Legal Costs Mediation
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Benefit from our unrivalled knowledge of costs to negotiate a suitable final settlement
Do you feel the costs charged by your legal representative are unfair or unreasonable? Or are you a legal practitioner who is in dispute about the costs of an opposing party?
Whenever a dispute arises over legal costs, reaching a satisfactory conclusion before the Court can sometimes take as long as the original case itself. It doesn’t have to be this way!
If you are facing a dispute that looks set for detailed assessment, we can facilitate a Legal Costs Dispute Mediation to help negotiate a final settlement that meets the needs of all parties.
With over 100 years of combined expertise in the specialist field of legal costs, our team bring clarity and calm to the most complex disputes. We focus on reducing the stress of costs negotiations by guiding parties toward fair, practical outcomes.
Our mediators are specialists in the clinical negligence and personal injury sectors, combining deep legal knowledge with proven mediation skills to help you resolve disputes efficiently and with confidence.
Focus on achieving satisfactory solutions with our impartial legal costs mediators
If you are locked in a disagreement about the allocation or reimbursement of legal costs, we can help both parties resolve the dispute outside of the courtroom.
Our expert mediatiors have unrivalled legal costs knowledge and understand how important it is to successfully recover fees.
Client vs Law Firm: Disagreements over solicitor fees, billing structures, or recoverable costs.
Litigation Cost Disputes: Conflicts about who should pay costs and how much after court proceedings.
Success Fee Challenges: Clients contesting level of Conditional Fee Agreement charged by solicitors.
ATE Premium Disputes: Arguments over recoverability or reasonableness of ATE insurance premiums.
Disputes Over Disbursements: Medical expert fees, court fees or other case-related expenses.
Inter-Partes Costs Assessments: Claimant and defendant solicitors disputing the level of costs payable after settlement or judgment.
Proportionality & Reasonableness: Challenges to whether overall legal costs in personal injury and clinical negligence claims are proportionate to damages recovered.
Benefits Of Mediation
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Highly Successful
Over 80% of mediation cases reach a suitable settlement.
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Cost Effective
Far less expensive compared to litigation or arbitration.
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Quick
Arrange a mediation in weeks & resolve in as little as a day.
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Control Outcome
Choose whether to settle or not & agree on the final terms.
Our Mediation Fees
For complete transparency, cases with a value which is potentially over £50,001 and cases which require specialist assistance, our mediation costs are outlined below (so you don’t get any surprises).
| Case Type | Total Fee | Fee Per Party |
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| Multi-Track Cases (2 parties with value up to £250,000.00) | £2,950 | £1,475 |
| Intermediate Cases | £1,950 | £975 |
FAQs
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All reasonable case preparation and the pre-agreed mediation time.
Online mediations include the use of a video conferencing platform.
Full administrative support.
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Organising and paying for an in-person venue.
The costs of an in-person venue, where a minimum of three rooms are available.
Refreshments and other disbursements.
For face-to-face mediations, the mediator’s travel expenses will be added to the fixed price.
Mediator expenses for travel and/or subsistence are recoverable at cost of up to £150 without prior agreement. We will agree any costs and/or expenses over £150 in advance.
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Both parties must agree to a suitable date for the mediation, and agree to abide by the terms of our Fixed Fee service.
The relevant fees must be paid by both parties before the mediation date so the appointment can be confirmed and allocated to the mediator’s diary.
The appointed mediator will arrive to set up and prepare at least 30 minutes before the agreed start time.
If the mediation requires more than the allocated 8 hours on the day, additional fees will be charged.
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In most cases, we will allocate 2 hours per party for case preparation. If either party require high volumes of material to be reviewed, or substantial pre-mediation is required, we will contact both parties to agree a fair top-up fee. If either party refuses to agree a fee, we reserve the right to decline the appointment and retain our original fees.
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We understand that arranging a mediation quickly can be crucial to prevent conflicts from escalating.
To avoid delays, and deflate increasing tensions, we can arrange to stage a mediation with just 48 hours’ notice, if required. However, we would recommend setting a date which is at least two weeks away in order for both parties to prepare properly.