Sentences with phrase «charged by the lawyer»

These costs include the legal fees charged by your lawyer, your share of the strata and property taxes for the year paid back to the seller.

In his June 12 decision in Cirvek Fund I., l.p.c. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada, Quebec Superior Court Justice Stéphane Sansfaçon weighed the actions of the plaintiff and the fees charged by its lawyers in the case.

On one side, judges say that electronic research disbursements really should be considered part of the overhead of a firm, and therefore is really part of the hourly rate charged by the lawyers (Nebete Inc. v. Sanelli Foods Ltd., [1999] O.J. No. 859):

Only «fair and reasonable» fees and disbursements can be charged by lawyers to their clients.

The fees are similar to those charged by lawyers, psychologists, accountants, and other dispute resolution professionals.

For purposes of this discussion, we'll employ the hourly billing model and we'll assume that the hourly rate charged by a lawyer properly measures the true value of that lawyer based on his or her skill, knowledge, experience, connections, and access to resources.

, respond) introduced codes of conduct / rules / regulations to try to ensure clients were protected as best they could be, whereby anyone aggrieved by the fees charged by their lawyer could purportedly have those fees assessed, determined or «taxed» (another quaint legal term) to check that they were in essence «fair and reasonable».

Contingency fees refer only to the fees charged by lawyers for their time and services.

Nelson wrote the book after witnessing the variable standards of service and excessive costs charged by some Lawyers.

Many parties can not afford the legal fees charged by lawyers and also do not have the knowledge or resources to navigate the Small Claims Court system on their own.

No longer would there be an assessment of the amount charged by the lawyer through this retainer — the lawyer could act «at his will».

Not exact matches

Publicly clearing Trump of obstruction charges — as the president's lawyers have requested — could be used by his allies to build pressure for the broader investigation to be shut down.

Vets are trying to match the fees charged by professionals like dentists and lawyers, reports the Journal.

After legal troubles relating to sexual assault charges, the former boxing champ was bankrupted by lawyer fees — and lavish spending on cars, mansions and Bengal tigers.

Longtime Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen is fighting the seizure of his records by federal investigators in New York, but people close to the president are fretting he might fold if he faces severe charges.

The pardon issue isn't theoretical, as the New York Times reported last month that Trump's former personal lawyer John Dowd discussed pardons with several people charged by Mueller, including Manafort.

Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer in charge of dealing with the Russia investigation, will retire at the end of the month and be replaced by Emmet Flood.

The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according to people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

In court their lawyer Moshkani Farahani, who had previously argued against the charges faced by each of his clients at the last court session of this trial on 24 November, said they should be released.

Yet crimes like the death in prison (from horrible neglect) of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer and auditor who charged Russian officials with corruption, can be traced directly to Putin's government, and are appalling enough by themselves.

Editor's note: A lawyer for Kathy Folden, who was charged Wednesday by Loveland, Colorado police with criminal mischief - a felony - said she will plead not guilty.

Outdone Legendary courtroom orator William Jennings Bryan, by lawyer Bill Diehl, who in defending Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn against charges that Shinn had sexually assaulted a woman, argued that the alleged oral sex was consensual, saying, «If she ain't bitin», she ain't fightin».»

Arsenal has many fans from different walks of life, lawyers, accountants, even financiers and the average joe with lots of brilliant ideas, our spend on club merchandise, on tickets and so on does not have to go through the pockets of some greedy individuals who only pay us back with misery over and over again, let's borrow a leaf from Real Madrid and Barcelona by making use of new technologies to come together and take charge of our club even if remotely, this mini revolution begins now, it begins with YOU!

In an appeal he filed through his team of lawyers headed by J.B Daudu, SAN, Saraki prayed for «An order staying further proceedings in Charge No: CCT / ABJ / 01 / 2015 between Federal Republic of Nigeria vs Dr. Olubukola Abubakar Saraki fixed for hearing on November 5 and 6, 2015 pending the determination of the appeal pending before the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated October 30, 2015.»

The lawyers, led by an official at the Prime Minister's office, tried to turn natural resource provision upside down in favour of the vessel owners, but to its credit the parliamentary committee in charge restored the original language of the clause proposed by the Constitutional Council.

Bruno first held a brief press conference, telling reporters that he is «very unhappy with the result here,» and «very optimistic, as most lawyers in the United States are» that the theft of honest services law under which he was charged will be overturned by the US Supreme Court.

«The charges brought against Mr. Aiello and Mr. Gerardi reveal how completely innocent business practices can be twisted by the government into allegations of criminal conduct, despite our clients» full cooperation from the start of this process,» the lawyers said.

Richard Luthmann, a Staten Island lawyer who once grabbed headlines by challenging another attorney to «trial by combat» and who has been in jail since December as he awaits trial on kidnapping and other charges, could be released as early as next week on a $ 1.5 million bond.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has charged judges and lawyers to rebuild the judiciary system to win back the trust and believe of Ghanaians after it was badly bruised by the Anas exposé.

But Paladino's lawyers claimed that the school board was retaliating against Paladino for his remarks by filing the charges that he leaked board private information.

Sampson's lawyer, Zachary Carter, downplayed the embezzlement charge, telling Pohorelsky: «This is a very simple transaction that has been sliced and diced by the U.S. attorney's office.»

In the same vein, in a separate letter to Mr. Festus Keyamo SAN, who was purportedly engaged as a private lawyer by Magu to prosecute the CCT boss was also requested by the AGF to confirm who authorise him to file the corruption charge against Umar.

Silvers lawyers two weeks ago claimed that statements Bharara made about the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

An Accra High Court has dismissed a bail application filed by lawyers of Gregory Afoko, who has been charged for murdering the Upper East Region Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

The wait times to record your deed and mortgage were double, triple, quadruple what people had in the past, and you know lawyers charge by the hour, and so it impacts people.

For the past four months, the people of Manhattan have grappled with accusations of their District Attorney cultivating a pay - to - play culture in which the rich and powerful skate by serious criminal charges — if their lawyers contribute sizable donations to DA Vance's campaign.

Albany, NY — The state ethics commission is cracking down on receptions held by lobby groups at the state Capitol, and has charged three groups, including the trial lawyers and a police association with violating a new law that bans gifts worth more than an ordinary cup of coffee.

The remarks followed claims by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's lawyers that he had made «improper statements» that will bias the public against Mr. Silver in his fight against corruption charges, and a Slate piece by Pace University Professor Bennett Gershman that Mr. Bharara's critiques of New York's state government are inappropriate for his role.

Lawyers for Peter G. Kelly Jr., former senior vice president of a Syracuse energy company, sought a separate trial for him on the charges that he bribed Percoco by having the energy company hire Percoco's wife, a teacher, for an educational consulting job, and by providing Percoco with a fishing trip and a meal.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

Hein, accompanied by a battery of lawyers, convened a Friday - afternoon press conference where, as usual, he took charge of events.

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo fixed the date on Friday after hearing two applications filed by Evans, through his lawyer, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, challenging the competence of the two fresh charges and seeking to quash them.

A lawyer for the Trump transition team said Mueller's investigators improperly reviewed some emails from transition officials, an allegation that comes amid charges of bias by the special counsel's probe.

The NYC Department of Education overturned a principal's firing and gave her more than a year's back pay so she wouldn't file legal actions charging ethics violations by the DOE's new top lawyer, sources tell the NY Post.

Flamboyant lawyer Richard Luthmann, who once famously sought to resolve a civil lawsuit through «trial by combat,» was arrested by the FBI on a slew of charges, including kidnapping, kidnapping conspiracy, money laundering, brandishing a firearm to commit a crime, aggravated identity theft and extortion conspiracy.

A lawyer who charges she was denied a judgeship in New York City as retaliation by Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration for her lawsuit against the Civilian Complaint Review Board is seeking to add a former judge of the state Court of Appeals, Carmen Ciparick, to the lawsuit.

The Lagos State DPP had on Monday attempted to arraign Evans and others on the two fresh charges, but the move was resisted by Evans» lawyer, Ogungbeje, who contended that the charges were incompetent, saying he had filed two applications seeking to quash them.

The PPP lawyer, Dennis Ofosu Appiah, in court, further argued that, the said amount being charged by the EC was not stated in the law.

Odukoya, through is lawyers, is seeking two orders: an order striking out the charge and an order discharging the defendants of the charges filed against them by the EFCC.