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Criminal Defence – Platinum Option

A large number of clients opt for our platinum service given the additional levels of service and support that we can offer our clients when a case is funded privately. The Criminal Defence – Platinum service that we offer provides a client with many and varied options beyond the scope of Legal Aid, which the Law Society itself recently described as at the very limits of its viability.

As a practice our increasing level of success and client satisfaction are often as a result of the platinum service. Examples of additional levels of service for clients who opt for platinum are provided below. 

  • Regular conferences before, during and after any police interviews as well as seeking to obtain early disclosure. Clients get to know the person representing them prior to their attendance under Criminal Defence – Platinum 
  • Continuity of service in respect of litigation;
  • Continuity of service in respect of Counsel and Higher Court Advocates in order to avoid typical Legal Aid scenarios where plea, trial or sentences can often be conducted by different professionals who the client has never met;  
  • An out of hours number in the event that you wish to book appointments or discuss matters out of hours;
  • The ability for us to arrange all appointments outside of our clients working hours;
  • Longer periods of case preparation, and the ability for those cases to be peer reviewed amongst other fellow professionals where we feel that that would be beneficial to our clients in complex cases; 
  • The ability to tailor your case to the way in which you feel it should be handled, including seeking to act on cases at the police station phase that appear to be dormant under the guise of clients being released under investigation. We aim to try and resolve these scenarios quickly and effectively; 
  • The ability to instruct experts including Higher Court Advocates and Barristers who will not accept instructions under the provisions of Legal Aid, including those CPR Rule 19 expert witnesses who refuse to do legally aided work but accept private instructions; 
  • Regular updates and additional support with family and friends under the auspices of your consent;
  • Meetings as and when required at either of our locations in either South London or Bank in the City of London or through video technology or phone;
  • Regular updates to our clients in a manner they choose; 
  • Access to the Principal of the practice should a client require it; 
  • Access to Kings Counsel – the highest calibre of Counsel in the country; and
  • An unlimited and unconstrained ability to travel.

Given the level of service provided where a client opts for Criminal Defence – Platinum we can arrange an initial conference for your convenience, and expediently, in order to begin helping you straight away. 

Please call us on 0208 309 5010 or send us an email at newenquiries@nelson-guest.co.uk for our platinum option