A joint retainer refers to an agreement where multiple parties hire and pay one professional or service provider together. It means sharing the responsibility and cost for hiring a common professional.
Sentences with «joint retainer»
There was also no evidence to show «that the proposed class members are a cohesive group who would or could agree on a form of joint retainer and an allocation of the costs of the litigation.» (thelitigator.ca)
Our Codes and Rules of Professional Conduct avoid the conflict to which Millett LJ refers by requiring that confidences not be kept in joint retainers. (slaw.ca)
While likely not recognized at the time, this was at least arguably a breach of the joint retainer rule in the Rules of Professional Conduct. (slaw.ca)