Legal Spend Management

Pay for the legal work you need, at a fair price.

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Every day we look at legal bills line by line, for courts, for clients and for the other side. We know what reasonable legal costs look like, where bills tend to grow, and how to spot when they have. Now we put that expertise to work for organisations that pay for legal services at scale.

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Who We Act For

Insurers and self-insurers
Claims and legal spend go hand in hand. We review panel firm invoices against your billing guidelines and agreed rates, question the time and staffing behind them, and give your claims team clear, defensible reasons for every adjustment. We also estimate adverse costs exposure so reserves reflect reality.

Litigation funders
Before you fund a matter, you need to trust the budget. We independently assess proposed costs budgets and estimates, check them against what's likely to be recoverable on assessment, and track spend as the matter runs. When the matter resolves, we can help recover costs from the other side.

Corporate and in-house legal teams
Your external lawyers should be working to your priorities, not their billable targets. We review invoices, test fee estimates before you engage, and help you set billing guidelines your panel firms will actually follow.

Government and statutory bodies
Public money needs accountable spending. We give you independent, documented review of external legal costs, so each payment holds up to scrutiny.

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How We Help

• Invoice and bill review: line-by-line review for excessive time, work that should have been delegated, non-legal work, duplication and rate excess

• Budget and estimate review: independent testing of fee estimates and costs budgets before you commit

• Billing guidelines: drafting guidelines that are clear, fair and enforceable

• Panel rate benchmarking: comparing what you pay with what the market and the courts consider reasonable

• Ongoing spend monitoring: regular reporting on each matter, so problems surface early and not at the final bill

• Costs recovery and disputes: when a bill can't be resolved by negotiation, we take it to assessment. It's what we do every day.

Why Choose Us?

Experience. We have acted in hundreds of costs disputes and understand how bills are prepared, challenged and assessed.

 

Independence. We aren't your panel firm and we don't bill on your matters. Our only job is to make sure what you pay is fair.

 

Practical results. Your team can raise our findings with the firm with confidence, and most adjustments are resolved without a dispute.

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Technology with a human touch. We use modern tools to review high volumes quickly and cost-effectively. Every recommendation is still made by a legal costs specialist.

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Coming Soon: Sixth Minute

We're building Sixth Minute, a dedicated legal spend management service from The Legal Costs Consultants, with subscription options and packages available. Until it launches, our team is here to help directly.

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Let's Talk

Every call is answered by a solicitor who loves talking all things costs. Tell us about your legal spend and we'll tell you where we can help.