Recover more of what you’re owed — without the end-of-matter scramble.
A practical costs-recovery guide for Australian and New Zealand lawyers, with a walkthrough — so you capture recoverable costs as you go, and leave less on the table.
Two editions, one goal: recover more, with less friction
- A step-by-step Australian costs-recovery guide — plus a separate New Zealand edition for trans-Tasman practices.
- The points in a matter where recoverable costs quietly slip away — and how to capture them as you go, not at the end.
- How to set up your costs agreements and file records so recovery is straightforward rather than a fight.
- A short video walkthrough you can watch alongside the guides.
- Practical wording you can lift straight into your own process.
Costs recovery is where firms quietly leave money behind
Most costs aren’t lost in a fight over a bill — they’re lost in the small gaps: time not captured, agreements that don’t quite cover the work, records that make recovery harder than it needs to be.
This guide walks through where that happens and how to set things up so recovering your costs is the default, not an uphill battle at the end of the matter.
Written for the people who carry the recovery risk
Principals, costs lawyers, and practice managers in Australian and New Zealand firms who want to recover more of what they’re owed — without turning every matter close into a scramble.
If “we probably under-recovered on that one” is a sentence you’ve said more than once, this guide was written for you.
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