Costs Lawyers
Litigation Support Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 1
Contact number
(020) 7929 4041About
Provided by Masters Legal Costs Services
Masters has extensive experience in dealing with legal costs issues arising in numerous jurisdictions, including in relation to significant global litigation spanning multiple territories.
In addition to dealing with the recovery and opposition of significant costs claims in many jurisdictions, Masters advises in relation to costs issues that can arise in substantive litigation, including in relation to the obtaining of security for costs and the provision of expert opinion in relation to English costs law.
Commercial Litigation - The Commercial Team at Masters provides costs services to a range of top 100 legal firms primarily in the City of London.
We also work on behalf of corporations, financial institutions, public companies and their lawyers, dealing with the costs arising from a variety of commercial litigation including intellectual property, construction, tax and employment law and international arbitration.
Media Litigation - The Media Team deals with heavyweight defamation and privacy media litigation concerning highly sensitive and confidential matters where costs are important and contentious.
We are regularly instructed to deal with the costs arising from litigation relating to public figures and in high profile cases where the quality of services and confidentiality of instructions are paramount. These cases often involve the recovery of costs in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Chambers Review
Masters Legal Costs Services is a well-respected costs firm based in London. The firm has a strong track record in high-end commercial as well as high net worth media-related litigation and is a prominent fixture on financial services matters.
Work Highlights
- Masters Legal Costs Services continues to assist Thomson Heath & Associates and Hamlins LLP and their clients, two of the claimant groups in the phone hacking litigation, with costs claims in separate actions against Associated Newspapers and Mirror Group Newspapers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Masters are a comprehensive, well-established and well-thought-of costs law service."
"The in-depth knowledge of their specialism in costs is exceptional across the board. Immediate responsiveness is their watchword and it has never failed."
"Masters has an excellent team, in-depth analysis and a real understanding of the numbers."
"Masters are a comprehensive, well-established and well-thought-of costs law service."
"The in-depth knowledge of their specialism in costs is exceptional across the board. Immediate responsiveness is their watchword and it has never failed."
"Masters has an excellent team, in-depth analysis and a real understanding of the numbers."
Notable Practitioners
Cayman Islands-based Philip Daval-Bowden is a senior managing partner who specialises in dealing with costs in high-profile, cross-border disputes. He is regularly instructed as an expert on matters for clients in the UK.
"It simply is not an option to let the other side have the benefit of Philip’s expert advice – make sure to instruct him early in the case!"
"Philip's mindset is that he is always thinking about how to improve, never sitting back but always thinking of new ways to help his clients."
"Philip Daval-Bowden manages to get to grips with something with quite phenomenal speed."