Our People
Our small but diverse team incorporates a variety of expertise and experience, which enables us to deliver in all areas of legal costing.
Cate Dealehr
Cate Dealehr
Accredited Costs Law Specialist BSc LLB
Cate founded ALCG (formerly Compucost) in 1990. She has been a long-standing member of various Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) costs committees and presenter at Leo Cussen Institute and the National Costs Conferences.
Cate is the 2014 recipient of the LIV Pro Bono award and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In mid 2014 she was elected to the Victorian Legal Services Board. Cate drafted the LIV precedent costs disclosure and agreements for distribution to its members and received a LIV Certificate of Service in 2016 for her outstanding service to the legal profession.
Cate loves walking, and attests that doing the 800 kms across Spain on the Camino was life changing. She is also passionate about politics, especially about getting more women MPs.
Andrew Chakrabarty
Costs Lawyer
Andrew Chakrabarty is an experienced lawyer with over 6 years of experience in litigation and legal costs. Having spent a large portion of his career in the realm of federal class actions, Andrew is uniquely placed to assist in class action legal costing matters, and otherwise, in all litigation cost disputes of the ACT and Victorian jurisdictions.
Andrew was awarded “The 2024 Most Influential Lawyer” by Australasian Lawyer.
Andrew loves to spend his free time hiking. He has completed the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu and is constantly in search of his next adventure.