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dmdcosts.co.uk

Provides legal costs guidance and calculates civil procedure deadlines for England and Wales litigation.

1 endpoint13 known toolsFirst detected October 21, 2026Last detected October 21, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp

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MCP server metadata

Name: dmd-costs-tools
Version: 1.6.0

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tools

Server instructions

Free, read-only tools from DMD Costs for the costs side of civil claims in England and Wales. Use search_legal_costs_help for questions about the costs rules (budgets, Part 36, settlement, detailed assessment, interest, getting paid) and the court forms and precedents; use the calculators for dates and money. Every answer cites its rule; give the user the page link from the result. The answers are a guide to the rules, not legal advice.

Known tools 13

search_legal_costs_help

Answers costs questions from solicitors in England and Wales, on either side of a claim: budgets, Part 36, settlement, detailed assessment, interest and getting paid.

Inferred read-only

calculate_cpr_deadline

Works out a deadline under the Civil Procedure Rules in England and Wales from a date: clear days (CPR 2.

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calculate_pre_action_protocol_deadlines

Works out the dates the main pre-action protocols in England and Wales set after a letter of claim, counted the way each protocol words them, with the paragraph for each: housing conditions (20 working days from receipt, deemed 2 days after the letter's date; inspection; expert's report), clinical disputes (14 days from receipt; Letter of Response 4 months from the letter of claim, and from receipt), personal injury (21 calendar days from posting; 3 months from the acknowledgment), disease and illness including hearing loss (21 days from posting; 90 days from the acknowledgment), professional negligence, construction and engineering, debt claims, and the Practice Direction where no protocol applies.

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calculate_detailed_assessment_deadlines

Works out the CPR Part 47 detailed assessment timetable in England and Wales from the dates you have: the last day to serve the notice of commencement (N252), Points of Dispute, the first day for a default costs certificate (N254), Replies, the request for an assessment hearing (N258), provisional assessment steps and payment.

Potential side effects

find_detailed_assessment_court

Says which court office deals with a detailed assessment in England and Wales, from the court named on the case: the local County Court hearing centre or district registry, or the Senior Courts Costs Office (SCCO).

Inferred read-only

calculate_deemed_service

Works out when a claim form and particulars of claim are deemed served in England and Wales, and every date that follows: acknowledgment of service, the defence, agreed extensions and the earliest default judgment, with bank holidays and court closures.

Inferred read-only

calculate_civil_court_fees

Works out the main civil court fees in England and Wales, with fee numbers: the issue fee for money, non-money (such as repairs), possession, goods, costs-only (CPR 46.

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calculate_interest_on_costs

Works out simple interest at 8% a year on an order for costs in England and Wales: from the date of the order (or acceptance of a Part 36 offer, or the date the court set) to the date you choose, allowing for payments on account, the County Court £5,000 rule and its exceptions, and leap years.

Inferred read-only

calculate_judgment_interest

Works out simple interest at 8% a year on a judgment debt in England and Wales, from the date of judgment (or a date the court ordered, or in the County Court a date for payment in the judgment) to the date you choose.

Potential side effects

calculate_interest_on_damages

Works out interest on damages before judgment in England and Wales (Senior Courts Act 1981 s.

Inferred read-only

calculate_part_36_offer

Works out a Part 36 offer in England and Wales: when it was made (deemed service, CPR 6.

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check_awaabs_law_timescales

Checks a social landlord's Awaab's Law timescales in England (section 10A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and the Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025, S.

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look_up_j_codes

Finds the code for a piece of work in an electronic bill of costs (Precedent S, PD 47 Schedule 2) by code or by the work done: phases P1 to P15, tasks T1 to T41, activities A1 to A10, expenses X1 to X15 and the matching J-codes, with each task's Precedent H budget phase.

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Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.dmd-costs-tools]
url = "https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dmd-costs-tools": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Name: dmd-costs-tools
Remote MCP URL: https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp

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Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dmd-costs-tools": {
      "url": "https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

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{
  "servers": {
    "dmd-costs-tools": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

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{
  "name": "dmd-costs-tools",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.dmdcosts.co.uk/mcp"
}

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