DG Thompson aims to be Australia's premier provider of legal costing services to the legal profession.

We have built our reputation on having the capability, expertise, experience and resources to deliver high quality legal costing solutions to our clients. Our team, nationally, consists of more than 25 legally qualified costs consultants and 4 in-house solicitors. The team is supported by the industry's most advanced legal costing case management systems and technology as well as dedicated client services and research personnel.

Legal Costs Lawyers

We have incorporated as a legal practice specialising in legal costing so that we can offer our clients the best possible advice on costing issues in conjunction with a full range of services for the preparation of applications for costs assessments. One of the industry's leading experts, Kerrie Rosati, and our in-house solicitors, are available for high-end advice work on complex issues and matters.

These experts can provide:

Strategic advice as to how costs issues in a particular matter should be approached. This involves us working with the client's legal advisers to develop a strategy for costs maximisation or minimisation, as the case may be and to do whatever costing related work is necessary for the fulfilment of the strategy;

Expert evidence on costs. The use of legal costing expertise in modern litigation has increased and it is now commonplace in applications for security of costs and applications for gross sum costs; and

Educational seminars to legal conferences or in-house for clients.

In-house Legal Research

Our size allows us to have better levels of resources than our competitors. We maintain a database and analysis of Certificates of Determinations and relevant case law. With a plethora of of case law and legislation relevant to costs, this adds significantly to our ability to deliver expert and quality solutions.

Costs Consultants

Because we are the largest costing firm in Australia we have developed expertise across the spectrum of legal practice. All of our costs consultants are legally qualified.

The work we do reflects the work our clients do. We have on our team over 25 costs consultants from a wide variety of practice backgrounds bringing their experience to bear on costing work.

We act on instructions in the areas of:

• commercial litigation in both state and federal jurisdictions;
• general personal injuries litigation;
• workers compensation matters;
• motor accidents matters;
• estate and FPA litigation;
• Federal Court, High Court and Court of Appeal litigation;
• Family Court work; and
• costs disputes between practitioners and clients; and
• advice on compliance with legislation governing costs.

Costs Assessments

Our expertise in these areas includes:

• Preparation of Party/Party costs assessments;
• Preparation of Solicitor/Client costs assessments;
• Drawing Notices of Objections;
• Drawing Responses to Notices of Objections
• Advising as to likely outcome of assessments;
• Assisting with compliance with directions from Costs Assessors;
• Advising on and negotiating settlement of costs disputes; and
• Attendance at Taxations.