Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

1. What is covered?

2. Fixed costs or capped costs?

3. Fixed costs and conditional fees

4. Ready reckoners

5. Disbursements

6. The Motor Insurers’

Bureau contingency fee scheme

7. Costs control by the courts

8. The Court of Protection

9. Fixed fees in criminal legal aid matters

10. Fixed fees in family matters

11. The new conditional fees regime

12. The future

Appendices: Fixed costs

Road traffic accidents –

fixed recoverable costs in costs-only proceedings

Section 203 Employment Rights Act 2003

Precedent H of the Schedule of Costs Precedents

Court of Protection Practice Note

Fixed Costs provides a clear and concise explanation on the law and practice of this relatively new regime in litigation funding. Offering guidance as to how to make the regime work in practice, this highly practical book contains expert commentary by one of the most respected practitioners in the field.

Alongside the narrative guidance, it includes Ready Reckoner tables (for calculating costs), extracts from relevant legislation and precedents