References: , [1832] EngR 869, (1832) 9 Bing 403, (1832) 131 ER 667
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An attorney is not compelled to proceed to the end of a suit in order to be entitled to his costs, but may, upon reasonable cause and reasonable notice, abandon the conduct of the suit, and in such case may recover his costs for the period during which he was employed.
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- Cited – Underwood, Son & Piper -v- Lewis CA ([1894] 2 QB 306)
Solicitors had declined to continue to act for their client before the litigation in which they were acting had been completed. They brought an action for the amount of their bill of costs for work done to date. The trial judge held that a solicitor . . - Cited – Richard Buxton (Solicitors) -v- Mills-Owens and Another CA (Bailii, [2010] EWCA Civ 122, Times, [2010] WLR (D) 49, WLRD, [2010] 17 EG 96, [2010] 3 Costs LR 421, [2010] CP Rep 26, [2010] 1 WLR 1997, [2010] 9 EG 166)
The solicitors felt that the instructions received from their client were to pursue points which neither they nor counsel thought were properly arguable. They withdrew from the case, and now appealed against a refusal of their costs on the basis . .
