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Gill -v- Heer Manak : termination of retainer by solicitors without reasonable notice results in no entitlement to charge

It is essential that such notice as is given is "reasonable". If the notice is not "reasonable" then the firm cannot point to any applicable provision...

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Cash Accounts - the least understood part of the assessment process under the Solicitors Act 1974

Cash Accounts - A Dark Art?

The purpose of the Cash Account exercise, at the conclusion of a Solicitors Act assessment, is to determine who owes what, and to whom. A Cash Account...

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Ignoring costs lawyer earns judicial rebuke in fee dispute | News | Law Society Gazette

The Law Society Gazette reports on our case of Allen -v- Brethertons LLP and in particular Master Leonard's criticism of the Defendant ignoring our Ke...

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Solicitors were wrong to go round costs lawyer acting for former client - Litigation Futures

Solicitors have been criticised by a costs judge for refusing to deal with our Director and Costs Lawyer, Kerry-Anne Moore, in a dispute over their fe...

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Law firm ordered to deliver final bill in fixed-costs case - Litigation Futures

Pleased that another one of our cases has been picked up by the legal press.“If the defendant, as it does, claims the right to retain all of the money...

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