Cook on Costs 2015

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