The Master did not have jurisdiction under section 70 of the Solicitors Act to hear wholesale allegations of professional negligence and wide ranging criticisms of a solicitor’s conduct which affected not just the individual items in the bill of costs but went to the heart of the retainer.
Judges:
Openshaw J
Citations:
[2005] EWHC 2788 (QB)
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Sibley and Co v Reachbyte Ltd and Another ChD 4-Nov-2008
Solicitors appealed against a costs order made refusing them payment of all of Leading and Junior counsel’s fees.
Held: The leading counsel involved had not provided anything like a detailed account of the time he had spent on what was a . .
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Costs, Legal Professions
Updated: 21 July 2022; Ref: scu.278575