Expenses: A Civil Practitioner's Handbook

This handbook is a must-have for practitioners dealing with costs and funding issues in the Scottish Civil Courts, providing a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to expenses law and practice.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 31 October 2022
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

This comprehensive handbook, written by practitioners for practitioners, delves into all the major aspects of costs and funding issues encountered in the Scottish Civil Courts. It provides a thorough exploration of the various routes to funding, the circumstances under which expenses can be sought, the authority of the court to award expenses, and intricate details regarding issues such as Success Fee Agreements, Qualified One Way Cost Shifting, Pre-Action Protocols, Pursuers' Offers and Tenders, party Litigants, Amendments, Abandonments, Caution and Simple Procedure. By consolidating all the pertinent legislation, court rules, and judgments, this guide offers a user-friendly and concise reference tool for expenses law and practice.

This comprehensive handbook, written by practitioners for practitioners, delves into all the major aspects of costs and funding issues encountered in the Scottish Civil Courts. It provides a thorough exploration of the various routes to funding, the circumstances under which expenses can be sought, the authority of the court to award expenses, and intricate details regarding issues such as Success Fee Agreements, Qualified One Way Cost Shifting, Pre-Action Protocols, Pursuers' Offers and Tenders, party Litigants, Amendments, Abandonments, Caution and Simple Procedure. By consolidating all the pertinent legislation, court rules, and judgments, this guide offers a user-friendly and concise reference tool for expenses law and practice.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474483650