DMD Costs

DMD Costs, a firm of law costs draftsmen in England, publishes free tools for the costs side of civil claims in England and Wales. This connector lets Claude run them directly.

What it covers:

• Deadlines: CPR time limits and clear days, detailed assessment (CPR Part 47), deemed service, fast track and intermediate track timetables, Part 35 and Part 18 dates, pre-action protocols and the PI portal, limitation, appeals, judicial review, statutory demands, employment tribunal time limits, financial remedy timetables and Awaab's Law repair timescales.
• Money: Part 36 consequences, Calderbank offer letters, interest on costs, judgment debts and damages, court fees by fee number and by form, fixed costs, small claims costs, litigant in person costs, VAT on costs, employment tribunal costs and Court of Protection deputy costs.
• Checks: relief from sanctions, security for costs, enforcement options, approval of settlements for children and protected parties (CPR 21.10), Solicitors Act assessment and which court hears a detailed assessment.
• Reference: searches of DMD's costs help, glossary and costs guides, the CPR costs rules rule by rule, statement of truth wording, a costs order decoder and J-code lookup for electronic bills.

Every answer shows how it was reached, names the rule, practice direction or statute it applies, and links to the page that explains it, with the date the rules were last checked. The tools are read-only and stateless: nothing is stored, and the court-form builders on the website stay in the user's browser.

A guide to the rules in England and Wales, kept current, not legal advice.