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Court of Appeal for Ontario dismissed an appeal on whether Paul Kasanda was a client of the lawyers for a solicitor-client relationship and account assessment.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a solicitor’s appeal from a bill assessment, upholding reductions to fees and the costs order under the Legal Profession Act.
The court allocated a contingency fee between two law firms on a quantum meruit basis, awarding the first firm 5% of the accepted $170,000 fee plus taxes.
The court cancelled a 2014 contingency fee agreement as unreasonable and ambiguous, then fixed a fair fee of $175,000 plus allowed disbursements and taxes.
The application judge made credible findings that the appellants received the bills and that their denial lacked an air of reality; there were no special circumstances to excuse the statutory delay and no palpable and overriding error in those findings, so the appeal must be dismissed and the order refusing assessment upheld.
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Perry failed to discharge the evidentiary burden required for summary judgment: he did not establish on the evidence that there were no material facts in dispute nor proved on a balance of probabilities that Wagner breached a fiduciary duty or was in conflict; therefore summary judgment and disgorgement were dismissed and costs awarded to the defendant.
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The Court upheld the motion judge's finding that no solicitor-client relationship existed between the appellants and the respondent and that there was no genuine issue requiring a trial; accordingly summary judgment dismissing the third party claim against Nicholas Tibollo was appropriate.
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Appeal over a solicitor-client contingency fee dispute dismissed; the court upheld the refund of fees after finding the retainer was entire and not altered by settlement.
Although the Small Claims Court has jurisdiction to hear taxations that touch on fiduciary duties, the taxation was stayed because the same substantive issues are before the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and to avoid multiplicity of proceedings and conflicting rulings; the Supreme Court can tax accounts or remit taxation to the Small Claims Court as appropriate.
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The court reviewed solicitor-client accounts, upheld email service, and allowed most fees and disbursements with reductions for overhead, duplication, and excessive time.
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