Bills of costs, budgets, and Points of Dispute and Replies, drafted to the CPR and ready to serve.
Costs drafting
Every Point of Dispute is aimed at something in the bill. If the bill overreaches, or doesn't follow the CPR, the paying party has its argument ready made.
We draft bills, schedules and the documents that go with them, and we've done it for more than 20 years. Most of the work comes from personal injury, clinical negligence, civil liberties, housing and commercial claims.
Electronic and paper bills for detailed assessment.
Statements of costs (N260) for summary assessment, plus schedules and estimates.
Points of Dispute for paying parties and Replies for receiving parties. Drafting both tells us where a bill will be attacked.
Costs budgets for multi-track claims, with the assumptions set out in full.
Claim forms for when the case has settled but the costs haven't.
Applications for an interim costs certificate, or a default costs certificate when Points of Dispute aren't served in time.
We draft Points of Dispute and appear at assessments, so we know which items a paying party goes after.
We learn the case and your strategy for it before we start on the numbers.
Tell us the deadline when you instruct us. If we can't meet it, we'll say so straight away.
We tell you what we think a bill is worth, even when it's not what you hoped to hear.
“Danielle ... was very impressed with the clarity of both the bill and the advice. Would you please let Tracy know.”
“Fantastic - great result Joanna. Thank-you.”
“I can highly recommend TMC for their responsive service and high standards. Toby has a very detailed knowledge and understanding of costs and also gives excellent advice in negotiations. He has built up a great team.”
“Toby’s work is of an extremely high standard and he is very approachable which makes it a pleasure to work with him. He shows a real interest in the cases and is focussed on getting a good result.”
“I think this is a fantastic outcome and I am so grateful for all your hard work and support with this. We certainly wouldn’t have achieved this result without your input.”
“TMC are a great team. Friendly and approachable yet highly knowledgeable and dependable. Their work is of a consistently high standard and, importantly, delivered on time. I would recommend them to any busy practitioner.”
“Many, many thanks for your work on this Ruth. It really is invaluable.”
“Just a quick note to thank TMC for a fantastic job in drafting the objections and representing me at the detailed assessment. I was very impressed with the professionalism and attention to detail that TMC put into our case.”
“Thanks so much for all your work on this Ruth. We really couldn’t do this without you.”
“At Hodge Jones and Allen we have a large team of specialist clinical negligence lawyers who require costs draftsmen who understand the complex nature of our work and who are able to negotiate on high value multi-track cases consistently and with ease. Toby Moreton fits this bill entirely and he and his team have given us invaluable assistance on all aspects of costs negotiating for several years now. In particular, Toby's easy manner yet in-depth understanding of costs law makes him a pleasure to work with.”
“Thank you for forwarding the bill to us. We wanted to say we very impressed with your understanding of the case!”
“I thought your work was excellent and showed a great understanding of the case. Incredibly well done.”
“That’s great – thank you... Your speedy settlements might just have saved me on the fee target front for this year! Thank you.”
“Tracy, many thanks for this; a very nice job as usual.”
“Toby has always been a pleasure to work with. He is both approachable, friendly and gets good results.”
“Many thanks for this, looks excellent as usual and I shall get stuck in later.”
