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Bill of Costs, Precedent S

At DeNovo Legal Services we deliver excellence in legal costs solutions. With a team of highly skilled Cost Lawyers and experienced consultants, we uphold the highest professional standards in the industry. Our commitment to the highest standards ensures that clients achieve the best possible outcomes.

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Costs Negotiations

Settlement / ADR

At DeNovo, our team of dedicated professionals excels in navigating the increasingly complex landscape of legal costs, shaped by recent high-profile court decisions on proportionality, costs budgeting, and Part 36.

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Costs Monitoring

Auditing, cost management and budget control.

At DeNovo, costs monitoring is a cornerstone of our approach to managing legal expenses effectively.

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Costs Seminars

Accredited speakers, in-house or online

Keep up with developments in costs law and practice. For new and seasoned lawyers alike, our costs law seminars are free of charge, tailored to your firm’s interests, and are delivered by experts in the field.

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Schedules of Costs

Summary assessments (N260, N260A, N260B), Negotiations

A schedule of costs is a high-level breakdown of costs incurred in a case – sometimes of all legal costs, sometimes focused on a particular aspect of the case or application.

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Submissions

Points of dispute, points of reply

The DeNovo Team excels in the preparation of cost submissions - typically points of dispute or points of reply - ensuring that your interests are well protected.

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Advocacy

Detailed assessments, Solicitor-client assessments, CCMCs

At DeNovo, we take great pride in representing and advancing your interests in the complex realm of legal costs.

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Cost Budgets

Precedent H, Precedent R, Precedent T

The preparation of costs budgets (Precedent H), budget discussion reports (Precedent R), claims for budget adjustments (Precedent T), and advocacy.  

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Afqar (Aff) Dean, Director

Education/admissions

Afqar is involved in the firm's diversity initiatives and a keen advocate for social mobility and opportunities for all.

Afqar was amongst the first in our profession become a regulated Costs Lawyer.  He enjoys rights of audience in relation all costs proceedings.

Afqar is also an accredited training provider.

Dr Michael Heslin, Director

Experience and notable cases

Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) –v- Iraqi Airways Company (IAC) – Following the longest running commercial case in the history of the English courts I prepared KAC’s massive costs claim, one the largest ever to reach the doors of the Senior Courts Costs Office. Legal costs claim of >£40M.

Pharma patent litigation – I was instructed by a leading global law firm on behalf of the successful parties in patent infringement and revocation proceedings involving some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies. Legal costs claim of >£5M.

Telecoms patent litigation – I was instructed by a top tier specialist firm of patent litigators to prepare various complex costs statements following trials and appeals involving some of the world’s largest technology corporations. Legal costs claim of >£10M.

High-profile costs claim following failed £100M civil recovery proceedings – instructed by a market leading international litigation team acting for a foreign citizen whose worldwide assets were subject of a civil recovery claim brought by the National Crime Agency (NCA). My team and I prepared a number of high value interrelated claims for costs on behalf of the successful party . Legal costs claim of >£5M.

Excalibur Ventures v Texas Keystone – The case generated several decisions of wider importance in the legal costs field (relating to security for costs, indemnity costs, and the availability of a non-party costs order against professional funders – a point on which the Association of Litigation Funders also intervened). I prepared the successful party's costs breakdowns and provided witness statements in support of its security for costs applications. Following the conclusion of the substantive litigation I prepared the defendant’s £20M> costs breakdown.

Challenge to remuneration and expenses of joint administrators – instructed by a market leading international litigation team: I was instructed to prepare a detailed challenge to the charges of a global financial consultancy and their advisers (including two high-profile international law firms), in connection with the administration of a UK energy supplier. The application for assessment of fees and expenses of >£5M under the Insolvency Act 1986 was the first significant challenge of its kind in 20 years.

Education

LLB (Hons) – University of London (1994)

LLM (Distinction) – University of East Anglia (2018)

PhD (law) - University of East Anglia (2024)

Professional and research interests: Costs law and practice, litigation funding, responsibility theory, vicarious liability, products liability, litigation practice, philosophical foundations of tort law. My doctoral thesis examined relationships between (pre-moral, pre-legal) outcome responsibility and strict tortious obligations of repair. Time permitting, future research output will address aspects of costs law and practice, third party litigation funding, as well as approaches to responsibility for harm caused by intelligent products (for ‘algorithmic accidents’).