Law Costs Draftsman, Liverpool: Our Services
Our team of Law Costs Draftsmen can help your Liverpool law firm with all aspects of legal costs law.
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What We Do
Our expert cost draftsmen have over 20 years’ experience in dealing with Costs Negotiations, Bills of Costs, CPR 45 Fixed Recoverable Costs Claims for all types of inter-partes claims. Our law costs draftsman service, Liverpool has assisted many firms of Claimant and Defendant solicitors, as well as Litigants in Persons in dealing with all matters of legal costs.
We provide services from the very outset of a claim, from the drafting of a retainer to ensure compliance and that all success fees are calculated appropriately, to providing assistance throughout the detailed assessment process.
Remote Law Costing
We have the ability to assist law firms in all locations within the UK, through use of our remote law costing. Using this type of service has resulted in increased efficiency for fee earners and Solicitors, as working digitally creates an approach to costing which reduces the need send bundles of files, and scan and send files.
Costs Budgets
We can assist by drafting a Precedent H Costs Budget, ensuring that all future costs are anticipated correctly and maximising your recovery on a successful conclusion to the case. We can also assist in the preparation of a Precedent R, to correctly negotiate a Costs Budget, as well as the preparation of a Precedent T, to assist in amending a Costs Budget. Advocacy services at Costs and Case Management (CCMC) hearings, if your budget cannot be agreed, are also provided by ARC Costs.
Bill of Costs and Negotiation
We can provide drafting and negotiation of your Bill of Costs with a high degree of accuracy, and an SLA of five working days. We can assist by drafting your Points of Dispute and Points of Reply and will advise on the potential risks of rejecting any offer received. If required, we will ensure that an advocate is made available for a detailed assessment hearing.
Fixed Recoverable Costs Claims
ARC Costs Draftsman, Liverpool legal services include assistance throughout CPR 45 Fixed costs claims. We provide a 5 working day turnaround on all drafting instructions, and always operation on a CFA basis in these types of costs disputes.
Therefore if we can’t recover your fixed costs and disbursements, there won’t be a charge.
Why Choose ARC Costs?
ARC Costs provide a unique, professional costs drafting service. We provide highly competent costs draftsmen with vast knowledge and experience of litigation and legal costs disputes. We are a bespoke Costs Draftsmen team of legal and technology experts not found elsewhere, with a high rate of client satisfaction.
If you are searching for a Costs Draftsman Liverpool, look no further. We can assist in all costs matters, irrespective of whether you are a receiving or paying party.
We can be contacted by email at info@arccosts.co.uk, or by telephone on 01204 397302. For more information on legal costs, please find out more about our speciality areas of expertise and our services on our legal costs page.
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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.