Personal Legal Services

Motoring Offences

Our local solicitors offer Motoring Offences advice. Contact Garratts in Manchester and Oldham to speak to one of legal experts regarding driving offences today.

Driving Offences

Today motorists are confronted by myriad challenges and potential prosecutions - from driving whilst using a mobile phone; speeding or jumping a red light through to driving under the influence of drink or drugs.

If you have been caught or accused of committing a driving offence, it is essential to have specialist legal representation behind you. Accruing a number of penalty points, facing disqualification and losing your licence can not only have an impact on your personal life but on your professional life as well.

More and more motorists are being caught by speed cameras, police radars and spot checks and want to know what their legal position is and what their rights are.

 

Protect Your Driving Licence With Our Expertise

You may well find that one day you need to be represented by a solicitor in court - not a situation in which you ever imagined you would find yourself - and you need to be sure that your representative is the best you can get.

We provide expert advice and support for those caught or accused of driving offences such as:

  • Drink driving/Drug driving
  • Dangerous driving/Careless Driving
  • Driving without a licence
  • Speeding
  • Causing death by dangerous driving
  • Uninsured vehicles
  • Failure to provide documents/ information

 

Expert Motoring Solicitors in Greater Manchester

Garratts Solicitors has a dedicated team of driving offence solicitors who work tirelessly to ensure their clients are not falling victim to harsh penalties and that police procedures are being properly implemented. We have over 30 years of experience in motoring law.

With offices in Oldham, Ashton, Stalybridge, Radcliffe, Worsley and Newton Heath our motoring solicitors are ideally placed to help the people of Manchester, as well as across the country.

 

Fees for Motoring Offences 

Generally, Legal Aid is not available for motoring offences. There are exceptions to this, particularly in relation to more serious allegations including Dangerous Driving, Driving with Excess Alcohol (where the alcohol reading is very high) and other similar charges.   Where Legal Aid is available for your case, we will advise you and assist you in making an application.

In all other cases, we will be pleased to represent you on a privately funded basis, and we have provided below information about our costs in relation to appearances before Tameside, Manchester, Stockport and Bolton Magistrates’ Courts.   We will happily represent you at other Courts too, although our fees will be higher, to reflect the additional travelling time.

Our fees, set out below, will include taking your instructions, preparing your case and presenting your case at Court on your behalf.   These fees are all inclusive of VAT.

Guilty plea at Court, concluded in a single hearing   £420
Guilty plea at Court, where there are two hearings     £600
Not guilty plea, with a trial lasting up to half a day         £1,440
Not guilty plea, with a trial last up to a full day      £2,400
Application for Exceptional Hardship    £600
Application for Special Reasons, lasting up to half a day    £1,440
Applications for Special Reasons, lasting up to a full day       £2,400

 

Each case is different, and there are occasions when your case is more complex or involves highly unusual issues in which case a Fixed Fee may not be appropriate.   Should we identify that your case falls into that category, we will discuss our fees with you to tailor the work which we need to do to the specific circumstances of your case, and agree to a figure.

If your case is due to be heard in a Court other than those listed above, then we will gladly represent you but will have to charge additionally for our travelling time, and travel expenses.   We charge an additional £96 per hour for travelling, and 54p per mile (plus any parking costs). These figures include VAT.

Motoring offences can seem minor, and there is always a temptation to represent yourself.   However, the impact of a conviction, and/or penalty points on your driving licence, can have a disproportionately significant impact upon your work and home life.   It is always worth taking legal advice, and invariably, better to have a Solicitor who is experienced in dealing with these kinds of offences to speak on your behalf and present your case most effectively.

 

Contact Our Driving Offence Solicitors

Whatever the issue, please ring 0161 344 2244 and speak to a qualified experienced Solicitor about your case. You can also use our online contact form.

Our Oldham motoring solicitors frequently travel throughout the region to assist clients being interviewed at police stations and we are on hand to help you 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We understand that you need to be reassured about the process, and to make an honest and fair assessment of your options in dealing with the matter which you face.

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