The new costs regime - Peter T Hurst|Michael J Cook

This work contains the full text of the Civil Procedure Rules relating to Costs and the supporting Practice Direction, together with annotation and expert comment upon the new regime and its implications. It also sets out or refers to other costs rules in the Civil Procedure Rules, to give the reader guidance on the costs regime in operation. The Costs Rules introduce a regime with new factors such as the conduct of the parties, including failure to negotiate and the concept of proportionality being relevant both to the entitlement to costs and their quantification. It also examines changes to payments into court and without prejudice offers with consequences to costs. Offers may now be made by claimants as well as defendants and judgments may be made before the commencement proceedings. The new provisions are contained in parts 43-48 of the Civil Procedure Rules and in the Costs Practice Direction.;The book is a user-friendly and authoritative guide to the subject and addresses the issues in a clear and straightforward way, enabling the reader to quickly understand the changes which have been implemented in how solicitors and barristers are remunerated, in this important period of change.