Costs Law Reports 2012/3

Costs Law Reports is the one authoritative source of costs law reporting. It includes important criminal decisions of Costs Judges, many of which are not available elsewhere. Cases included in this part: R v Fitzgerald and Others; Beattie v Smailes and Another; Epsom College v Pierse Contracting Southern Ltd; Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust v Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts and Another; Fladgate LLP v Harrison; R v SVS Solicitors; Dockerill and Healey v Tullett and Other Matters; Joyce v West Bus Coach Services Ltd; R (Law Society of England and Wales) v Lord Chancellor and the Legal Services Commission; Letts v Royal Sun Alliance plc; R v Qu and Others and R v Ward. Covering such topics as wasted costs orders, disclosure, abuse of process, the Graduated Fee Scheme, cracked trials, the indemnity principle, special preparation fees, retrospectivity, interim awards of costs, success fees, judicial review, variation of retainer by oral agreement, estoppel, unpaid legal fees, privilege, the solicitor's duty to the court, and much more.