Traffic Offences:
Our Fees and Pricing

At Sewell Law, we know your driving licence matters. It may get you to work, help you care for your family, or be your living.
Being charged with a motoring offence is stressful, and worrying about legal costs shouldn't add to it.

Wherever we can, we work on a fixed fee basis, so you know the full cost before we begin. When a fixed fee isn't suitable, for example in complex or contested cases, we'll explain our hourly rates and give you a realistic estimate in writing. We will never start chargeable work without your agreement.

We start with an initial conversation. We'll give you an honest view of your case, tell you what we think the likely outcome is, and confirm what it will cost.

All the fees below are for privately paying clients. We cannot advise on whether you are eligible for Legal Aid. Please check whether you have any insurance that may cover your legal fees.

VAT: All our fees are shown excluding VAT. VAT is charged at the prevailing rate, currently 20%. For each fee we show the VAT and the total including VAT.

Jennifer Sewell, Director and Solicitor, oversees all our motoring work. She is a solicitor with nearly 20 years' post-qualification experience and has handled a variety of motoring cases, including speeding and a failure to provide driver details. Jennifer is an experienced advocate in the Magistrates’ Court.  

Summary of fixed fees
These fees cover advice and representation for summary-only motoring offences dealt with at a single magistrates' court hearing.

What our fixed fee includes

Unless a matter says otherwise, our fixed fee for a single hearing includes:

• Taking your instructions and reviewing the paperwork you've received (for example, the Notice of Intended Prosecution, the Single Justice Procedure Notice or the summons)
• Reviewing the prosecution evidence (disclosure)
• Advice on your plea and the likely sentence or, where that can't be predicted, the sentencing options open to the court
• Advice on whether an exceptional hardship or special reasons argument is worth making
• Helping you prepare mitigation and character references
• Explaining court procedure so you know what to expect
• Meeting you at court before the hearing and representing you at one hearing
• Discussing the outcome with you afterwards

What our fixed fee does not include
The following are not included and are charged separately. We'll always agree the cost with you first:

• Extra or adjourned hearings, unless the delay is caused by us.
• Taking statements from witnesses other than you, and questioning witnesses at trial.
• Expert evidence and reports.
• A contested exceptional hardship or special reasons hearing.
• Travel to court
• Appeals against conviction or sentence, and applications to have a ban removed early.
• Disbursements (see below)

Disbursements
Disbursements are costs paid to third parties for your case. We'll tell you before we incur any of them. Typically, the key disbursements are;