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Costs Law Reports is the one authoritative source of costs law reporting. It includes important criminal decisions of Costs Judges, many of which are not available elsewhere. Cases in this issue: A & E Television Networks LLC and AETN UK v Discovery Communications Europe Ltd; Costin v Merron; The Manchester College v Hazel and Another; Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust v Acres; Shah and Shah v Breed and Solomon; R v Applied Language Solutions Ltd; Baker Tilly (a Firm) v Makar; Murray and Stokes v Neil Dowlman Architecture Ltd; Walker and Others v Burton and Others; North Oxford Golf Club v A2 Dominion Homes Ltd; R v Smith (Ian); and R v Muoka.Topics covered in these cases include: apportionment of costs, ATE premiums, capacity, case management, conditional fee agreements, costs budgeting, costs management orders, costs protection, costs shifting rules, defendant's costs orders, detailed assessment, employment proceedings, fixed costs regime, hourly rates, indemnity basis costs, the indemnity principle, London solicitors, mediation, misconduct, overriding objective, permission to appeal, plea and case management hearings, proportionality, relief from sanctions, representation orders, retainers, success fees, third party costs orders, uplifts, and vexatious litigants. |