01992 917900

  • Matthew Harman

    Matthew is a pre-eminent Costs Lawyer of over 30 years standing and a former Chairman and President of the Association of Costs Lawyers. Matthew’s reputation has seen him instructed on a number of high profile cases and group actions both home and abroad. Matthew is often asked to provide in-house training and deliver talks on a number of issues relevant to clients and the wider industry. Matthew’s relationships with clients, opponents and Counsel have been carefully fostered over 3 decades and is a key component in his ability to achieve excellent outcomes for clients.

    Professional qualifications:

    • FALCD – 1991
    • Costs Lawyer – 2007

    Areas of expertise:

    • Clinical Negligence / Personal Injury
    • Group Actions – highly experienced in dealing with complex prominent cases and currently instructed on a number of large scale Group Actions
    • Public Law
    • Commercial

    Contact:

    01992 917900

    Warlies Park House,
    Horseshoe Hill,
    Upshire,
    Essex EN9 3SL

  • Sara Gould

    Sara qualified as a Costs Lawyer in 2014 and became a Partner in 2015. She is regularly instructed on high value clinical negligence, commercial, product liability and human rights cases. Recently, Sara has been instructed on large scale group actions which involve working alongside third party funders and within the Steering Committees.

    Clients benefit from Sara’s shrewd advice and ability to cut to the heart of a case and achieve a beneficial resolution.

    Professional qualifications:

    • BA (Hons) Law & Criminology
    • Costs Lawyer – 2014

    Areas of expertise:

    • Group Actions – from estimates and budgeting to costs reviews and negotiation in high profile cases
    • Class Actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
    • Clinical Negligence
    • Commercial
    • High value Personal Injury

    Contact:

    01992 917900

    Warlies Park House,
    Horseshoe Hill,
    Upshire,
    Essex EN9 3SL

  • Steve Jones

    Steve joined Harmans in 2002 and became a partner in 2007. Steve is regularly instructed to prepare budgets and recover costs in high value clinical negligence and personal injury cases. Clients rely on Steve’s judgement and experience (gained over some 20 years) in ensuring timely and commercially advantageous outcomes. This is assisted by good working relationships with opponents and Counsel.

    Professional qualifications:

    • FALCD – 2009
    • Costs Lawyer – 2010

    Areas of expertise:

    • Clinical Negligence/Personal Injury
    • Commercial
    • Group Actions

    Contact:

    01992 917900

    Warlies Park House,
    Horseshoe Hill,
    Upshire,
    Essex EN9 3SL

  • Mat Knight

    Mathew has over 20 years experience in the costing world acting for both claimants and defendants during the assessment process as well as during the substantive claims when costs management is involved.  Mathew became a Partner at Harmans in June 2012.

    He is consistently instructed on high value clinical negligence cases highlighting Mathew’s keen attention to detail.

    Professional qualifications:

    • FALCD 2003
    • Costs Lawyer 2011

    Areas of expertise:

    • Clinical Negligence/Personal Injury
    • Group Actions
    • Commercial
    • Defamation

    Contact:

    01992 917900

    Warlies Park House,
    Horseshoe Hill,
    Upshire,
    Essex EN9 3SL