Nobody who wishes to understand the principles and practice of legal costs should be without a copy. This well-established title returns fully updated but retaining its practical stance, Cook on Costs 2017 offers clear and straightforward explanations of every aspect (except criminal costs) of the remuneration of solicitors and barristers. Using a dual approach, the text both informs and guides you through all aspects of the costs of contentious and non-contentious legal business.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Solicitor and client; Chapter 1 The Retainer; Chapter 2 Billing the client; Chapter 3 Recovery of costs from clients Part II Funding; Chapter 4 Creating Conditional Fee Agreements; Chapter 5 Running Cases with Conditional Fee Agreements; Chapter 6 'Old' Conditional Fee Agreements and ATE insurance; Chapter 7 Damages-Based Agreements ; Chapter 8 Contentious and Non-Contentious Business Agreements ; Chapter 9 Insurance Arrangements; Chapter 10 State and Commercial Funding Part III Between the parties; Chapter 11 An Overview of the Key Costs Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules ; Chapter 12 The Indemnity Principle ; Chapter 13 Prospective Costs Control – Introduction; Chapter 14 Prospective Costs Control – Proportionality; Chapter 15 Prospective Costs Control – Costs and Cases Management; Chapter 16 Prospective Control of Costs – The Relevance of Costs Budgets in Cases Not Costs Managed ; Chapter 17 Prospective Costs Control – Costs Capping; Chapter 18 Prospective Control of Costs – Protective Costs Orders; Chapter 19 Prospective Costs Orders – Security for Costs; Chapter 20 Costs Inducements to Settle – Part 36 Offers and other Admissible Offers; Chapter 21 Costs Inducements to Settle – ADR ; Chapter 22 Costs Awards Between the Parties; Chapter 23 Wasted Costs Orders; Chapter 24 The Bases of Costs; Chapter 25 Payment on Account of Costs Part IV Quantification of costs; Chapter 26 Fixed Costs; Chapter 27 Summary Assessment; Chapter 28 Detailed Assessment – Procedure; Chapter 29 Detailed Assessment – Statements of Case; Chapter 30 Detailed Assessment – provisional assessment; Chapter 31 Time and Value; Chapter 32 Interest on Costs; Chapter 33 Appeals against Assessments Part V Special cases; Chapter 34 Children and Protected Parties; Chapter 35 Litigants in Person; Chapter 36 Costs payable under a contract; Chapter 37 Group (Multi-Party) Litigation Orders; Chapter 38 Trustees and personal representatives; Chapter 39 Family proceedings; Chapter 40 Costs against Non-Parties; Chapter 41 Arbitration