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Law Costs Draftsmen

About us

Law costs draftsmen

Who we are

We are a leading firm of costs draftsmen with expertise in recovering and opposing legal costs in both inter-partes assessments and solicitor and client costs assessments.

We provide law costs draftsman services in a full spectrum of practice areas, including commercial litigation, professional negligence, clinical negligence, personal injury and civil liberties and human rights.

If you require a leading law costs draftsman in London, Birmingham, Southampton and surrounding areas, we are a forward-thinking firm of costs draftsmen committed to providing an exceptional service.

Our costs draftsman team have a wealth of knowledge and experience in costs and a particular expertise in the costs budgeting process and detailed assessment procedure.

By instructing Athene Legal, you will receive a costs draftsman experienced in dealing with the costs in complex and high-profile litigation in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Our law costs draftsmen have acted on behalf of many leading practices, as recognised by the leading independent legal directories.

Commitment to clients

We aim to work with our clients for the long term and we build relationships with that in mind. Our clients always receive honesty and professionalism; core values that are embedded in our culture.

By working together in extension to our clients’ legal teams, we learn and understand their business and provide strategic advice to help them navigate all elements of legal costs.

Regulated professionals

As members of the Association of Costs Lawyers, and through regulation by the Costs Lawyer Standards Board, our clients’ interests are always protected.

We ensure that we deliver excellent client care and a consistently high quality of service to all clients.

Tyler McEwen Athene Legal

Meet the Director

Tyler McEwen

“They really go the extra mile for us and have obtained outstanding recoveries as a result.”

PartnerTop 100 UK law firm

18

Highest costs case

280

Most claimants in group litigation

50

Serving over 50 top law firms

Our Services

Our Services

We are a leading firm of costs draftsmen in London providing legal costs services to law firms, insurers, other legal entities and businesses. Our costs draftsman team 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 draftsmen in London providing legal costs services to law firms, insurers, other legal entities and businesses. Our costs draftsman team 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 Law Costs Draftsman do?

A law costs draftsman is a specialist lawyer who settles the legal costs of a court case. A law cost draftsman is the only branch of the legal profession with detailed knowledge and expertise in legal costs. An experienced law costs draftsman, such as those within our team, 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 law cost draftsman?

Legal costs is a complex and unique area of law. Utilising their expertise, a law cost draftsman can 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 law firms, instructing a law cost draftsman allows the solicitor to focus on case management, leaving the law cost draftsman 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. We are members of the Association of Costs Lawyers and regulated by the Costs Lawyer Standards Board, meaning we consistently deliver a high quality of service to all clients.

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