Whilst specialising in the field of Professional Negligence, Simon can also draw on over 30 years’ experience in various markets including:
Cost expertise for complex construction disputes, covering quantum meruit claims, delay analysis, defects, and payment issues.
Specialist cost advice on high-value, multi-jurisdictional reinsurance and insurance disputes.
Detailed assessment and recovery of legal costs in all types of Personal Injury claims, including catastrophic injury and clinical negligence.
Managing legal costs associated with regulatory, contractual, and disciplinary disputes in the sports industry.
Calculating and negotiating legal costs arising from complex Medical Malpractice claims.
Assessing the legal costs incurred following significant Data Breach incidents.
Cost management for litigation concerning reputational damage, privacy injunctions, libel, and defamation.
Expert cost services for disputes involving patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets.
Comprehensive cost advice for all forms of commercial litigation and contractual disputes.
Scrutinizing the legal costs submitted in domestic and international Arbitration proceedings.
Independent, expert auditing of bills rendered by lawyers in the UK and various off-shore jurisdictions.
Challenging and justifyingbills of costs between a solicitor its client under the Act.
For instance, within the last five years, Simon has represented various print media organisations in relation to claim for costs arising from Libel, Breach of Privacy and Defamation actions and other organsations concerning litigation arising from data breaches. He has advised Solicitors and Insurers in relation to claims for costs arising out of the Clapham rail crash, haulage disputes and construction litigation including arbitrations. He has also worked with a well-known firm of Solicitors who specialise in sports litigation in high profile sports arbitrations involving football and rugby teams and has advised as to the reasonableness of US Lawyers’ fees in excess of $1 million arising out of a class action in Orange County, California and a US Justice Department investigation in Washington DC.