Colin Campbell

More about Colin Campbell

Colin Campbell is a Senior Costs Draftsman in the Costs Department, having joined Express Solicitors in December 2021. Colin has worked in Costs and Litigation for over 24 years and is a qualified (non-practising) Solicitor.

Colin has dealt with all areas of Costs Law, but particularly in the last 5 years has specialised in preparing Bills of Costs, preparing and negotiating Costs Budgets and preparing Replies to Points of Dispute on high value Clinical Negligence, Catastrophic, Industrial Disease and Commercial Litigation matters. Colin has also mentored and trained junior members of the team to aid their development and skill sets in Costs. Colin has also provided training to external clients on a variety of cost related matters.

When asked what he likes best about his role, Colin commented “I have always enjoyed the challenges that the ever-changing landscape of Costs has put in my way, which means you always have to be open to new ways of working and developing new skills.”

Colin went on to say “I have always enjoyed preparing Bills of Costs in high value complex litigation and using my skills to obtain the best result for the client/the instructing Solicitor to reward their hard work in obtaining the best possible result for the underlying injured client. Every case is unique, and you have to use your knowledge and experience to produce a Bill of the highest quality to achieve the required result.”

“My general achievements to date are dealing with all areas of Costs Litigation, adapting to the changes that have taken place in costs and being involved in the training and development of staff from administration roles to progressing to qualified Costs Lawyers.”