We are a leading firm of costs lawyers in London providing legal costs services to law firms, insurers, other legal entities and businesses. Our team of cost lawyers in London help to address and resolve multifaceted challenges in relation to legal costs, tailoring our approach to address the specific objectives of our clients.
Our Locations
Costs Lawyers in Birmingham
We are a modern and forward-thinking consultancy of costs lawyers and law costs draftsmen in Birmingham committed to delivering comprehensive legal costs services to leading law firms, insurers and other legal entities.
Costs Lawyers in Birmingham
Located near Birmingham New Street, we work with solicitors in Birmingham and the West Midlands to address and resolve all types of legal costs disputes. Our costs draftsmen deal with all aspects of legal costs, from costs budgeting to detailed assessment, ensuring that our clients receive the best possible advice throughout the matter.
Our costs lawyers in Birmingham deal with costs in a wide range of practice areas, including commercial litigation, professional negligence, serious injury and clinical negligence, housing and property litigation and judicial reviews. We have expertise in both recovering and opposing legal costs arising from high value, large-scale litigation.
As well as inter-partes costs, our Birmingham costs professionals are experienced in solicitor and client costs assessments under the Solicitors Act 1974 in which they often represent both clients and solicitors.
We are qualified costs lawyers, regulated by the Costs Lawyer Standards Board and members of the Association of Costs Lawyers. Our costs lawyers and costs draftsmen in Birmingham are committed to delivering excellent client care and a consistently high quality of service to all clients.
We are a leading legal costs consultancy in Birmingham dealing with all aspects of costs drafting and costs law advice. If you are a solicitor or an individual seeking costs law services in Birmingham, contact us today for advice from a legal costs specialist.
Our Services
Our Services
We are a leading firm of costs lawyers in London providing legal costs services to law firms, insurers, other legal entities and businesses. Our team of cost lawyers in London help to address and resolve multifaceted challenges in relation to legal costs, tailoring our approach to address the specific objectives of our clients.
Bills of Costs
Our costs lawyers prepare detailed and comprehensive bills of costs that justify the costs claimed and maximise recovery of costs.
Costs Budgets
Our costs lawyers prepare costs budgets that accurately reflect the important interaction between case and costs management.
Costs in Arbitration
Our Legal Project Management professionals work with lawyers and clients to manage litigation efficiently and within budget.
Points of Dispute & Reply
Our costs lawyers prepare points of dispute and reply that are clearly written and set out concisely the grounds of the argument.
Statements of Costs
Our costs lawyers prepare statements of costs for interim hearings, mediation, consequential hearings and following settlement.
Negotiations
Our costs lawyers are experienced in negotiating costs on behalf of and against leading top 100 UK law firms and major insurers.
Detailed Assessment
Our costs lawyers provide support throughout the entire assessment procedure, including representation at assessment hearings.
Solicitor and Client Costs
Our costs lawyers represent solicitors & clients in disputes over the amount of costs charged by solicitors to clients.
“I engaged Tyler at Athene Legal after scoring a significant victory at trial for a client in hotly contested and complex High Court Litigation. Tyler and his teamโs work on the bill of costs was efficient and detailed, and his pragmatic and commercially focused advice assisted in the early resolution of the costs issue on sensible terms. I would be happy using Athene Legal again and would recommend them to colleagues and contacts.”
Peter BrewerClarke Willmott
“The support that they have provided in preparing our costs budgets and bills in highly complex cases has been superb. Their advice is clear, and we always feel confident in obtaining an excellent result by instructing them.”
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Costs Lawyer do?
Our costs lawyers in Birmingham are specialist lawyers who settle the legal costs arising from a court case. Costs lawyers are the only branch of the legal profession with detailed knowledge and expertise in legal costs. An experienced costs lawyer deals with a wide range of legal costs matters, including costs between the parties, solicitor and client costs, and legal aid or public funding.
Why instruct a Costs Lawyer?
Legal costs is a complex and evolving area of law and litigation in this area is often undertaken by specialist costs lawyers. Utilising their expertise, our costs lawyers in Birmingham draft costs pleadings with a high level of accuracy and provide pragmatic advice on complex costs issues in a digestible form, which is essential to either justifying or opposing legal costs.
For many law firms, instructing a costs lawyer allows the solicitor to focus on case management, leaving the costs lawyer to deal with costs management.
What is the difference between a Law Costs Draftsman and a Costs Lawyer?
Whilst a law costs draftsman is a highly specialist legal professional, a costs lawyer will, in addition, be a qualified and regulated lawyer. Our team consists of both costs lawyers and law costs draftsmen in Birmingham. We are members of the Association of Costs Lawyers, and our costs lawyers are regulated by the Costs Lawyer Standards Board, meaning we are committed to delivering a high quality of service to all clients.