Friston on Costs is the acclaimed and often-cited authority on the law of costs.
Separated into sixteen well-defined and easily navigable parts, this substantial and encyclopaedic text covers all aspects of the law of civil costs from funding and contracts of retainers, all the way through to the assessment of costs (both between opposing parties and between solicitor and client). The fourth edition has been updated to take into account the considerable number of authorities on this difficult and technical topic. Areas of interest to specialists have also been expanded upon, such as the recoverability of the costs of inquests, the costs of solicitors who act in their own cause, and disclosure of litigation funding.
Friston features thorough cross-referencing throughout, enabling the user to easily locate answers to even the most complex of costs issues. It is an invaluable resource for costs judges, academics, and practitioners alike.
Edited by:
Mark Friston (Barrister Barrister Hailsham ChambersBarrister Hailsham Chambers)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 253mm,
Width: 177mm,
Spine: 65mm
Weight: 2.030kg
ISBN: 9780192869081
ISBN 10: 0192869086
Pages: 2328
Publication Date: 18 May 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
Dr Mark Friston of Hailsham Chambers in London has practised costs law for over 25 years. He is widely recognised as a leading expert on costs and has a particular interest in transactional costs (namely, the contractual aspects of costs and funding, and investment in legal services in general). He has also sat as Deputy Master in the Senior Courts Costs Office for more than a decade.
Reviews for Friston on Costs
Review from previous edition Anyone thinking of writing a comprehensive guide to the law and history of civil costs should concede defeat now and accept that they could never emulate what ought now be to be regarded as the definitive bible of this generation. * Professor Dominic Regan, New Law Journal * The overall scope of the book is an encyclopaedic as ever. ... No topic - however obscure - appears to have been overlooked. The author deserves the undying gratitude of the rest of the costs profession. * Simon Gibbs, Legal Costs Blog * [C]overing all aspects of the law of civil costs ... It's undoubtedly an invaluable resource for costs judges and practitioners alike. * Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers, and Elizabeth Taylor, Richmond Green Chamber * All those engaged in costs recognise the purple book as indispensable as the white or green books. It is an invaluable resource for those attempting to manoeuvre the complex and fast paced area of legal costs because it is the only resource to set out how and why a rule works. It will rightly adorn the desk of many a Judge and practitioner. * Jack Ridgway, Chairman of the Association of Costs Lawyers * Friston is highly recommended for anyone operating within civil litigation, whether as a litigation lawyer, a costs lawyer or a costs judge - its utility cannot be overstated. * Roisin O'Dubhlaoidh, The Gazette *
