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The court dismissed a legal bill review for want of prosecution after finding a nine-year delay was inordinate and inexcusable, and that the interests of justice favoured dismissal.
The registrar reduced Lindsay Kenney LLP’s fees to Thomas Winkler by $15,708.04, allowed disbursements, and ordered Winkler to pay the review costs.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a client’s challenge to a solicitor’s account review, finding no reviewable error in the registrar’s assessment or the reviewing judge’s reasons.
On reconsideration of a Legal Profession Act fee review, the registrar reduced Clark Wilson LLP’s allowed fees to $20,000 and adjusted costs between the parties.
The court reviewed a lawyer’s bills under the Legal Profession Act and reduced them by $8,724.73 for an interest-calculation error and late notice of fee increases.
The court stayed a Law Profession Act fee-review appointment pending resolution of a related petition about lease-based operating expenses and the parties’ obligations.
Registrar Gaily reduced a lawyer’s bill after finding inadequate notice of a rate increase and excessive time and disbursements on a fee review.
Registrar review of a law firm account in a Part 8 Legal Profession Act proceeding. The court allowed the fees, interest, and review costs, and dismissed damages claims.
The Court of Appeal restored a master’s decision in a solicitor-client fee review, holding there was no mandatory order requiring the lawyer to proceed first.
Registrar Gaily reduced a lawyer’s bill from $38,459.56 to $30,000, finding some charges excessive, including administrative and duplicate time, but rejecting a claimed $12,500 fee estimate.
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