Under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 a court must carry out a summary assessment of costs in any trial or hearing that lasts one day or less. Practitioners who prepare for and represent clients in such hearings can greatly improve their client's chances of reducing their liability for costs, or enhancing the level of costs they can recover, if they are well-versed in the relevant costs law and procedure. This is a practical and portable guide which contains everything practitioners and judges need to know in order to conduct a summary assessment of costs in the County Court, or the High Court or the Court of Appeal. Arranged in a logical and accessible way, which enables reference at a a glance, the book includes expert commentary and analysis on the most commonly arising issues, carefully selected appendices, and checklists aimed at the busy practitioner. The book is fully up-to-date to include the November 2005 reforms to CFA regulations. Examples of areas covered are: when summary assessments are appropriate, what order the parties should be asking for, the impact of Part 36 offers and the conduct of the parties, issues arising from the funding of the claim, and pointers on how to prepare, attack and defend a costs schedule. In addition to key statutory material and extracts from the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, the appendices include SCCO guideline rates for solicitors' and barristers' fees, and relevant solicitors' costs materials. Written and edited by leading specialists in costs law, Summary Assessment of Costs will help those preparing for and appearing at summary assessments to keep one step ahead of the opposition.

About the Author
Katharine Scott is a barrister at 39 Essex Street, specialising in costs law. She advises and represents claimants and defendants on a variety of costs issues, including the drafting of CFA and costs sharing agreements, the enforceability of CFAs and CCFAs, the recoverability of success fees and insurance premiums, and detailed assessments. She is instructed by the Legal Services Commission on various issues, and by applicant solicitors in their disputes with the Legal Services Commission. She also practices in the fields of professional negligence and public law including mental health and community care.


Book Information
ISBN 9780199298211
Author Katharine Scott
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 288g
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 137mm * 14mm