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Costs Lawyers in Southampton

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Our Southampton office is conveniently located at Grosvenor House, 2 Grosvenor Square. For anyone travelling into the city by train, we’re a short 15-minute walk from Southampton Central station – which connects us directly to London, Cardiff, Manchester and many more.

If you prefer to drive, Grosvenor Square North Car Park is just around the corner. Simply pop the postcode into your satnav – it’s SO15 2BE. You can park for as little as £1 for an hour and you’ll be literally 2 minutes from our office.

Based a little further afield? Don’t forget we have offices in London and Birmingham too.

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.

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

Instruct our costs draftsmen to prepare detailed and comprehensive, detailed bills of costs that justify the costs claimed and maximise recovery of costs.

Costs Budgets

Our expert law costs draftsmen prepare costs budgets that accurately reflect the important interaction between case and costs management.

Statements of Costs

Prepare statements of costs for interim hearings, mediation, consequential hearings and following settlement with expert advice from costs draftsmen.

Negotiations

Our costs draftsmen are experienced in negotiating costs on behalf of and against leading top 100 UK law firms and major insurers.

Costs in Arbitration

Our costs lawyers are experienced in preparing costs schedules, drafting written submissions and advising in complex arbitration cases.

Points of Dispute & Reply

A qualified costs lawyer can assist you with preparing points of dispute or reply that set out the grounds of the argument clearly and concisely.

Detailed Assessment

Our experienced costs lawyers support throughout the entire assessment procedure, including representation at detailed assessment hearings.

Solicitor and Client Costs

Our costs lawyers represent solicitors and clients in disputes over the amount of solicitor costs charged to clients for legal cases.

“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 team’s 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.”

PartnerTop 100 UK law firm

Frequently asked questions

What does a Costs Lawyer do?

Our law costs draftsmen in Southampton are specialist costs professionals who settle the legal costs arising from court cases. Costs draftsmen are considered the only branch of the legal profession with detailed knowledge and expertise in legal costs. An experienced costs draftsman can deal with costs in inter-partes matters, solicitor and client costs assessments, and legal aid or public funding cases.

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 professionals. Utilising their expertise, our costs draftsmen in Southampton prepare costs pleadings and provide our clients with pragmatic advice on complex costs issues. With our knowledge and experience in costs, we can help you obtain the best possible outcome, whether that be opposing or recovering costs.

What is the difference between a Law Costs Draftsman and a Costs Lawyer?

Whilst a costs draftsman is a highly specialist legal professional, a costs lawyer will, in addition, be a qualified and regulated lawyer. Our team in Southampton consists of both costs lawyers and costs draftsmen. 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.

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