About Us

Hickmans Legal Costing Services was established in 1983. All of our key members of staff have considerable experience and are Cost Lawyers or senior Costs Consultants. Under the Bye-Laws of the Association of Costs Lawyers, it is a requirement that our firm holds an Indemnity Insurance Policy.

We are based in Folkestone on the Kent coast and we work for some of the leading solicitors in the south and south east, primarily in Kent, Sussex and London. Hickmans offers a full and tailored service specifically to suit solicitors’ individual requirements in relation to claimants’ costs and provides expertise in:

• Drafting Schedules of Costs
• Negotiation of Claimant costs
• Drafting Bills of Costs
• Drafting interim bills
• Attending assessments
• Preparing points of disputes and replies
• Statements of Costs for Infant Approval hearings and general applications
• Statements of Costs for allocation, listing questionnaires and Trial
• Preparing Costs Budgets
• Attending CCMCs

In addition to personal injury and civil litigation matters we are able to offer expertise in Publicly Funded Child Care, Child Abduction and family matters. We are also able to provide a specialist Draftsman who deals specifically with Criminal Costs matters both publicly funded and private claims out of Central Funds.

We provide free telephone and email advice and in-house training if required.