Full Description
"Cook on Costs" is well established as a practical, friendly guide providing clear and straightforward explanations of every aspect (except criminal costs) of the remuneration of solicitors and barristers for every level of reader. "Cook on Costs 2012" aims to explain as well as to inform, whilst being a practical guide through the complexities of all aspects of the costs of contentious and non-contentious legal business. No one who wishes to understand the principles and practice of legal costs should be without a copy.
Contents
"Part I - Solicitor and Client; 1. The retainer; 2. Agreements with clients; 3. Form and content of a bill; 4. Solicitor and client VAT; 5. The client's rights; 6. Recovery of costs; 7. The solicitor and third parties; Part II - Between the Parties; 8. Synopsis; 9. Vocabulary; 10. Estimates, capping, budgeting; 11. General rules about costs (CPR Part 44); 12. VAT between parties; 13. Security for costs; 14. Offers to settle and payments into court (CPR Part 36); 15. Family proceedings; 16. Getting the right order - and the order right; 17. The Indemnity principle; 18. Interest on costs; 19. Costs of successful non-state funded parties; 20. Arbitration; Part III - Quantification; 21. What is the difference? 22. Time; 23. The other factors; 24. Value judgment; 25. Fixed Costs (CPR Part 45); 26. Small claims track; 27. Fast track; 28. Multi-track; 29. Summary assessment; 30. Detailed assessment; 31. Appeals against assessment;Part IV - Sanctions and Penalties; 32. Wasted costs; 33. Misconduct; Part V - Particular People; 34. Non-parties; 35. Costs payable under a contract; 36. Trustees and personal representatives; 37. Children and protected rights; 38. Litigants in person;39. Group (multi-party) litigation orders; Part VI - Funding; 40. State-funded costs;41. Third party funding; 42. Conditional fees"
