Civil Costs Assessment Handbook by Peter William Burdge

Civil Costs Assessment Handbook by Peter William Burdge

Do you want to expedite and maximise the recovery of costs? This essential work offers indispensable guidance to claimant litigators on the process of civil costs assessment, including valuable advice on how to use the Civil Procedure Rules and the Costs Practice Direction to full advantage. Written by an experienced costs draftsman, it explains in detail the procedure and documentation required, offering a step-by-step guide through each stage in a typical costs recovery matter. This useful handbook: outlines the procedural timetable and critical dates; suggests ways of maintaining momentum while negotiating effectively; details when and how to obtain default, interim and final costs certificates; offers guidance on preparing for and attending detailed assessment hearings; and explains where to find and how to use all the necessary rules and forms. The accompanying CD-ROM contains over 100 files that are cross-referenced to the text to enable quick and easy access to: all the relevant rules, forms and official guidance; customisable precedent letters to the client, the court and the opposing side; specimen replies to typical points of disputes; worksheets to simplify and speed up the necessary calculations.

'Peter's step by step guide to costs recovery deals in a brilliantly straightforward way with everything that happens between receiving the bill of costs and getting the final costs certificateIt is a favourite in our office...' Costs Recovery News

Peter Burdge was a solicitor in private practice before becoming a costs draftsman, consultant and trainer.

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ISBN 13	9781853289699
ISBN 10	1853289698
Title	Civil Costs Assessment Handbook
Author	Peter William Burdge
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	The Law Society
Year published	2006-05-18
Number of pages	472
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