Costs - UK-wide
Band 3
What the Team is Known For
KE Costs Lawyers merged with Paramount Costs in September 2025 to form Peak Costs. It is a well-regarded civil and commercial costs practice. The team consists of costs drafting experts who are capable of dealing with the full spectrum of costs cases.
Strengths
Peak Costs provides a very efficient and prompt service. The team is user-friendly, always available to answer any queries and has a quick turnaround time.
Peak Costs' employees are friendly, approachable and extremely knowledgeable. They go above and beyond in providing advice and sharing knowledge. I feel very comfortable in asking questions which is really important as a busy lawyer.
Peak Costs has a good depth of expertise in the world of costs lawyers.
Peak Costs is highly effective regardless of the complexity of the litigation.
Notable practitioners
David Hughes is a legal director and qualified costs lawyer. He is often instructed on high value costs claims arising from clinical and professional negligence.
David Hughes is an ambitious, driven and motivated individual. I believe what sets David apart is his commercial awareness. He is relentlessly focused on doing the absolute best for the clients he serves. He is also a warm and approachable person who easily becomes like another member of the team for firms that instruct him.
Adam Grant is a legal director and costs lawyer. He is an expert on technical aspects of costs law and has experience in handling solicitor-client disputes, commercial claims and costs budgeting and management work.
Adam Grant is excellent. He is thoroughly pleasant to deal with and always finds a sensible solution and is very reassuring even when there are difficult issues to manage.
Adam Grant is really driven to do the best job he possibly can for his clients. He takes his professional status very seriously and this drives him to achieve excellent results. He expects very high standards of himself, and clients really receive the benefit of that.
