A NEW SERIES OF USEFUL ONLINE CALCULATORS FOR LITIGATORS AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION (WITH A 20% DISCOUNT FOR CLB READERS): MAKING IT ALL ADD UP
Regular readers will know that a recurring theme of this blog is the number of ways in which a case can go wrong, and how often the damage is done by something that should have been straightforward. A multiplier, an interest calculation, a grossing-up figure, a Part 36 consequence, a time limit. Get them right and nobody notices. Get them wrong and the consequences are out of all proportion to the difficulty of the task.
WHAT IS IT?
DG Calculators is an online suite of professional legal calculators, built by David Green, a barrister at 12 King’s Bench Walk . There are now some 40 calculators in one place, the descendants of his Excel spreadsheets passed from barrister to barrister over many years.
WHAT IT DOES
The coverage is broad and, importantly, practical:
- On the PI side there are Ogden multipliers, interest on damages, JCG brackets, Swift v Carpenter, care and attendance, fatal accident dependency and periodical payments.
- On costs there is Part 36 analysis, fixed recoverable costs across the fast and intermediate tracks, late payment of commercial debts and cost budgeting.
- The employment calculators cover tribunal compensation and grossing up, time limits, Vento bands and statutory redundancy.
- There are also industrial disease tools and a range of date, inflation and earnings calculators.
Each calculator is designed for one highly specific legal use, and aims to do one thing, well. Users can suggest new calculators if they find gaps in coverage, so the collection is likely to grow.
WHY IT IS WORTH A LOOK
The appeal is that it is quick, consistent and shows its working, which matters as much for checking a figure as for producing one. As anyone who reads the cases featured here will know, an error in a schedule or a counter-schedule is both expensive and avoidable. A tool that makes the arithmetic faster and the result easier to rely on is, to my mind, well worth having to hand.
HOW TO SIGN UP – AND CLAIM YOUR CIVIL LITIGATION BRIEF DISCOUNT
The full suite of calculators is available for a subscription: there’s a 14-day free trial of the all calculators with no card required. Individual subscriptions are £15.99 per month, £159 if paid annually, but there are per-seat discounts for firms, sets and organisations.
David has launched with an exclusive offer for Civil Litigation Brief subscribers – subscribe with the discount code CIVILBRIEF20 for 20% off.
Anybody can use the free basic Multiplier Getter on the homepage, without a signup.
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