Costs & Litigation Funding
Offering a ‘costs team that is second to none’, 4 New Square offers formidable expertise across every aspect of the costs, litigation funding and legal expenses insurance market. This, together with our unrivalled experience in professional liability, regulation and discipline, makes 4 New Square the natural stop for anyone seeking advice or representation on any aspect of the law relating to legal professionals, legal expenses insurers and litigation funders.
‘A set with “barristers devoted to costs work,” 4 New Square has expert practitioners at both silk and junior level. Its members handle the leading costs matters of the day.’ – Chambers & Partners
‘4 New Square Chambers continues to be the pre-eminent set in this area, offering an unparalleled depth of expertise at both silk and junior level and regularly appearing on significant Court of Appeal and Supreme Court cases.’ – Legal 500
The costs team comprises some of the country’s leading practitioners, and 4 New Square’s position as a leading costs set results from the combination of deep experience at the senior end, and the rise of new and prominent juniors.
Members of our costs team are instructed in most of the leading costs cases and it is a rare occurrence for a significant Court of Appeal or Supreme Court costs case to pass without the involvement of our members on at least one and often both sides. We appear in every court and tribunal in which costs issues and disputes arise including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Competition Appeals Tribunal, as well as the Senior Courts Costs Office and the County Court. Members of chambers also appear and advise on costs issues connected to other common law jurisdictions, including the Channel Islands, Bermuda and the BVI.
Our range of work ensures that there is nothing within the costs field that we cannot advise upon and our expertise includes all areas of both litigious and non-contentious business.
4 New Square’s established reputation as a leading set in professional liability, professional discipline and insurance also enables us to offer a unique depth of service, with pre-eminent expertise in all these closely related fields of practice also being available.
The costs team has particular expertise in the following:
Members of 4 New Square are also available for the full range of ADR services in connection with costs and litigation funding disputes, including arbitration, expert determination (e.g. under dispute resolution clauses), mediation and neutral evaluation. Members of the costs team can also conduct paper or live assessments of bills of costs as an alternative to the delay and uncertainty that can result from court proceedings.