International law firm DAC Beachcroft is pleased to announce that it has significantly strengthened the national Costs practice in its Claims Solutions Group with the hire of 10 specialist costs lawyers from QM Costs, one of the UK's leading providers of legal costs solutions.
The team includes Paul Jones, QM Cost's former managing director, and Philip Gaskell, its former technical director. Collectively, Paul and Philip have over 40 years' experience of advising on technical costs issues across a very wide range of claims, including test cases, as well as long-established relationships with many of the UK's leading insurers.
Adam Burrell, partner and Head of Costs at DAC Beachcroft, commented, "We're delighted to welcome Paul, Philip and their team to DACB. Their arrival marks a major milestone in the planned growth of our national Costs practice and supports the delivery of our strategic objective to be able to offer all of our clients costs expertise on demand."
Paul Jones added, " We're all very excited to join DACB, so that we can continue to provide the very best quality legal costs service to both our existing clients and new ones."
QM Costs' extensive client base across the UK includes insurance groups, central and local government and corporates.
DACB’s Claims Solutions Group is the market-leading claims law firm, providing specialist claims services to insurers and corporate clients from 12 locations across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. Its national Costs practice now comprises over 56 costs lawyers, advising on all aspects of costs arising from a broad range of disputes including negotiation of costs claims for paying parties, recovery of costs for receiving parties and all aspects of costs management (budgets).
