Commercial Costs

Our team has been at the forefront of the costs industry for nearly two decades. Our extensive experience and innovative approach across all areas of legal costs means that, as well as providing the best in its class service to our clients, we lead and drive change in the industry through a refusal to accept outdated and inefficient ways of working.

Exceptional results are what we expect, and that’s what we deliver for our clients.  We listen to what they want and need, tailoring our strategies and service to help each client achieve their own goals and objectives.

We design an end-to-end costs strategy from the moment we take on a case through to the payment and recovery of costs. Our proven track record shows a year on year improvement of c. 10% in both costs recovery and cash flow.

Where our clients are the paying party, we’ve also developed a series of highly effective strategies. Just one of those strategies has driven down case life cycles on six figure and seven figure costs disputes by 70% at the same time as improving already market leading results by 25%.

Recent successes

• Conducting the mediation of a £2million costs dispute following settlement of a substantial civil claim.
• Resolving complex costs issues throughout a multi-million Pound administrator dispute including various cross costs orders. Costs involved exceeded £1million.
• Supporting the pursuit of committal proceedings relating to the conduct of legal representatives during costs proceedings.
• Successfully opposing an appeal relating to the interplay between Part 36 and Part 45. Potential value across the industry of over £1million.
• Acting for the paying party in a £500,000 claim for costs following high profile defamation proceedings.
• Budgeting a six figure, contractual dispute regarding energy supply.
• Recovering costs following a supply chain dispute for a Fortune 500 company.
• Providing costs support to a commercial lender in a proof of debt dispute worth £1.5million.
• Managing the recovery of costs following an arbitration. The underlying litigation related to a long-standing supply chain agreement worth in the region of £24million a year.
• Handling the costs issues arising from a successful disclosure application against Amazon UK Services Limited.
• Dealing with the budget revision of a complex personal injury claim. Successfully opposing the application (value £900,000) to the benefit to our client – handing them substantial leverage in the ongoing litigation.
• Acting in relation to the costs of an injunction for malicious falsehood and harassment, including threats to kill.
• Handling 35,000 costs disputes in the last five years for various multi-national insurers.
• Resolving costs disputes worth over £500,000,000 over the last five years.