Custody InsightsFor defence solicitors
We stay firmly on the operational side; the legal side stays yours. Ex-Prison Service specialists who read the case bundle from a custodial and risk perspective — strengthening mitigation and keeping clients stable from surrender to release. Not solicitors, not legal advice, nothing shared without written instruction.
Instructed work
Each stands alone, or combines into one coordinated engagement running alongside your representation.
01
An operational reading of the case bundle for the instructing solicitor — welfare, health, categorisation and location realities relevant to sentencing, plus alternative perspective reports the defence team can place before the court as context.
£3,000–£5,000 standard · £6,250–£10,000 complex (ex VAT)
02
A second reading of the file from a custodial and risk perspective, surfacing what defence teams rarely see — with a pre-surrender plan for the client covering reception declarations, medication continuity and the first night.
£250 per hour (ex VAT)
03
Specialist operational input for criminal defence practices on a matter or annual basis: a named senior adviser, standby support through reception and the first weeks inside, and structured handover to the family.
Matter or annual basis · fees agreed in writing
“Their report gave our defence team an operational angle we could never have written ourselves. It materially changed our mitigation.”
“One steady voice from surrender to release. Our client's progression through the estate was the most stable we have seen.”