Our Services
Legal costs services including bill drafting, detailed assessment, costs budgeting, points of dispute, and attendance at hearings.
- Costs Drafting and Bills of Costs: Bills of costs, N260 schedules, Precedent S electronic bills and supporting documents, prepared personally by a Costs Lawyer for paying and receiving parties.
- Points of Dispute and Replies: Focused points of dispute and PD 47 compliant replies that identify the issues likely to matter at negotiation or detailed assessment.
- Costs Budgeting: Precedent H costs budgets, Precedent R budget discussion reports, assumptions, revisions and practical advice before costs management hearings.
- Costs Hearings and Advocacy: Representation and support at detailed assessment hearings, costs management conferences, CCMCs and costs applications.
- Costs Negotiation and Analysis: Advice on offers, recoverability, exposure, negotiation strategy and the commercial settlement of costs disputes.
- Specialist Costs Advice: Practical advice on costs orders, Part 36, QOCS, fixed costs, retainers, proportionality, security for costs and solicitor-client assessments.
- Detailed Assessment: Specialist support with detailed assessment proceedings, including bills of costs, points of dispute, replies, provisional assessment and assessment hearings.
We support paying and receiving parties from early costs strategy through to detailed assessment and settlement.
Contact us to discuss a costs matter.