Costs

We have recovered £2.5m for clients in the past year - that's £8 for every £1 of fees. We have saved £5m against costs claimed per year and regularly delivered savings of 35% on claimed costs.

We have been at the forefront of costs litigation for many years. Our success in several high profile cases has shaped the market to the benefit of our insurer clients.

We understand that legal costs are a priority issue for insurers, with increasingly narrow operating margins and escalating claims for third party costs.

We appreciate the financial importance of limiting your spend in such costs and maximise the amount you recover. We are experts in handling the full range of costs issues, for both large volume and complex claims including:

• abuses of MOJ portal procedures for motor claims
• attempts to avoid payment by third party funders when you succeed in a claim
• exaggerated claims for costs
• fraudulent claims

Complete service, expertly delivered

Our national team, based in Birmingham, comprises over 20 lawyers, including solicitors, costs draftspeople and paralegals.

This allows us to provide a complete range of services including:

• a bespoke case management system to streamline cost processes
• a consistent approach to litigated and pre-litigated cases
• a focus on savings achieved, not just the total paid, to take account of inflated claims
• cost certainty and risk sharing for clients – our fees reflect how successful we are in reducing claim amounts
• expert negotiators trained to settle claims by phone
• influencing the behaviour of third party solicitors by making early Part 47 offers