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Length:
30 minutes of audio
(+ optional 5 minute online quiz)
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Course Aims:

This podcast is aimed at all practitioners interested in civil litigation and costs. It aims to cover, the role of costs draftsmen and the relationship with the solicitors who have conduct of the litigation when drawing up a bill of costs and points of dispute, how to protect one’s position on costs, knowing which are the soft areas a paying party might want to attack when putting in points of dispute and the importance of cost estimates.

Outcomes:
After completing the course you will:
  • How best to start negotiations about liability for costs;
  • Understand the role of costs draftsmen and the relationship with solicitors with conduct of the litigation in a detailed assessment;
  • Know how to protect one’s position on costs in a detailed assessment;
  • Know which are likely to be the soft areas a paying party might want to attack when putting in points of dispute;
  • Know what arguments and approach a receiving party might want to put in rebuttal;
  • Understand the likely growing importance that clients and judges will put on the accuracy of and adherence to cost estimates.
Level:
Intermediate Difficulty: 3 of 5
Classification:
Legal Principles
Practical Guide
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This podcast with specialist cost barrister Martin Farber is about costs, specifically detailed costs assessments. It addresses a number of practical areas that practitioners should get to grips with when faced with a detailed assessment, either to protect their position on costs or in order to reach settlement.

Podcast added: 14/05/12

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