Cook on Costs 2013

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