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Irwin Mitchell

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Steven Green is the lead partner at Irwin Mitchell‘s Sheffield-based costs practice, holding 29 years’ experience and involvement in all areas of costs law. He is well known for his handling of high value claims arising from catastrophic personal injury and medical negligence cases, but also in commercial and solicitor/own client disputes.

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  • 'The best costs team in the country. Professional, innovative and always prepared to go the extra mile.'
  • 'Steven Green - as partner in charge of the national Costs team, Steven is forward-thinking, intelligent and himself an excellent advocate.'
  • 'An excellent team with a complex and varied workload.'

Work highlights

  • Represented over 200 clients in a large group action for injuries suffered as a result of industrial diseases contracted whilst working for British Steel. Advised in relation to costs budgeting resulting in the approval of a budget worth over £2,000,000.00 and subsequently prepared and negotiated on a substantial claim for costs.
  • Advised over 80 clients in relation to the cost budgeting issues arising from litigation following the terrorist attacks which took place in Tunisia in June 2015, resulting in the approval of a Costs Budget of over £8,000,000.00.
  • Representing a client in a claim under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights following the death of a family member. Preparing a detailed Bill of Costs and pursuing the claim to a Detailed Assessment in the Senior Courts Costs Office, recovering over 90% of the costs claimed.

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Steven Green

Steven Green

Irwin Mitchell

Partner and head of costs team. The Irwin Mitchell costs team is recognised as the largest in-house team in the country, with 90 personnel. All areas of costs work are undertaken, although Steven specialises in recovering costs in high-value personal injury cases. He is a regular advocate in courts at detailed assessment hearings and at costs and case management hearings. He is a regular speaker at conferences on the issues of costs and funding of civil litigation.

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Steven Green

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