Law Costs Draftsman, Essex: Our Services
Our team of Law Costs Draftsmen can help your Essex law firm with all aspects of legal costs law.
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Costs Draftsman Essex: Who are we?
At ARC Costs, we are a team of specialist law costs draftsmen dealing with all queries relating to costs. We hold more than 20 years experience in undertaking costs proceedings by preparing Bills of Costs, negotiating, and dealing with fixed costs. As qualified costs lawyers, we can also provide you with representation at detailed assessment proceedings.
Our Law Costs Draftsman service provides assistance to numerous solicitors in the area and throughout the UK. We hold experience in providing assistance to both Claimant and Defendant Solicitors. We also assist litigants in person in dealing with costs they may be liable to pay or be awarded to recover from their opponents.
Costs Draftsman Essex: What We Do
We pride ourselves in being a remote law costing practice. This provides increased efficiency in dealing with your costs case. It avoids the necessity of preparing heavy bundles of the file of papers to show entitlement to costs. Instead, we deal with files by way of electronic transfer.
Furthermore, we act under strict timelines ensuring that the work you instruct us for is returned to you within 5 working days.
Other Services We Provide
We do not assist only with costs that come at the end of the claim for damages. We also assist on the outset of the claim by advising on Conditional Fee Agreements and Retainers. We assist you in ensuring all funding agreements between solicitor and client are valid.
We also assist with costs management if your matter is allocated to the Multi Track, providing accurate costs budgets on your behalf and negotiating with the opponents to agree costs budgets outside of the Court.
We are a costs firm that will work around your needs in relation to costs and the services you require. If you would like to speak to a legal costs professional, get in touch using the contact details below.
What We Do Best
Our dedicated and experienced law costing team provide a wide array of legal costs services to fee earners and solicitors. Find out more by following the links below.
Bills of Costs
A well-prepared bill of costs should accurately explain the work undertaken and provide a defensible basis for recovery. Our costs draftsmen prepare bills covering fee earner time, disbursements and the relevant stages of litigation.
We review the supporting records, identify issues that may affect recovery and help present the claim clearly. Our service can continue through Points of Reply, negotiations and detailed assessment where agreement cannot be reached.
Costs Budgets & Management
Costs budgets need to reflect the proposed directions, anticipated evidence and resources required to conduct the case. Underestimating future work can create difficulties later, while unrealistic assumptions may undermine negotiations.
We prepare Precedent H budgets, assist with Precedent R budget discussion reports and advise on revisions where developments warrant them. Our costs lawyers can also provide representation at costs and case management conferences.
Points of Dispute
If you have received a claim for costs, we can examine whether the hours, rates and items claimed are properly recoverable.
We prepare points of dispute supported by the circumstances of the case, rather than relying on general objections. We also advise on settlement offers, the likely costs of continuing the dispute and whether further proceedings are proportionate.
Detailed assessment and advocacy
Where negotiations do not resolve the issues, our costs lawyers can assist with detailed assessment proceedings and representation within their authorised scope of practice.
Preparation includes reviewing the disputed items, supporting evidence and relevant authorities. We explain the strengths and weaknesses of your position so you can decide whether to settle or proceed.
Legal aid and specialist litigation costs
We support legal professionals with legal aid billing and costs claims, alongside work involving personal injury, clinical negligence, commercial litigation, housing disrepair and Court of Protection matters.
The appropriate approach depends on the funding arrangements, proceedings and applicable rules. We establish those requirements before preparing the relevant documents.