Criminal Law Solicitor in Rosslare

Charges and summonses that commonly arise for people living around Rosslare

Most of what we see from this part of the county is straightforward District Court business: road traffic matters such as speeding, drink driving or driving without insurance, public order charges after a night out gone wrong, minor theft, and first-time assault charges. These are heard at Wexford Courthouse alongside cases from the rest of the county, and the process for someone from Rosslare is no different to that for someone living in Wexford town itself.

Some matters are more serious and cannot stay in the District Court. Where a charge is too serious for the District Court to deal with, or where the District Court judge decides the case should go further, it is sent forward to the Circuit Court. That is a different kind of case to prepare, with more time needed to go through the evidence and build a strategy, and it is worth getting advice early rather than waiting until the case is already listed.

What to do in the days after you’re charged or summonsed

If you are contacted by gardaí, arrested, or receive a summons through the post, the useful first step is to get advice before your first court date rather than on the morning of it. We attend garda stations around the clock, so if you are being questioned you can ask for us to be contacted at that stage. If a charge or summons has already arrived, bring the paperwork with you to the first conversation, as the details on it (the charge, the date, the court) shape what we advise.

Consultations can take place at our Kilkenny office, by phone or by video, so there is no need to travel unless you want to meet in person. The first conversation is a no-obligation discussion of your situation. If you decide to go ahead, we set out the terms of the work in a letter of engagement before anything further is done, so you know what is agreed from the outset.

Covering Rosslare, Broadway and the coast road into Wexford town

We take on cases from Rosslare and the surrounding area, including Broadway a few kilometres along the coast and Bridgetown further inland, as part of our work across County Wexford and the wider south east. Wherever the case is heard, whether that is Wexford Courthouse for most District and Circuit Court matters or a different county venue because the charge arose elsewhere, the preparation happens well before the court date itself.

We also act for clients across Kildare, Wicklow, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford and Dublin, attending the relevant county’s own courthouse for each case, so a charge connected to more than one part of the south east does not need more than one solicitor.