Civil costs

Description

"Provides a thorough and authoritative survey of the costs regime under the Civil Procedure Rules; Deals with all areas of civil costs, from the basic principles of entitlement to the practical details of how costs - both non-contentious and contentious - are assessed; Explains the new costs legislation and rules following on from the implementation of the Jackson reforms; Explains costs management, costs budgeting and costs capping in detail; Deals with the new provisions relating to Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs), Damages Based Agreements (DBAs),the transitional provisions and exceptions and the implications of these changes; Covers the introduction of Qualified One Way Costs Shifting, the 10% increase in damages and the changes to Part 36 (an additional amount up to £75,000 where a defendant fails to beat a claimant's Part 36 offer); Sets out the transitional provisions and in particular the exceptions relating to Mesothelioma, insolvency and publication and privacy proceedings; Details the provisions relating to recoverable ATE premiums in negligence cases; Provides a wealth of detail and information including the latest cases about all aspects of civil costs;"--Publisher's website.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Litigation library

Other Editions

• Civil CostsPaperbackSweet & Maxwell2000-05-05
• Civil costsSweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters2018
• Civil CostsPaperbackSweet & Maxwell Ltd2000-12-21
• Civil CostsPaperbackSweet & Maxwell Ltd2002-08-01
• Civil costsSweet & Maxwell, Thomson Reuters2013-01-01