Just Costs Management Limited (10017049): administration
- Status
- Administration ended
- Administration began
- 2017-08-30
- Administrators
- Anthony Collier, Lila Thomas
- Administrators' firm
- FRP Advisory
- Incorporated
- 2016-02-20
- Location
- Manchester
- Industry
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Why it went into administration
- Creditor pressure / legal action
From the administrators' statement
The Companies formed part of the Group specialising in cost budget preparation for solicitor clients, primarily in personal injury cases. JCB was incorporated in July 2008, with JCM incorporated in February 2016.
JCB is the 100% subsidiary of JCL; JCM is owned 75% by Paul Shenton, the director of the Companies, and 25% by Mark Hartigan, a former director. This report refers to the three entities as “the Group” for ease of reference.
Historically costing work would be completed towards the end of the case, with clients of costing firms billed at a similar time. However, the Jackson reforms of 2013, relating to the issue of costs in personal injury and other types of litigation, required cost budgeting and management of this nature to be completed at an early stage to be submitted to the Court for approval.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2017-11-06) · Companies House register