Download or read book A Guide to Legal Costs written by Steven Fennell and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rules relating to the payment of legal costs are complex and have been the subject of considerable change in recent years. This book provides information on all aspects of legal costs including professional remuneration, civil and matrimonial litigation, and costs in criminal proceedings.
Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Download or read book A Short and Happy Guide to Advanced Legal Research written by ANN W. LONG and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal research can be costly for students and practitioners in two ways: time and money. A SHORT & HAPPY GUIDE TO ADVANCED LEGAL RESEARCH identifies available free and fee-based legal research options as good, cheap and/or fast. This book can streamline the process of legal research involving any subject matter and during any stage of civil litigation. An overview of the litigation analytics and artificial intelligence features available from Bloomberg Law, Lexis Advance, and Westlaw Edge is also included, in the likely event you graduated from law school before 2019. Ann Walsh Long is the Head of Research & Digital Collections/Assistant Professor of Law at the Lincoln Memorial University School of Law. Ann has also worked at the Environmental Protection Agency's Headquarters Library and in four "Big Law" firms. As a former law firm librarian, Ann taught hundreds of summer and new associates how to conduct cost-effective legal research, and advised firms on how best to recover those costs from clients.
Download or read book Legal Costs Handbook written by John A. Ahern and published by Lawbook Company. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook aimed at providing a proper understanding of the principals and practice of legal costing. The book emphasises the need to keep comprehensive and accurate file notes; includes suggestions on the categorisation of time; warns about the expenditure of clients money on disbursements; outlines how to tax a bill of costs and how to maximise reimbursement of fees paid to counsel. It includes a chapter on costing in Federal matters, with advice on and examples of how to cost matters in the bankruptcy jurisdiction and the High Court, Federal Court and Family Court of Australia. Written as an introduction for the articled clerk, but also intended to be of assistance to the graduate and the experienced solicitor, it explains the established principles for the guidance and direction of lawyers in determining fair and reasonable remuneration. Includes a table of contents, table of cases and an index., All three authors are recognised costing experts.
Download or read book Cost and Fee Allocation in Civil Procedure written by Mathias Reimann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume describes and analyzes how the costs of litigation in civil procedure are distributed in key countries around the world. It compares the various approaches, draws general conclusions from that comparison, and presents global trends as well as common problems and solutions. In particular, the book deals with three principal questions: First, who pays for civil litigation costs, i.e., to what extent do losers have to make winners whole? Second, how much money is at stake, i.e., how expensive is civil litigation in the respective jurisdictions? And third, whose money is ultimately spent, i.e., how are civil litigation costs distributed through mechanisms like legal aid, litigation insurance, collective actions, and success oriented fees? Inter alia, the study reveals a general trend towards deregulation of lawyer fees as well as a substantial correlation between the burden of litigation costs and membership of a jurisdiction in the civil and common law families. This study is the result of the XVIIIth World Congress of Comparative Law held under the auspices of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
Download or read book The Costs and Funding of Civil Litigation written by Christopher Hodges and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the first major comparative study of litigation costs and methods of funding litigation in more than 30 jurisdictions. It was linked with the most comprehensive review of costs ever carried out in England and Wales by Lord Justice Jackson in 2009 and benefited from the assistance of leading practitioners around the globe. The study analyses the principles and rules that relate to paying courts, witnesses and lawyers, and the rules on cost shifting, if any. It also notes the major ways in which litigation can be funded, identifying the global trend on contraction of legal aid, the so far limited spread of contingency fees, and the growing new phenomenon of private third party litigation funding. The study also presents the results of nine case studies of typical claim types, so as to give a first overview comparison of which countries' legal systems are cheaper or more expensive. The book further contains national chapters with in depth analysis contributed by scholars in 18 jurisdictions (Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, England & Wales, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan and USA) and a further chapter on Latin American jurisdictions. 'Dr Hodges, Professor Vogenauer and Dr Tulibacka have conducted an excellent and thorough comparative study of litigation costs and funding across a wide range of jurisdictions ('the Oxford study'). The Oxford study is important, because it provides both context and background for any critical examination of our own costs and funding rules... I commend this book both for its breadth and detail and also for its percipient commentary. This work will make a valuable contribution to the debate which lies ahead about how the costs and funding rules of England and Wales should be reformed in order to promote access to justice.' From the Foreword by Lord Justice Jackson, Royal Courts of Justice, 16th July 2010 This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's International Arbitration online service.
Download or read book A Guide to Legal Fees and Services written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Solicitor and Client Costs 2nd Edition written by Robin Dunne and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated to include the most recent and important developments in law and practice, this book is a practical guide setting out the main issues and challenges that arise when clients challenge their solicitor's bill. Covering the rules, statutes, case law etc but also providing guidance as to terms of retainers as well as practical guidance on the process of assessing charges. This area of law is complex and is still not well known by many solicitors or even non-specialist judges. Also, following LASPO and probable fixed costs extensions, clients are now far more likely to have to pay their own costs and challenges to solicitor's fees are increasingly common. This book is written in a clear manner so that anyone from clients and trainees to partners and judges can benefit from it. The text for the second edition has been fully expanded and updated to include numerous important High Court and Court of Appeal authorities handed down since the last edition was published. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robin Dunne is a barrister at Hardwicke specialising in costs and litigation funding, having focused exclusively on this area of law since call. He was called to the bar in 2002 and was an employed barrister and partner in a City of London firm of solicitors before independent practice. His practice includes between the parties and solicitor and client disputes as well as professional negligence claims involving solicitors, particularly where the dispute involves issues relating to costs.
Download or read book Putting a Lid on Legal Fees written by Raymond M. Klein and published by Interlink Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1986 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The premise of this book is that while lawyers are necessary, excessive fees are not. The use of preventive law as the most cost-effective use of lawyers is recommended, that is, obtaining legal advice before there's a problem, in order to avoid costly litigation. A seven-page preventive law checklist is included.
Download or read book Cook on Costs 2022 written by Simon Middleton and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 1088 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody who wishes to understand the principles and practice of legal costs should be without a copy.This well-established and practical title returns fully updated with legislative changes concerning every aspect of civil costs, providing concise and comprehensive commentary on costs developments as well as straightforward explanations of the remuneration of solicitors and barristers. Using a dual approach, the text both informs and guides you through all aspects of the costs of contentious and non-contentious legal business.What's new for this year's edition?* The erosion of the 'Arkin cap' in non-party funding* The anticipated amendments to 'variation' and 'retrospection of budgets'* The recent decision in Rawbank that a claimant's Part 36 offering a discount of 0.3% constituted, in the circumstances, a genuine offer to settle* New cases on Damage Based Agreements and funding* Significant changes to the Detailed Assessment Procedure chapter including telephone, video and in person hearings and the use of electronic documents* New commentary on the revised cost management provisions that come into being in October 2020
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Solicitor and Client Costs written by Robin Dunne and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide setting out the main issues and challenges that arise when clients challenge their solicitor's bill. Covering the rules, statutes, case law etc but also providing guidance as to terms of retainers as well as the process of assessing charges. This area of law is complex and is still not well known by many solicitors or even non-specialist judges. Also, following LASPO and probable fixed costs extensions, clients are now far more likely to have to pay their own costs and challenges to solicitor's fees are increasingly common. This book is written in a clear manner so that anyone from clients and trainees to partners and judges can benefit from it. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robin Dunne is a barrister at Hardwicke specialising in costs and litigation funding, having focused exclusively on this area of law since call. He was called to the bar in 2002 and was an employed barrister and partner in a City of London firm of solicitors before independent practice. His practice includes between the parties and solicitor and client disputes as well as professional negligence claims involving solicitors, particularly where the dispute involves issues relating to costs. www.hardwicke.co.uk
Download or read book Litigation Costs Funding and Behaviour written by Willem H. van Boom and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection explores the practical operation of the law in the area of litigation costs and funding, and confronts the issue of how exposure to cost risks affects litigation strategy. It looks at the interaction of the relevant legal regime, regulatory framework and disciplinary rules with the behaviour of litigants, courts and legislatures, examining subjects such as cost rules and funding arrangements. The book discusses a wide range of topics such as cost-shifting rules, funding and mass tort litigation, cost rules and third-party funding (TPF) rules in specific areas such as intellectual property (IP) litigation, commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, the role of legal expense insurance arrangements, fee regulation and professional ethics. The contributors include renowned scholars, experts in their respective fields and well-versed individuals in both civil procedure and the practice of litigation, arbitration and finance. Together, they present a broad approach to the issues of costs, cost-shifting rules and third-party funding. This volume adds to the existent literature in combining topics in law and practice and presents an analysis of the most recent developments in this fast developing area.
Download or read book The Taxation of Legal Costs written by Michael J. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Business Manager s Guide to Controlling Legal Costs written by Carl S. Pavetto and published by Csp Assoc. This book was released on 1989 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guide to Recovering Legal Costs written by Z. Vink and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Legal Costs in New South Wales written by Marina Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Happier Attorney written by Brita Long and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest threat to the integrity of the legal system is a broke and unhappy attorney. Whether you are new to the practice or have been practicing law since the Ford Administration, you should be paid- in full- for the work you perform. You should be paid for your superior judgment, your skills, your ability to negotiate, and your knowledge-not how many hours you took to draft a pleading. The Happier Attorney: A comprehensive Guide to Charging Flat Fees for Legal Services is a step by step guide that will teach you: -What hourly billing is really costing you in money and more importantly time. -Why hourly billing is bad for clients and horrible for attorneys. -Why clients love flat fees. -How you can obtain a collection rate of 100%. -How flat fees improve your work product. -How flat fees will increase your income significantly. -How flat fees will save you so much time you won't know what to do with your time. -How flat fees will decrease staff time and costs. -How to manage one's time so that you can meet your responsibilities and have lots of time outside the office. -How to ethically and easily address any issues that arise from flat fee billing. In the nearly 19 years of owning her own practice, and well over a decade of using exclusively flat fees, even for family law litigation, Brita Long is in a unique position to share everything that you would want and need to know when you are considering moving from hourly billing to flat fees. The relief of only working as many hours as you want to work and still make the money you want to make, and have earned, is only a few hours away.
