Our 3 Lead Consultants have a combined experience of over 110 years.
Simon McCarthy
Senior Costs Consultant
Simon is a senior costs consultant, having worked in costs since 1990. He has experience in all areas of costs and specialises in police & prison law, judicial review, immigration, public law, high value personal injury and general civil litigation and he has conducted a number of substantial Supreme Court cases, achieving some remarkable results.
Simon deals with high level costs negotiations, advocacy and the conduct of detailed assessment proceedings at all levels, regularly achieving outstanding results. He was instructed in the Hillsborough Victims’ Misfeasance Litigation by Saunders Law, the Lead Solicitors for the Claimants and recently acted for The Good Law Project in a high profile claim against the government concerning the award of contracts in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Darren Hills
Senior Costs Consultant
Darren is a senior costs consultant, having worked in costs since 1988 and he has broad experience in all areas of general civil litigation. He specialises in housing, public law, judicial review and police & prison law. He is a highly regarded advocate, having an excellent success rate in conducting detailed assessment hearings; and he has been involved in a number of substantial and high profile cases at both Supreme Court and European Court level.
Darren regularly conducts detailed assessment proceedings for clients, often achieving outstanding results. He was instructed in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry and has conducted a number of large group actions for leading law firm Anthony Gold Solicitors.
Tracy Field
Senior Costs Consultant
Tracy is a senior costs consultant who has worked in the law since 1985 and in legal costs since 1997.
Tracy started out as a personal assistant to a partner in a large law firm. From there, she worked her way up to managing executive, with a substantial case load, conducting mainly public and private law matters. In 1997 she retrained to become a costs consultant, working in-house with various London solicitors and costs drafting firms. She has experience in all areas of costs but now specialises in legal aid matters, working extensively in public and private law, wardship, child abduction, inherent jurisdiction, Court of Protection, housing, judicial review and other civil litigation. Her expertise in the field of family legal aid costs is first rate.
We also have recourse to a number of other experienced costs consultants, competent in all fields of costs.