Readership: Primary: Civil legal practitioners attending and preparing for applications or one day (usually fast track) trials in the County Courts, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. This will be primarily junior barristers and their instructing solicitors, but will also include legal executives. Secondary: District Judges, Deputy District Judges and Recorders; Claims managers for insurance companies.
Katharine Scott, Barrister, 39 Essex Street
1: Introduction A. The scope of this book 2: Summary Assessment - An Overview A. What is summary assessment? B. When is summary assessment appropriate? C. When is summary assessment inappropriate? 3: Preparation for Summary Assessment A. The N260 B. Example of an N260 C. VAT 4: The Order for Costs A. Who is the winner? B. Partial costs order C. Conduct D. Standard or indemnity costs E. Offers F. More than one defendant G. Wasted costs H. Costs against non-parties 5: The Summary Assessment Hearing A. Procedure for the hearing B. Pointers for the paying party C. Preliminary Issues D. Attacking and defending the detail of the statement of costs 6: Funding A. Conditional fee agreements B. Collective conditional fee agreements C. Uplifts D. After the event insurance premiums 7: Payment 8: Appeals against Summary Assessments 9: Preparation Checklists Checklist 1 The statement of costs Checklist 2 Preparing for the summary assessment Checklist 3 The hearing Appendices A. Statutes (Extracts) B. Statutory Instruments (Extracts) C. Solicitors Costs Materials D. Extracts from the CPR E. Extracts from Practice Directions to the CPR F. Guideline Hourly Rates
