Costs in Family Proceedings

A revised and fully updated guide to the law precedents and practice of costs and funding in all family proceedings.<br/><br/>Concise but comprehensive this second edition provides a clear exposition of the three different regimes for family costs: no order; the clean sheet; and costs follow the event. It also covers arbitration costs public funding wasted costs and any other costs issue that can arise.<br/><br/>The Second Edition covers: <br/> Changes to public funding and the treatment of awards of damages<br/> Changes to enforcement procedures with the introduction of Parts 39 and 40 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010<br/> An update to relevant case law<br/><br/>Key legislation covered includes: <br/> Children Act 1989<br/> Matrimonial Causes Act 1973<br/> Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012<br/> Senior Courts Act 1981<br/> Family Procedure Rules 2010<br/> Civil Procedure Rules 1998<br/><br/>Costs in Family Proceedings provides answers to all your costs questions. The early chapters address the scope for orders for costs between parties while the later chapters provide coverage of: cost allowances wasted costs costs assessment (including indemnity costs) enforcement of costs orders and the full range of other costs issues which may arise in family proceedings.<br/><br/>As the only book of its kind available this is an essential title for all family law solicitors barristers judiciary and academics as well as costs draftsmen.<br/><br/>'...magisterial... Our library here will stock this book. Family practitioners should...expect that all family judges will want to work from it.'<br/>Lord Wilson (from the Foreword to first edition)<br/><br/>This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Family Law online service.