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Thank you for taking the time to find out more about us. This website is designed to show how we are
different from other Costs Draftsmen, and also showcase our extensive suite of services and products. At Compass unlike most firms we talk to you first and ascertain what your needs and requirements are, we then tailor our proposal around what you want, rather than what we want, we provide all of our clients with a fully bespoke service designed to produce the results they are looking for.

Compass Costs is now the largest Claimant Only costs practice in the UK with approaching 100 staff,
boasting students and associate members of the ALCD as well as Costs Lawyers, we believe that our experience and knowledge is unrivalled within the industry , as you will see from our list of specialist areas, we have departments who specialise in all types of work from simple low value PI to Multi Million Pound Commercial Litigation, we also have our own ATE and funding products as well as Law Society accredited training programs and seminars.

For more information about our services and what we can do for your firm, please explore our website further.

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Latest News
  • Infant Approval v Parental Indemnity avoiding the problems on 27 Mar 2011

    Infant Approval - v - Parental Indemnity In a case concerning a minor, settlement is all too often reached using the fictional procedure commonly known as ‘Parental Indemnity’. This is done despite the rules contained within CPR 21.10 which makes it clear that no settlement, compromise or payment shall be valid without the approval of the court. Therefore the Claimant solicitor who settles a Claimant minor’s case by way of Parental Indemnity n ... read more »

  • Recoverability and Reasonableness of Disbursments and costs on 27 Mar 2011

    Francis v Francis and Dickerson still alive! The approach that hindsight should not be applied to an assessment of costs is well established.  The Court will consider the claim for costs in light of the facts known to the solicitor at the time and not those facts subsequently discovered. This approach was summed up by Justice Sachs in the case of Re Francis v Francis and Dickerson [1955] 3 All ER 836: “When considering whether or not an ... read more »

  • Premature Issue on RTA Matters - Can We Help ?? on 27 Mar 2011

    PREMATURE ISSUE – DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT THE PREDICTIVE COSTS SCHEME?   This is a question regularly asked by the Defendant Insurers. Could a settlement have been achieved without recourse to litigation?  The Court is now often being asked to determine this point, as premature issue is now becoming more prevalent. The protocols impose obligations on both parties to lay their cards openly on the table from an early stage. At ... read more »

  • Transferring your files electronically saves time on 22 Apr 2010

    Many of our clients now transfer their cases to us electronically, most are sent automatically from their case management system. The process is typically as follows: Your fee earner will hit a button in your case management system that will execute an action to export the data. At Compass we use Proclaim but most case management systems are capable of exporting data to standard formats such as CSV/XML or plain text. If you use a system other ... read more »

  • New website and new blog! on 22 Apr 2010

    Welcome to the all new Compass Web site and blog. ... read more »

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