Criminal Defence & Road Traffic Law Lawyers
Charles Ferguson Solicitors is a boutique, private Criminal Defence and Road Traffic law firm with offices in Glasgow (G3 7QL), Edinburgh (EH1 3QB) and Hamilton (ML3 0DG), with over 40 years of combined practitioner experience. We focus exclusively on Road Traffic and Criminal Defence cases throughout Scotland, providing bespoke, discreet representation for our clients.
Call our Glasgow office on 0141 345 5735, our Edinburgh office on 0131 557 7740, or our Hamilton office on 01698 285 885.
Criminal Defence & Road Traffic Lawyers
We understand the personal and professional risks involved. Our clients include executives, business owners, and medical professionals who demand expert legal support, absolute discretion, and strategic guidance throughout the process. We provide tailored, robust, results-driven representation with meticulous preparation and complete confidentiality, drawing on years of experience as court practitioners in this specialist field.
Our mission is to protect your reputation, freedom, and future—discreetly and effectively.
We exclusively advise and represent clients solely on a privately funded basis.
Through solely accepting new clients, cases and instructions on a privately funded basis we ensure we can provide to each of our clients a fully qualitative, results and outcome driven approach. Through our firm’s philosophy we ensure we can provide to our clients the most extensive and robust representation and advise possible for their cases.
With over 40 years of combined experience, we represent clients in Courts of all levels and regularly achieve positive outcomes, including persuading the prosecution to discontinue, drop cases, or negotiating reduced pleas to help clients retain their driving licences or taking the matter to trial to secure an acquittal, a verdict of not guilty in their case. When you are facing criminal charges or a road traffic prosecution, the solicitor you choose matters. Charles Ferguson Solicitors are solely criminal defence and road traffic law practitioners.These are exclusively our practice areas.
We ensure our clients have the best possible access and availability to our solicitors when they require our assistance, advice and our representation at court. We adopt at all times a holistic and outcome centric and driven approach. At the heart of our firm’s approach to our clients and their cases, woven at all times through the work we undertake is our qualitative over quantitative philosophy. This means our clients and cases are not part of a high volume case load. Consistently we are told this is one of the fundamental reasons why our clients have instructed ourselves because we are a solely Privately Funded Criminal Defence & Road Traffic law firm.
At our core is the belief that the service we provide to our clients is a direct result of our non-quantitative case load belief. We exclusively focus on providing the best quality service possible over a quantitative approach. For the firm this is key to consistently achieving the best outcomes for our clients. All of our case fees are built upon a block and stage fee system with instalment options and methods available for our clients. We accept all major credit/ debit cards through Stripe and or bank transfer.
Our clients cases are fully managed by our managing director and management team throughout the duration of the case, we prepare our clients cases to the fullest extent possible with an above all a qualitative, attention to detail approach adopted at all times to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Over four decades of combined criminal defence and road traffic practice. Focused. Tenacious. Results driven.
Serving the West, Central belt, East & throughout Scotland
We serve clients across the West, Central Belt and throughout Scotland from offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hamilton. A criminal charge can arrive without warning. You may be arrested at home, stopped by police in your vehicle, or receive a citation through the post. Whatever the circumstances, having an experienced defence solicitor on your side from the earliest possible moment can make the decisive difference to the outcome of your case. Evidence can be challenged, procedures can be scrutinised, and defences can be identified that a general practitioner might overlook. We provide direct, professional and approachable support to anyone under investigation or facing prosecution.
We focus exclusively on Road Traffic and Criminal Defence, representing clients at all stages, including at the Police Station during Interview and detention and thereafter at any court proceedings. We act without bias, and are committed to defending your rights, your reputation and your future.
We will provide clear, strategic advice and outline the most effective path forward. If you have been charged with a criminal or road traffic offence, or if you are under investigation and anticipate charges, contact us for an initial consultation. We will discuss your case, explain your options, and provide honest advice about the best course of action.
From our Glasgow office at 20-23 Woodside Place, G3 7QL, we serve Glasgow, Paisley, Greenock, Dumbarton, Clydebank, Ayr, Ayrshire and the surrounding communities. From our Edinburgh office at 14 Albany Street, EH1 3QB, we serve Edinburgh, the Lothians, the Borders and the east of Scotland. From our Hamilton office at 1 Barrack Street, ML3 0DG, we serve Hamilton, Motherwell, Wishaw, Airdrie, Coatbridge, Lanark, East Kilbride, and the wider Lanarkshire area. We also act for clients from across Scotland — contact us for an appointment at the most suitable office for you. Our solicitors appear regularly at Hamilton Sheriff Court, Glasgow Sheriff Court, Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Airdrie Sheriff Court, Lanark Sheriff Court, Ayr Sheriff Court, Paisley Sheriff Court, Dumbarton Sheriff Court, Greenock Sheriff Court, and the High Court of Justiciary.
