Sentences with phrase «charged by the solicitor»

That was a distinction between charges by the solicitors themselves for work which they themselves did or were directly responsible for; and expenses which they incurred for the client, some of which were for other people's work which they were not directly responsible for and which they simply passed on to the client at cost.

The factors relevant to an evaluation of the reasonableness of fees charged by a solicitor are well established.

Not exact matches

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The firm's solicitor entered guilty pleas to both charges at Coventry Magistrates» Court a week after 79 - year - old bus driver Kailash Chander appeared before JPs charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

She was twice nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, only to see her first nomination filibustered and her second sunk by charges of judicial activism by Senate Republicans over gun industry litigation during her time as solicitor general.

As justice secretary, he saw unwelcome headlines over issues including legal aid cuts that sparked an unprecedented walkout by barristers and solicitors, mandatory court charges and an attempt to ban books being sent to prisoners, most of which were later reversed.

Your will can be written and updated by private trustees and solicitors, who usually charge a fee.

According to its website, the SRA regulates more than 120,000 solicitors in England and Wales, and is charged with protecting the public «by ensuring that solicitors meet high standards, and by acting when risks are identified.»

Delivering judgment, Lord Briggs said: «The careful balance of competing interests enshrined in the RTA Protocol assumes that a solicitor's expectation of recovery of his charges from the defendant's insurer is underpinned by the equitable lien, based as it is upon a sufficient responsibility of the client for those charges.

In relation to trade union funding of cases the inadequacy of the Scottish regime is highlighted in chapter 14 of the Scottish Courts Review at para 97 «it is understood that some trade unions have special arrangements that do not fit the normal model for speculative fee agreements, in that success fees are not charged where the claim is successful and neither the defenders nor the pursuer's legal costs are charged to the pursuer if he is unsuccessful, these being met either by the union itself or the solicitors».

The distinction in the definitions of base costs and disbursements in the CFA was between charges for work done by or on behalf of the solicitors and expenses which the solicitors incurred on the member's behalf.

``... expenses which the Solicitors incur on the member's behalf in the course of an action, such as court fees, fees for experts, barristers» fees (including success fees for barristers where appropriate), copying charges made by others, travelling and hotel expenses (this is not an exhaustive list).»

``... charges for work done by or on behalf of the Solicitors which would have been payable if this agreement did not provide for a success fee, calculated on the basis of the fees allowable for that work in the court in which the action in question is conducted or would be conducted if proceedings were to be issued.»

If you do not do much reserved activity work then calculate how much the «death by a thousand regulatory charges» (professional indemnity insurance (PII), practising certificate fees, continuing professional development, SRA registration, management training, etc) is costing you just for the right to use the word «solicitor».

As a matter of language, the important part was that the charges were charges by or on behalf of the solicitors.

And in this case, where the modest damages and 95 % of the huge costs will be borne presumably by the management company (unless their solicitors ran the defence on a conditional fee arrangement), the claimant will theoretically end up paying a percentage of the costs award herself out of her share of the management fund, added to which inter-lessee relations will hardly have been improved by this appreciable charge to the fund to which all must contribute.

(i) setting a scale for the maximum percentage that may be charged for a contingency fee based on factors such as the value of the recovery and the amount of time spent by the solicitor, and

It was also unsupported by the mortgage itself, including the standard charge terms containing the appellant's covenant to pay, the certificate of independent legal advice furnished by the appellant's solicitor in relation to the mortgage transaction, the mortgage commitment letter, and various other documents related to the mortgage loan.

Representation by a friend or relative may be looked upon more favourably by a court than representation by, for example, a former solicitor or barrister, charging for his services.

As for retainers, CPD s 40.2 states where there is a dispute about the receiving party's liability to pay costs to the solicitors who acted for the receiving party, the request for a detailed assessment must be accompanied by any agreement, letter or other written information provided by the solicitor to his client explaining how the solicitor's charges are to be calculated.

The letter of engagement written by the solicitors contained an estimate for the fees to be charged, and stated that it was based on the trial lasting between three and four days.

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