AB Mackenzie · Serving Southwark
Motoring offence solicitors for Southwark
Careful advice when a driving allegation could affect your licence, work or daily life.
Speak to the team: 020 7701 1900
A motoring case deserves close attention to the notice, the alleged offence and the deadline. Send the complete paperwork to your solicitor so the position can be considered properly.
Start with the documents
An allegation may involve speeding, drink or drug driving, careless driving, driving without insurance or a requirement to identify a driver. Each raises different questions. Do not assume that advice given to someone else applies to your situation.
The team will need the date and nature of the allegation, any police correspondence, the court notice if one has been issued and relevant details of your driving history. Explain how any potential restriction on driving could affect you, but do not assume that personal circumstances guarantee a particular result.
What preparation can involve
Depending on the case and the agreed instructions, preparation may involve reviewing the allegation and available material, taking your account and discussing the legal and practical options. If further evidence or specialist assistance is needed, its purpose and cost should be agreed before it is commissioned.
Ask who will conduct the work and who supervises it. A private fee should identify the hearing or stage covered and how additional hearings, a contested case or a change in instructions would be charged.
Published fees and a quotation for your matter
The firm’s main website publishes indicative fees for Magistrates’ Court motoring appearances in Greater London. Our fees page reproduces the figures with VAT calculations and explains the information to obtain in a written quotation. Those figures are not a fixed quotation for every allegation.
When you contact us, state any response deadline immediately. Keep original documents and retain a copy of what you send. Contacting a solicitor does not itself extend a deadline or cancel a hearing.
Call 020 7701 1900 to discuss whether the firm can assist. This website gives general information and does not offer a prediction about conviction, points or disqualification.
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