Irwin Mitchell

Costs Technical Specialist - Senior Associate

Ian is a qualified Costs Lawyer and Technical Specialist based mainly in our Sheffield office dealing with both the recovery of contentious legal costs and opposing claims for costs.

Ian has a particular interest in multi-party actions, having advised Claimant Steering Groups in the British Coal Respiratory, Vibration White Finger and Coke Oven Worker litigations. These are amongst the largest class actions to date in this country, as well as many other group actions arising from both illness and accidents around the globe.

Since the introduction of budgeting in 2013, he has been involved in preparing budgets, advising on budgeting issues and advocating at CCMC hearings on a regular basis. He has also attended general costs application hearings, costs direction hearings and detailed assessment hearings.

Ian is an accredited CLSB trainer and regularly delivers sessions on a broad range of costs related topics across Irwin Mitchell.