A Crown Court trial means a journey to Aylesbury for anyone charged in Milton Keynes, because the city, for all its size, has never had a Crown Court of its own. Criminal law solicitors in Milton Keynes therefore work across two places: the magistrates' court in the city centre, where the great majority of cases start and most finish, and Aylesbury Crown Court on the other side of Buckinghamshire, where trials for serious violence, drug supply, sexual offences and fraud are held.
The caseload is that of a young, fast-growing city with a big night-time economy and a vast road network. Motoring offences come first by volume: speeding on the grid roads and the A5, drink and drug driving, driving while disqualified, and the totting-up cases in which a solicitor argues exceptional hardship for a delivery driver or a sales rep whose job is the licence. Drug supply, including county lines cases, knife offences and violent disorder follow, with domestic abuse, fraud and offences in the logistics sector, from theft at the warehouses to tachograph and immigration offences in haulage, completing the picture.
Police station advice is free for everyone, whatever their means, and a Milton Keynes firm will attend the custody suite in the city at any hour or send an accredited representative. Whether to answer questions, stay silent or submit a prepared statement should never be decided alone.
Legal aid in the magistrates' court depends on a means test, and Crown Court cases are more readily covered; a number of firms in Milton Keynes hold contracts and take duty solicitor slots. Private fees should be agreed per stage, with fixed prices usual for motoring.
The defence firms below serve Milton Keynes, verified firms first. The site's guide to what criminal law involves is the place to start, can I get legal help for free explains the means test, and the general criminal law solicitors page describes how defence firms work.
