Cook on Costs 2012 eBook

There are certain rules and principles which govern the way in which solicitors and barristers receive payment and deal with costs.

This edition of Cook on Costs explains them without fuss. This is a friendly, practical book, designed to be accessible to any level of reader, with guidance through the many approaches and processes involved in costing. It covers of all the recent changes in costs law, practice and procedure applied to civil matters.

What’s new to Cook on Cost 2012?

• Implementation of the Jackson Review
• Civil Procedure Rules and Costs Practice Direction up-dated
• Proportionality
• Referral fees
• The costs management pilot schemes
• CPR Part 36 offers
• Family proceedings – new rules and glossary
• Latest High Court and Court of Appeal decisions on costs
• The Solicitors Regulation Authority Code of Conduct

Often cited in court

A bill of costs must contain sufficient particulars to enable the client to judge the fairness of the charge. This is an indispensible text for every solicitor, essential to the overriding need to ensure that costs issues are fully explained to and understood by the client,’ Cook writes.

He is a reliable and respected voice, giving practitioners peace of mind and the confidence to use Cook on Costs 2012 as a reference all year round.

Often cited in court, it offers a plethora of examples, decided cases not found in law reports. Funding is no longer a matter to deal with after the litigation had ended – it has become a new essential skill for litigators everywhere. Wouldn’t it be useful to have all those updates in one volume?

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