Lawyer should have warned client about mounting costs
The Ontario Divisional Court has refused to allow the appeal of a disbarred Toronto lawyer who was found to have “churned” a family law file. Lawyer Roderick Byrnes, who had previous professional...
View ArticleIn-house leaders advocate measuring to manage better
As Canadian corporate legal departments continue to grow in size, collecting data about spending and benchmarking against how others perform is becoming “table stakes,” a room of in-house lawyers heard...
View ArticleLSUC approves fee freeze as potential deficit looms
With the passing of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s 2016 budget on Oct. 29, Convocation has kept lawyer and paralegal annual fees at 2015’s levels. It also debated the potential use of a $1-million...
View ArticleDetailed notes help vindicate lawyer in fee dispute
Well-known veteran lawyer George Walker says he has been vindicated following the release of an Ontario’s Superior Court ruling in a lengthy battle against a former client seeking to assess the...
View ArticleFreshfields could offshore work to Vancouver
Has pricey Vancouver become a low-cost legal offshoring destination? It’s not exactly obvious, but if the alternative is high-cost British or American talent, Vancouver might be a relative bargain....
View ArticleIf fees too high, GCs will quietly look elsewhere
A new report from TGO Consulting says in-house counsel will avoid difficult fee negotiations with law firms with whom they’ve had long-running relationships. Instead, they’ll move the work in-house, or...
View ArticleMore clarity on resolving lawyer fee assessments?
Order could be restored at the Ontario Superior Court’s overstretched fee assessment office, thanks to a decision yesterday from the Divisional Court that relieved the court of sole jurisdiction to...
View ArticleAppeal court orders reassement of law firms' fees in personal injury case
An Ottawa man who battled two of his former law firms in court is celebrating the decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal to have his fee agreements with the firms reassessed. The ruling in Clatney v....
View ArticleLSUC considers banning referral fees
The Law Society of Upper Canada is considering banning all referral fees between lawyers.The recommendation was floated as an option in a long anticipated report on how the law society should further...
View ArticleLSUC approves sliding cap on referral fees
The Law Society of Upper Canada has approved an absolute cap of $25,000 on referral fees. Convocation voted Thursday to implement a sliding cap, which will see referral fees be limited to 15 per cent...
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