UK LEGAL CONSULTANTS
Costs Lawyers - Legal Costs Executives - Advocates
Legal Costs Services
We offer a complete and wide-ranging legal costs service to Claimant law firms and private companies in England & Wales. Our specialist areas are complex and high value cases in clinical negligence, catastrophic and serious injury together with commercial litigation, private client, disease, disrepair and civil disputes.
Regular Case Updates
We won't leave you in the dark wondering how your case is going, you will receive regular updates from us and monthly reports if you require them. The monthly reports can be tailored to record any specific information that you may need such as average profit costs recovery or settlement timeframe. We can discuss this with you and explore your reporting requirements.
Client Focused Practice
Our purpose is to provide the highest level of client care and the best possible legal costs service at every stage of the civil costs proceedings . This is our unwavering commitment on every case we are instructed on. We actively pursue a payment on account of costs to be paid you as soon as possible following service of the Bill of Costs and in absence of one being received within a reasonable timeframe, then we will make an application to the court.
ABOUT US
We work closely with our clients to ensure the best possible outcome in the case is achieved
We undertake all of the work required in the civil costs law sector and the detailed assessment proceedings for and on behalf of Claimant law firms and private limited companies in England and Wales.
We are equipped with the required knowledge and experience to deal with complex and high value clinical negligence, serious injury, commercial litigation and civil disputes.
The benefits of instructing us is that we will ensure the preparation of all legal documents are complaint with the Civil Procedure Rules and the Costs Practice Directions. A well-prepared case, conducted expeditiously, is key to achieving the best possible outcome. Our experienced Costs Lawyers and Legal Costs Executives are committed to providing the highest level of legal costs service and client care to you.
Our team are always available to discuss the progress of your case, on-going matters generally or any new instructions you would like to send to us.
OUR FEES
In receiving party matters, our fees are recoverable in addition to the profit costs and the disbursements in the case, therefore; they are not an additional cost or expense to your firm. As a result, you will receive 100% of your recovered or detailed assessed profit costs.
The paying party is responsible for our fees for the work you instruct us to undertake on your behalf which form part of the final costs agreement or the award from the court following a costs assessment hearing.
In cases where we are instructed to act for the paying party, we charge on an hourly rate basis and will provide you an estimate of legal costs fees, regular costs updates or in some cases, we can agree a fixed fee with you for specific work required.
Get in touch with us by email or by telephone if you would like to discuss our terms and conditions and / or our services.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Complex and high value clinical negligence, serious and catastrophic injury
- Commercial litigation
- Contentious probate
- Employers and public liability
- Abuse and assault
- Inquests
- Court of Protection
- Actions against the Police
- Housing disrepair
- Financial disputes
- Contract disputes
- Credit hire
- Property and land disputes
- All other civil disputes including solicitor own client assessments.
SUMMARY OF SERVICES
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Bills of Costs
- Schedules of Costs and N260
- Points of Dispute
- Replies to Points of Dispute
- Precedent H
- Precedent R and T
- Part 8 Proceedings
- Written Submissions
- Skeleton Arguments
- Advocacy
- Written Advice and Audit Reports
- In-House Consultancy Service
- Fixed Costs Disputes
- General Advice
"UK Legal provide us with an exceptional service, preparing bills of costs and costs budgets in our Multi Track matters. They provide us with excellent advice on a case by case basis"
Head of Clinical Negligence
London
"UK Legal deal with our clinical negligence and serious injury costs litigation work. Their understanding of the legal issues gives us great confidence that our cases are being dealt with in a professional and competent manner".
Senior Partner
London
"Experts in their field".
“A first class service of the highest quality coupled with a great turnaround"
Legal Director
Liverpool