Summary Assessment of Costs -HMCS

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Here is a link to the HMCS page for the
Guide to the Summary of Costs - Revised January 2005


It deals with issues such as

• The Approach to Costs

• The Basis of Assessment

• Proportionality

• Summary Assessment where Costs Claimed Include an Additional Liability

• Orders Made Before The Conclusion of Proceedings

• Orders Made At The Conclusion of Proceedings

• Factors to be Taken Into Account in Decising the Amount of Costs

• Insurance Premiums

• Success Fee Diputes Between Legal Representative and Client: Procedure Following the Summary Assessment

• General Principles to be Applied in Summary Assessment

• Deferring Payment of Costs
  

• Fast Track Trial Costs

• Costs Awarded to Litigants In Person

And much more