Whatever you do, do not talk to the police before you talk to our team of Townsville criminal lawyers.

Navigating the criminal justice system is a daunting and frightening experience for many people and even minor issues can have serious consequences if you don’t get the right help.

Our dedicated and collaborative team of Townsville criminal lawyers will listen to your side of the story and make sure your interests are represented throughout every step of the process.

We’ll see that your side of things gets a full and fair hearing and that any personal circumstances, which explain what happened, are brought to the attention of the right people.

We also, wherever possible, help take the stress out of being involved in a criminal matter by telling you how much our fees will cost.

We are the only firm in Queensland which posts its criminal law prices up-front and on its website.

The prices below will apply to many legal matters, however, in some cases the nature of the offence or the complexity of the charges will increase the fees.

Criminal Law Prices

Our fee when you wish to plead guilty in a Magistrates Court

All work up to and including a full day in court*:

• For Townsville-based courts: $2,420
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $2,970
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland: $3,300 and agreed travel costs

*For serious or complicated offences we may need to revise this quote.

Our set-fee if you wish to plead not guilty in a Magistrates Court

Our set-fees for when you wish to plead not-guilty apply to many assault, drug and traffic cases.

• For Townsville-based courts: $6,820
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $7,700
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland: $8,800 and agreed travel costs

Appealing the sentence you received in the Magistrates Court to a District Court Judge

If you wish to appeal the sentence you received in the Magistrate’s Court, because you believe it was too harsh or unfair, the prices below let you know how much this will cost:

• For Townsville-based courts: $2,970
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $3,360
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland: $3,960 and agreed travel costs

If your sentence meant you are now in prison full-time:

• For Townsville-based courts: $3,960
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $4,400
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland: $4,950 and agreed travel costs

For drink driving, drug driving or other traffic offences

All work up to and including a full-day in court* from:

• Townsville based courts: $1,485 plus $825 for a work licence application
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $1,985 plus $825 for a work licence application
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland $2,900 and agreed travel costs plus $825 for a work licence application

To get a lawyer to apply for bail in Magistrates or District Court

All work up to and including one full day in court from:

• Townsville based courts: $2,420 and court-filing fees
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $2,970
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland: $3,960 and agreed travel costs
• Weekend applications in Townsville courts: $3,960

To get a lawyer to apply for bail in the Supreme Court

All work including prison visits (if necessary), preparation meetings, gathering any affidavits for your case, any early mentions (if necessary) and a full-court hearing date, from:

• $4,950

Applying to have your case moved to the Mental Health Court

If you suffer from a mental illness it may be appropriate for your matter to be moved to the Mental Health Court – where you’ll be sentenced on the basis your actions were caused by the fact you were unwell.

Please note our fees do not include those any doctors, psychologists or psychiatrists involved in helping assess your condition – although we will be involved in briefing them and gathering their evidence to take back to court.

• For Townsville based courts: $4,400
• For courts in Ingham, Charters Towers and Ayr: $4,950
• For courts elsewhere in Queensland: $5,830

In some cases of this nature may involve follow-up work at which point your lawyer will be able to quote you on a fixed-fee basis.

Prison Conferences – We travel to all Correctional Facilities in Queensland

• Townsville based facilities: $825
• North Queensland based facilities: $1,980 and agreed travel costs
• Elsewhere in the state: $2,970 and agreed travel costs

Attending police stations

• All stations in Townsville: $795
• Stations elsewhere in Queensland: $1,485 and travel costs

*Most cases are able to be completed with only one court date. That said, if your matter requires more than one day in court, there is an additional fee of $1,155 for all work up to and including the next court date in Townsville based courts. The fees will be larger for courts outside of Townsville and may include agreed travel costs.