MDH Legal Costs

Recovering Legal Costs for Over 35 years

MDH Legal Costs Ltd provide expert, tailored legal costs services to law firms and commercial businesses and insurance companies.

With over 35 years’ experience across a wide range of case types, and with particular specialism in Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Maritime, Aerospace, and Insurance & Reinsurance, we see to it that you recover costs quickly, minimising your exposure and protecting your interests.

We handle all aspects of costs recovery, including Detailed Assessments, Client Estimates, Summary Assessment of Costs, and Security for Costs. Whether you need assistance with drafting, advocacy or accredited mediation, we tailor our services to meet your specific needs – and timescales.

We navigate you through every complexity of costs litigation.

Our Services

From Client Estimates and Costs Budgeting, to Mediation and Advocacy, we provide the Cost Lawyer services and expertise you need.

Client Estimates

As part of the litigation team we draw up client estimates, giving you and your client transparency and cost certainty upfront so that you can make informed decisions, and avoid unexpected financial surprises.

Costs Budgeting including Costs Management

We prepare and can manage detailed cost budgets as part of your litigation team, ensuring legal expenses remain proportionate, and within court-approved limits for efficient and strategic case handling.

Security for Costs

We assist in securing or defending security for costs applications, protecting you and your client from financial risk by ensuring opposing parties can cover potential legal costs.

Summary Assessment of Costs

We handle swift summary assessments, ensuring quick court determinations of legal costs at hearings, giving clarity and immediate resolution of costs disputes.

Detailed Assessment Including Bill of Costs, Points of Dispute and Replies, and Settlement Offers

We prepare detailed Bills of Costs, Points of Dispute and Replies, and negotiate or advise settlement offers to achieve maximum recovery or defence of your legal costs.

Solicitor Own Client Disputes

We represent you in disputes over legal fees, ensuring fair resolutions through negotiation or court action, and protecting your interests in fee-related matters.

Mediation

Our mediation services offer a cost-effective and collaborative way to resolve cost disputes, bringing about mutually-agreeable settlements without litigation.

Advocacy

We provide expert legal representation in costs-related hearings, advocating for your interests to bring favourable court outcomes.

Resources & Training

The legal costs system is constantly evolving, and we track these developments closely. We pass that knowledge onto our clients with bespoke training and seminars

We’re committed to advocating for fair, transparent, and justifiable legal costs on behalf of our clients.

You’ll find these values at the core of every service we provide, alongside our decades of legal costs experience.

Find out more about how we work, and

about Mark Hook,
our founder and director.

Our Clients

Why MDH Legal Costs Ltd?

We know our clients’ priority is to recover their costs as quickly and efficiently as possible, with minimum exposure: and that’s what we give you.

We’re honoured to be told there are many reasons to choose MDH Legal Costs Ltd – but these are the top three we hear most often:

Our commitment: our clients are at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with you, as an integral part of your team, to plan and secure a swift and successful outcome.
Our flexibility: your schedule is our schedule. If you need action tomorrow, that’s when we’ll get it done.
Our pricing: we guarantee no hidden costs. What you’re quoted is what you’ll pay, so you can proceed with confidence.