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Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) claims are on the rise, and with their growing complexity, lawyers increasingly look for efficient ways to manage and recover their costs.

Step-by-step HDR costs recovery: entitlement, N252, electronic bill, negotiation and detailed assessment. Templates, tips and pitfalls.

Councils warn they may miss Awaab’s Law deadlines. Turn damp/mould breaches into recoverable HDR costs. Free first bill to settlement.

Housing Disrepair PoDs: the most common reductions (rates, duplication, surveyor, bundles) and model Reply wording that protects recovery. Free first HDR bill to settlement.

Clear explainer of the MOD NIHL matrix and a step-by-step costs strategy. Draft & negotiate bills to settlement. Free first bill; £500 thereafter.

What is an interim payment on account of costs? When and how to request one, what wording to use, and how to protect your rights—plus DMD Costs’ proven process to recover every penny.

Understand UK solicitor fees: hourly rates, fixed fees, disbursements, VAT, and No Win No Fee. Compare pros/cons and see how DMD Costs helps firms recover every penny.

What happens when a Part 36 offer is accepted late? Learn the exact uplifts under CPR 36, how to calculate them, and how DMD Costs ensures you recover every penny.

A practical 2025 checklist for UK legal cost recovery: e-Bills, CPR 47 deadlines, FRC rules, NIHL restoration, housing disrepair, med-neg budgeting, Part 8 costs-only, and Legal Aid CCMS.

Awaab’s Law starts 27 Oct 2025 for social landlords. See exact timescales, phased rollout, defences, alt-accommodation duties, and costs angles. HDR FRC now delayed to 2028.

Real routes to beat FRC in 2025: CPR 45.9 exceptional circumstances, CPR 45.10 vulnerability, 45.1(3)(b) contracting-out, plus 36.24 & 45.13 uplifts. Clear steps, examples, and how DMD Costs maximises recovery.

Get interim costs paid in HDR. N260 templates, summary assessment tactics, and wording that lands. Maximise recovery. Minimise delay.

Settled damages? Use CPR 46.14 to recover standard-basis costs fast. N252, electronic bill (Precedent S), negotiation levers and DA timetable for MoD NIHL & Housing Disrepair.

What a costs draftsman does in the UK: Bills & e-Bills (Precedent S), PoDs/Replies, Precedent H/R/T, N260s, CPR 46.14 and negotiations. DMD Costs — standard-basis only.

How to win interim HDR costs with N260: timing, narratives, counsel fees and order wording. What to serve, common traps, and how to pivot to detailed assessment.

Housing disrepair Points of Dispute: triage, Replies that prove necessity/proportionality, evidence packs, Part 36 timing, and DA readiness. Templates included.

Conduct of litigation clarified—Mazur & Stuart v Charles Russell. Costs order set aside. Compliance checklist + costs tactics. Free first bill.

High Court says unqualified staff can’t conduct litigation—even under supervision. Here’s why Mazur & Stuart should be appealed, and what solicitors must do now.

After Mazur, bills must show an authorised person conducts litigation. Use these time-entry templates, sign-off rules and bill narratives to protect entitlement and recoverability.

MoD NIHL matrix speeds damages—but costs remain CPR-driven. Annex E excludes military claims from NIHL FRC. Bill of Costs, CPR 47, N252, Part 36—free first bill.