Pricing for Motoring offences

Our Director Nama Zarroug provides expert legal advice and representation in relation to motoring offences. Having worked within the area of criminal law since 2001, he qualified as a Solicitor in 2005 and as a Solicitor Advocate in 2009. In 2009 he set up a successful national motoring law practice in a leading regional law firm, which he ran until he joined Astraea Legal in 2017. He has represented clients throughout England and Wales and is a specialist in this complex area of criminal law.
Nama prides himself on giving his clients frank advice on the merits of their case without charge, before they decide to instruct him.
Nama’s work is supervised by Matt O’Neil, a Solicitor who qualified in 2014 and who is also a Higher Court Advocate and Head of the Criminal Department.

Nama is also provided with administrative assistance on his case by Debbie Watson who is a junior paralegal. You will be able to find out more information about the team by visiting the Our People section on our website

Nama represents clients at private rates, that are calculated with reference to his hourly rate of £325 plus vat.

• In many cases we will agree fixed fees at the beginning of the case that we calculate with reference to the number of hours work that the case is likely to involve:
• Where necessary, attendance at the first court appearance, case management and subsequent preparation for trial/special reasons/exceptional hardship argument £1500 plus Vat
• Guilty plea and mitigation where no previous attendance at court is required £1500 plus Vat
• Exceptional hardship argument hearing where no previous attendance at court is required £1500 plus Vat
• Special reasons hearing where no previous attendance at court is required £1500 plus Vat
• Representation at half day Trial/Newton Hearing £1500 plus Vat
• Interim, case management hearings or separate sentence hearings when required £995 plus Vat

Our rates are reviewed annually, and any changes notified to clients. In addition to the rates above, VAT is charged at the rate applicable, currently 20%.

Before you agree fees with us, we will explain if there will be any variance in the above fixed fees that are apparent from the outset. Some cases will require more work due to their complexity, the level of work involved or because of the level of service that the client requires and in those circumstances, Matt will conduct this work at an hourly rate of £325 plus Vat. In those cases we will provide you with an estimate of costs at the outset and continue to update you throughout the case. The cost of a case conducted on an hourly rate is likely to range between £1500 plus Vat and £5000 plus Vat.

In some cases, it is appropriate for the client to also instruct and independent expert such as a forensic toxicologist. Their fees are payable by the client directly to the expert and usually start at around £750 plus Vat depending on the amount of work required. In case where it is appropriate to instruct a Barrister or QC on your behalf we will obtain and written quote from them for their services and this will be provided to you for your agreement.