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1 Short Guide to Procedure on Detailed Assessment.

2 Transferring Detailed Assessment to the SCCO

3 Choice of Lawyer  

4 Time to bill 

5 Delay in lodging bill and sanctions.  

6 Costs Capping.  

7 Cost penalties for exaggerated claims.  

Conditional Fee Agreements

8 Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 692 
(not enforceable unless certain conditions satisfied)

9 Whether Conditional Fee Agreements (CFA) really justified when clients can buy 'after the event insurance'

10 After the Event Insurance Premium (see also no.14) 

11 Re: Claims Direct Cases (SCCO 19th July)

12 Unenforceable CFAs champerty and maintenance

13 Success Fees - "quantum risks in success fees".

14 The battle between the liability insurers and the ATE (RSA) 'pursuit test cases'

15 Client Care Code

16 One Stop Shop. Two Stop Insurers

17 Alternative Dispute Resolution. Consequences of refusal and most recent Jersey Judgement

18 Jurisdiction to Assess Costs Summarily

19 Estimates of Costs and Relevance to Assessment

20 Objections to Payment of Costs on the Grounds of Conduct by Opposing Side (must be made to trial judge to reduce proportion of costs to be paid at time of hearing)

21 Remedies for Extravagant Conduct by Opposition

22 The Value Element in Costs

23 Cases involving money claims, where payments into Court have not been made in accordance with Part 36.3 CPR

24 Interest on Costs

25 No Interest on Overpaid Solicitors' Accounts 

26 Disclosure of Retainer Documents 

27 The Indemnity Basis 

28 Indemnity Costs Ordered Against Claimant for Failing to Write Letter Before Action

29 Power of the Court to Order a Party to Pay a Proportion of the Costs

30 Multi Party Costs - Sharing Orders

31 Recovering Foreign Costs

32 Wasted Costs Order Against Whom?

33 Counsel's Fees Discounted

34 Benchmark - Fixed Costs and Costs Capping

35 Costs Capping and Guideline Rates

36 Legal Aid for Business

37 Benchmark Costs

38 Public Direct Access to Barristers at Law

39 Costs of Applications for Permission to Apply for Judicial Review

40 Definition of an Expert Witness and Recoverability of Costs of Employee Expert

41 Claims Consultants

42 EU Mediation Changes

Last updated 5 Jan 2006

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