Our professional team of legal cost specialists can provide consultancy services encompassing every aspect of legal costing.
Negotiations
Joseph Mazzeo Legal Costing are experienced in legal costs negotiations.
It is our belief that sound negotiations are paramount to ensuring the additional costs and contingencies of taking matters to taxation are limited at all times.
We strongly encourage and support timely and appropriate offers of settlement to conclude matters at the earliest stages, thereby avoiding any unnecessary costs of preparation for taxation.
Assessment of Costs
Joseph Mazzeo Legal Costing will provide certificates of assessment of costs and where necessary detailed assessments for both party/party and solicitor/client proceedings.
We aim to turn around assessments within 5 – 10 days. Urgent matters can be turned around in 1 - 2 days, subject to availability.
Discuss your timeline requirements with us when arranging for your matter(s) to be costed.
Itemised Bill of Costs
An itemised bill of costs properly drawn and capable of withstanding review and/or taxation, takes the stress out of litigating costs disputes.
The experienced staff at Joseph Mazzeo Legal Costing have a detailed knowledge of the relevant rules, case law and scales of costs for both State and Federal jurisdictions. We draw from our experience and continue to build our knowledge gained from appearing on taxation so that we can utilise this knowledge when assessing files and drawing an itemised bill.
We aim to turn around bills of costs within 10 - 15 days. Urgent matters can be turned around in 5 - 7 days subject to availability.
Discuss your timeline requirements with us when arranging for your matter(s) to be costed.
Appearance on Taxation
Joseph Mazzeo strenuously advocates for our clients in both State and Federal jurisdictions.
Extensive experience appearing before the Courts gives us an edge as your advocate in legal costing disputes.
Notice of Objections
A Notice of Objections to bills of costs can be provided within 3 – 5 days depending on the size and complexity of the matter. Urgent matters can be handled within 1 – 2 days, subject to availability.
Discuss your timeline requirements with us when arranging for your matter(s) to be costed.
In house services
We are experienced in conducting in-house seminars in relation to legal costs and can provide assistance with file management strategies to maximise costing benefits to your firm.
We can also review files in house where, due to size and complexity, our clients do not wish to have the file leave their office.