Mentor Nika is a law costs draftsman and Head of Housing Disrepair Costs at DMD Costs, with more than six years' experience in claimant legal costs.
His work is concentrated on the recovery of legal costs for claimant solicitor firms, with particular experience in Housing Disrepair and Ministry of Defence noise-induced hearing loss claims.
Mentor's day-to-day work includes preparing and reviewing Bills of Costs and costs schedules, analysing recoverability and proportionality issues, dealing with Points of Dispute and Replies, negotiating costs through to settlement and handling the costs issues arising from pre-issue settlements and Part 8 costs-only proceedings.
He has particular experience in Housing Disrepair costs, including standard-basis claims, surveyor and expert fees, low-damages track arguments, settlement wording, Housing Repair Breach Claims and the costs consequences that arise after substantive Housing Disrepair claims conclude.
As Head of Housing Disrepair Costs, Mentor is involved in both the technical handling of individual matters and the development of DMD Costs' wider Housing Disrepair costs practice.
He works closely with Diellza on technical quality, recovery strategy and the presentation of claimant costs claims.
Experience
- Experience: 6+ years in claimant legal costs
- Role: Law costs draftsman and Head of Housing Disrepair Costs at DMD Costs
- Focus: Particular experience in Housing Disrepair and MoD NIHL costs
- Work: Bills of Costs, schedules, N260s, Replies and Part 8 costs documentation
- Approach: Hands-on involvement in negotiation and costs recovery
Areas of costs expertise
- Housing disrepair costs
- Housing Repair Breach Claims
- Housing disrepair bills of costs
- Track allocation
- Standard-basis costs
- Proportionality
- Part 36 issues
- Part 8 costs-only proceedings
- Awaab's Law costs implications
- MoD NIHL costs
Selected technical content
Articles Mentor authors or reviews for DMD Costs:
- Housing Ombudsman Decisions in a Disrepair Claim: Evidence, Credit and Costs
- Birmingham City Council v Lee [2008] EWCA Civ 891: Pre-Allocation Costs in Housing Disrepair
- Provisional Assessment in Housing Disrepair Costs: Why the Replies Matter
- Part 36 in Housing Disrepair Costs: Which Rule Applies, and What Beating Your Own Offer Is Worth
- Pre-Action Costs in Housing Disrepair: Does the Landlord Pay If It Settles Before Issue?
- Vulnerable Claimants and Housing Disrepair Costs: When Is Additional Work Recoverable?
Working with DMD Costs
Mentor's files are instructed through our housing disrepair costs drafting service.
DMD Costs prepares and negotiates standard-basis costs for claimant solicitor firms. Read more about the practice, See the full range of costs services, or get in touch about a live file.