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Registrar review of a solicitor’s bill under the Legal Profession Act. Fees were reduced because the higher hourly rate lacked proper written notice and some work was not chargeable.
Review of a lawyer’s bill under the Legal Profession Act: the registrar allowed fees, disbursements, contractual interest, and costs in full.
Fee review under the Legal Profession Act: the court reduced a solicitor’s account after finding the work went beyond the retainer and continued after a clear stop-work instruction.
Because the client failed to prove negligence, unauthorized conduct, or a binding capped fee agreement, and because the solicitors acted competently and provided discounted and reasonable billing, the solicitors are entitled to recover the unpaid balances; the alleged missing handwritten medical note would not have materially altered the merits.
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The court held that a solicitor’s July 14, 2005 account was a final bill and that the client’s later appointment to review it was statute-barred under s. 70 of the Legal Profession Act.
Addendum correcting small arithmetic errors in solicitors’ accounts; the corrections do not affect the Reasons for Decision or Certificate of Fees.
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