Cook on Costs 2010

by Michael Cook (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $3.28

  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 2010 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. The 2010 edition brings Cook on Costs up-to-date with all the developments in the past 12 months. What's new for 2010: 12.5% or 100% success fees?; Solicitor and client estimates; Costs capping; BTE and ATE insurance; Indemnity basis costs; Costs Rules and Practice Direction updates; Costs reviews and consultations; New reported and unreported costs cases, including: Solicitor's retainer was an entire contract; between-the-parties costs in family proceedings;tribunal costs; protective and proportionate costs orders; Pro bono costs; PI RTA three stage fixed costs regime; and Abolition of renumeration certificates.