PRIVATE CLIENT COSTS INFORMATION
Guilty Plea
For a straight-forward guilty plea matter in Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral courts, our fixed fee
price is £750 plus VAT.
This fee includes:
- All necessary attendance or preparation,
- Considering the evidence,
- Meeting you at our office and taking your instructions,
- Alternatively, taking your instructions by telephone, if appropriate, practicable, or
- requested by you,
- Providing advice on merits,
- Providing advice on possible sentences,
- Attendance and representation at one plea hearing and, if sentence is not concluded on the same occasion, one subsequent sentence hearing in the Magistrates Court, and
- Discussing the outcome and the merits of any appeal (if necessary).
The fee does not include:
- Instruction/fees for any expert witnesses,
- Mileage, parking, tunnel fees or other disbursements,
- Taking statements from any witnesses,
- Representation at any other hearing,
- Advice, assistance and representation in relation to a ‘Special Reasons’/’Exceptional Hardship’ hearing, and
- Assistance and representation in relation to undertaking any appeal.
- Not Guilty Plea
For a straight-forward not guilty plea matter in Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral courts, our fixed
fee price is £1500 plus VAT.
This fee includes:
- All necessary attendance and preparation,
- Considering the evidence,
- Meeting you at our office and taking your instructions,
- Alternatively, taking your instructions by telephone, if necessary, practicable, or requested by you,
- Taking statements from any witnesses,
- Providing advice on merits,
- Providing advice on possible sentences,
- Attendance and representation at your plea and case management hearing, trial and any sentencing hearing in the Magistrates Court, and
Discussing the outcome and the merits of any appeal (if necessary).
The fee does not include:
- Instruction of any expert witnesses,
- Mileage, parking, tunnel fees or other disbursements,
- Taking statements from any witnesses,
- Representation for any hearings in the Crown Court,
- Advice, assistance and representation in relation to a ‘Special Reasons’/’Exceptional
- Hardship’ hearing, and
- Assistance and representation in relation to undertaking any appeal.
The cost of:
- The time for travelling to any other courts,
- Any travel expenses,
- Appeals, and
- Any other additional matters will be discussed and agreed with you, as necessary.
For a non-straight-forward case we will discuss with you what we estimate our costs will be
and the work that such estimate will cover.
and the work that such estimate will cover.