Friston on Costs

I. History and development of costs 1: A Brief History of Costs II. Introduction to the law of costs 2: The Language of Costs 3: The Nature of Costs 4: The Status of the Rules Governing Costs 5: The Courts Powers Regarding Costs III. Orders for costs 6: Orders for Costs (Jurisdiction and Discretion) 7: Orders for Costs (Particular Types of Order and Specific Circumstances) 8: Orders for Costs (Qualified One-way Costs Shifting) 9: Orders for Costs (Non-party Costs Orders and Wasted Costs) 10: Orders for Costs (Clarification and Revision of Orders) 11: Orders for Costs (Costs-only Proceedings) IV. Orders regarding costs 12: Costs Management and Cost Budgeting 13: Costs Capping and Related Topics 14: Payments on Account of Costs 15: Security for Costs V. Bases of costs and Part 36 16: The Bases of Assessment (Indemnity Basis and Standard Basis) 17: Part 36 Offers VI. Points of law regarding costs 18: The Indemnity Principle 19: Plural Liability for and Plural Entitlement to Costs 20: Distribution: Apportionment and Division of Costs 21: Mutual Liabilities and Set-off 22: Agency and Costs 23: Finality, Delay and Limitation 24: Human Rights and the Law of Costs VII. The overriding objective, proportionality and relief from sanctions 25: Proportionality and Costs 26: The Overriding Objective, Collective Proportionality and Relief from Sanctions VIII. Agreements between legal services provider and client 27: Contracts of Retainer and Other Such Contracts 28: Contracts of Retainer, etc (Consumer Issues) 29: Contracts of Retainer (Conditional Fee Agreements and Damages-based Agreements) 30: Contracts of Retainer (Champerty and Maintenance) 31: Contracts of Retainer (Interpretation and Implied Terms) 32: Contracts of Retainer (Transfer of Contracts of Retainer and the Management of Errors) IX. Agreements with Funders and Insurers 33: Litigation Funding 34: Legal Expenses Insurance X. Costs as between solicitor and client 35: Invoices and Bills 36: Solicitor-and-client Assessments 37: The Basis of Assessment between Solicitor and Client 38: Quantum between Solicitor and Client 39: Clients Rights and Remedies and Disputed Compromise 40: Solicitors Rights and Remedies (Proceedings, Lien, Charging Orders and Equitable Interference) XI. Practice Issues 41: Legal Project Management 42: Value-based Pricing and Practising without Recording Time XII. Assessments, appeals and Alternative Dispute Resolution between opposing parties 43: Detailed Assessments between Opposing Parties 44: Summary Assessments 45: Costs Appeals and Reviews 46: Evidential Issues and Privilege 47: Representation and Rights of Audience 48: Alternative Dispute Resolution of Costs Disputes XIII. Quantification of costs between opposing parties 49: The Assessment of Costs in General (Including the Assessment of Time) 50: Fixed Costs, Costs on the Small Claims Track and Fast-track Costs 51: Hourly Rates 52: Disbursements and Expenses 53: Counsel's Fees 54: Additional Liabilities 55: Value Added Tax 56: Interest between Opposing Parties 57: Conduct and Misconduct, and the Quantum of Costs 58: Legislative Fetters on the Recovery of Costs XIV. Particular persons 59: Litigants in Person and Lawyers who Act in their Own Cause 60: Children, Protected Persons, and Litigation Friends 61: Public Bodies and the Crown 62: Costs Against Legally Aided Persons 63: Road Traffic Insurers and Liability for Costs 64: Costs Against the Courts Service XV. Particular circumstances 65: Group Litigation, Derivative Claims and Representative Claims 66: Contracts, Mortgages, and Trusts 67: Public Law and Judicial Review XVI. Materials 68: Tables