sentence Report if it has not already been ordered by the Magistrates Court and a Judge agrees.
Not guilty – if your case is sent to the Crown Court for trial then there is usually a Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing (PTPH) in the Crown Court within a month. Again, it is difficult to give a time estimate for a trial listing but it is at least 3 months and often much longer.
We will of course keep you updated as the case progresses.
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