Our law costs
draftsmen.
DMD Costs is a law costs drafting firm based in Greater Manchester, instructed by claimant solicitor firms across England and Wales. We draft and negotiate their costs: housing disrepair, MoD NIHL and clinical negligence.
Prefer to talk? Call 07900 008720 or email info@dmdcosts.co.uk.
DMD Costs is a specialist claimant costs practice led by experienced, hands-on costs practitioners.
Managing Director Diellza Nika Hyseni, a law costs draftsperson, brings more than 15 years’ legal-costs experience to the practice and remains directly involved in technical costs work and quality control. She works alongside Mentor Nika, law costs draftsman and Head of Housing Disrepair Costs, whose claimant costs work is particularly focused on Housing Disrepair and MoD NIHL.
Together, the leadership team brings 20+ years' combined legal-costs experience at leadership level to DMD Costs, combined with modern systems, rapid communication and a specialist focus on claimant costs recovery.
We are drafting-only support — no advocacy. We know where bills get cut, and how to protect entitlement before it is challenged.
Our fee is fixed and agreed before instructions are accepted. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, our agreed fee is payable when your firm receives the recovered costs from the paying party.
Our law costs draftsmen, directly involved.
We are law costs draftsmen, not Costs Lawyers, and the difference matters to the firms that instruct us: costs draftsman or Costs Lawyer, and which you need.
Diellza Nika Hyseni
Law Costs Draftsperson & Managing DirectorDiellza is a law costs draftsperson who leads DMD Costs, with more than 15 years of clinical negligence costs, and remains directly involved in technical costs work, including Bills of Costs, budgeting, detailed assessment and costs recovery.
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Mentor Nika
Law Costs Draftsman, Head of Housing Disrepair CostsMentor is a law costs draftsman specialising in claimant Housing Disrepair and MoD NIHL costs, including Bills of Costs, Replies, Part 8 proceedings and negotiation.
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Tell us about the file
Send an enquiry or call us. We reply within one working day and establish what you need us to do and where the matter has reached.
Send the papers through the portal
Your firm sends the papers through the DMD Costs Portal, so everything relating to the instruction stays in one place. For a housing disrepair matter we normally need the complete file.
A fixed fee, agreed first
The fee is fixed and agreed before any work begins. We confirm the scope of the instruction at the same time.
The first draft
First drafts are normally returned within five working days of receiving complete papers. Urgent turnaround can be agreed separately before instruction.
Through to settlement
If Points of Dispute follow, we prepare Replies where appropriate and negotiate the costs to settlement. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, our agreed fee is payable when your firm receives the recovered costs from the paying party.
The full intake, including what we need from the file and what holds files up, is set out on our costs drafting services page.
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.
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
Mainly instructed by claimant firms.
- 01Volume litigation firms
HDR and NIHL caseloads that need reliable overflow capacity and consistent quality.
- 02Boutique claimant practices
One-off bills and budgets handled with the same care as a full retainer.
- 03Firms escaping FRC
Standard-basis matters where careful drafting and negotiation move the numbers most.
- 04Individuals and litigants in person
Need help with legal costs? Get in touch and we will discuss what you need.
See the quality on one live file.
Send a Housing Disrepair, MoD NIHL or clinical negligence matter. We quote a fixed fee before any work begins, then take it to settlement.