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A safe pair
of hands.

DMD Costs is a specialist costs practice that exists to do one thing exceptionally well: recover standard-basis costs for claimant solicitor firms — and keep your fee-earners on the claim while we do it.

We're drafting-only support — no advocacy, no lay clients. Decades of combined experience across Housing Disrepair and MoD NIHL mean we know where bills get cut, and how to protect entitlement before it's challenged.

Our fee is fixed and agreed before instructions are accepted. Unless agreed otherwise, payment is due when your firm receives its recovered costs from the paying party.

Decades of combined costs experienceAcross Housing Disrepair, MoD NIHL and clinical negligence.
Standard-basis focusNon-FRC costs, prepared to survive detailed assessment.
B2B onlyInstructed by solicitor firms — never by lay clients.
Fixed fee agreed before instructionScope and fee confirmed before we accept a matter.
How we work

Three things we never compromise.

Accuracy

Clean phase coding, correct rates and narratives that hold up under the closest scrutiny. Every figure is defensible.

Proportionality

We build bills and budgets that read as reasonable — so the conversation is about recovery, not reduction.

Speed

First drafts normally within five working days of complete papers. Predictable turnaround means better cash flow and fewer write-offs.

Points of DisputeReply drafted
PoD 4 Hourly rate challengedHeld
PoD 7 Surveyor duplicationHeld
PoD 9 Bundle preparationReduced
PoD 12Counsel's feesHeld
Entitlement protectedMaximised
Replied

Illustrative view. Item names and outcomes are fictional.

We don't just draft bills. We build the argument for recovery into every line — before the paying party ever sees it.

— The DMD Costs approach

Who we're for

Instructed by firms. Never lay clients.

  • 01
    Volume litigation firms

    HDR and NIHL caseloads that need reliable overflow capacity and consistent quality.

  • 02
    Boutique claimant practices

    One-off bills and budgets handled with the same care as a full retainer.

  • 03
    Firms escaping FRC

    Standard-basis matters where careful drafting and negotiation move the numbers most.

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