Your complete guide to Expenses in ScotlandWritten by practitioners for practitioners, this definitive handbook covers all of the main aspects of costs and funding issues encountered in the Scottish Civil Courts. It covers the routes to funding, when expenses may be sought, the court's powers in awarding expenses and provides detail on issues including Success Fee Agreements, Qualified One Way Cost Shifting, Pre-Action Protocols, Pursuers' Offers and Tenders, party Litigants, Amendment, Abandonment, Caution and Simple Procedure. It brings together all of the key legislation, court rules and judgments to provide a user-friendly and quick-reference guide to expenses law and practice. Key features* Takes into account new costs and funding legislation including Damages Based Agreements, QOCS and Taxation Rules* Covers many important and recent cases including Finlay v Borders Health Board, Van Klavern v Servisair UK Ltd and Ho v Adelekun* Appendices provide full copies of:1. The Qualified One Way Cost Shifting Regulations 2021, Success Fee Agreement Regulations 2020 and the Taxation of Judicial Expenses Rules 2019, the rules on Group proceedings and Pursuers' Offers, 2. The Compulsory and Voluntary Pre-Action Protocols for personal injury claims3. Styles for Success Fee Agreements, Pursuers' Offers and Tenders4. The Faculty Scheme for Accounting and Collection of Counsels' FeesIain W Nicol is a Consultant at Thorntons, with almost 30 years' experience of pursuing personal injury, medical and professional negligence claims.

James S Flett is Chairman of Alex Quinn & Partners Limited, Law Accountants.