Coster Lawyers

Coster Lawyers is dedicated to navigating costs disputes with speed and efficiency, leveraging years of extensive experience to provide insightful analysis and strategic guidance. Our focus is to place clients in an optimal position for negotiation, ensuring practical and favourable outcomes. We offer a range of dispute resolution services tailored to swiftly resolve costs disputes, thus avoiding the pitfalls of satellite litigation. These services encompass Expert Determination, Mediation, preparation of Bills of Costs, participation in Taxation Hearings, providing Costs Advice, and handling Special Costs Orders. Our firm specialises in expert determination, offering both binding and non-binding mediation to achieve fast, cost-effective settlements. We meticulously draw bills of costs to maximise reasonable cost recovery, advocate for clients in taxation processes across all courts and tribunals, and provide strategic advice on costs claims at every phase. Additionally, our team assists clients in applying for or contesting special costs and indemnity orders while advising on solicitor-client costs assessments under the Legal Profession Act and Uniform Law. Coster Lawyers also creates bespoke client engagement packages, ensuring costs agreements and disclosures comply with the Uniform Law, all while operating under a liability scheme endorsed by Professional Standards Legislation.