Sentences with phrase «costs against your client»

The court may award costs or higher costs against your client if you can not prove the allegations.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, at the Thursday's proceedings, the presiding judge, Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye, awarded a punitive cost of N20, 000 against SaharaReporters, after its lawyer, Mr. Stanley Imhanruor, from Femi Falana's chambers, withdrew a motion he had earlier filed on behalf of his client.

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Adonia wants to be a professional chef to exclusive clients and she's willing to do anything to get ahead in the tough industry, relationships be damned.When a crazy pop - rock star hires her company to cater the rest of her flagging tour, she joins a crew where each budding chef competes against each other for a spot on her cut - throat boss's exclusive first line.Adonia deals with everything from breakneck deadlines to a forced spa weekend while still cooking up to professional standards, keeping her temper in check, and fighting the building tension between her and her cute co-worker, Leah.Losing means being blacklisted from the industry, but winning could cost her something a lot more important - her self - respect.

All additional costs, including but not limited to, travel redemption fees, or expediting shipping are the responsibility of the client and must be charged on an RBC Bank credit card or against available points within the Program.

Attorney Sarah Garvey helped her client, Joseph Rosales, raise $ 20,000 on Trial Funder to defray costs in a lawsuit against Chico, Calif., over allegedly excessive use of force by a police officer, which was recorded by onlookers.

Because I use a value pricing model, my clients are able to weigh the cost against the benefit and choose the plan that is appropriate to their circumstances.

Our customers can rest assured that their clients are covered with us against this growing risk and can continue to enjoy better value at no extra cost.»

Litigators routinely proceeding to trial with serious allegations, such as undue influence, run the risk of an award of special costs being made against their client, should such allegations be unproved.

We provide clients with budgeting, forecasting and regularly updated case evaluations identifying the potential cost of litigation balanced against the risks the dispute poses as well as the potential upside for a client.

We advise business clients and insurers on pollution and other environmental claims, and have extensive experience litigating claims under federal and state statutes in clean - up cases, either defending against liability and allocation among defendants, or seeking reimbursement for recovery costs from responsible parties.

The court ordered that the lawyer was to receive 70 % of his costs and the client received 30 % of his costs, and that the costs would be set off against each other.

In other work, the practice represented the state of Baden - Württemberg in a procedure before the Administrative Court of Stuttgart, defending the client against claims brought by Deutsche Bahn for the reimbursement of additional costs incurred by the construction project Stuttgart 21, and assisted the insolvency administrator of Infinus with the enforcement of shareholder loans totalling $ 320m.

Johnston is also advising a construction company in a claim against a solicitor relating to negligent advice regarding a Part 36 offer and cost consequences given to the client following litigation, and Hall is handling a claim against solicitors for negligence and a breach of fiduciary duty relating to a property transaction.

At the eventual hearing the judge held that the application was unjustified and then made a costs order in BDO's favour but against DLA, not its client.

Served as trial counsel for a major national manufacturer in a lengthy NLRB proceeding in which the client prevailed on bad faith bargaining, secondary boycott and threat of violence charges against the Teamsters Union, secured three separate federal court injunctions against the Union and won an unprecedented award of attorneys» fees and litigation costs [reported at 334 NLRB No. 137]

Therefore we applied on behalf of our client for a non-party costs order against the director of the Claimant company, Mr Windsor.

It awarded Davis Malm's clients over $ 220,000 in attorneys fees and costs incurred in defending themselves against the minority shareholders claims at trial.

If he failed to give his clients adequate advice about the costs consequences should they lose, they had a cause of action against L in negligence.

although Attis deals with this issue in the context of a class proceeding, the decision underscores the importance of certain «best practices» that can be applied universally by litigation counsel to insulate against a client's claim for costs indemnification.

When defending against a mass tort action, our firm focuses on developing legal approaches that produce optimal results for our clients, while minimizing the high costs and damages often associated with these difficult and complex claims.

The fervor with which they pursue their claim (often their life's sole focus, often misconceived, and often containing vexatious and extreme allegations against your client), and their lack of objectivity, significantly increase the costs of litigation for the defendant...» (Layperson vs. Lawyer: Dealing with Unrepresented Litigants http://www.cle.bc.ca/onlinestore/productdetails.aspx?cid=1039) Hmmm... sound familiar?

Recognizing that litigation results — and the prospects for settlement — often hinge on the presentation of persuasive legal arguments in line with the relevant case law, Mr. Cooper employs an effective mix of case law research and evidence consultation in order to ensure that clients on a tight budget understand all the costs and benefits of proceeding with, or defending against, a legal action.

A lawyer who sued her former client for $ 3,937.50 for unpaid legal fees has had $ 7,000 in costs awarded against her, and the matter has yet to reach trial.

While many barristers really do try to keep the costs down, the system and the smaller number of greedy or desperate (from having too few clients) barristers militate against it.

For these reasons, Justice Brown awarded costs (of $ 500) against Mr. Cosgriffe's clients, payable within a week.

PII protects the insured and its clients against the cost of defending claims or paying damages if errors or omissions are made by the practice.

Our client denied the claim in its entirety and had reason to believe that the company would be unable to meet any costs order made against it.

1) When determining whether the imposition of costs against a lawyer personally is warranted, a factor for consideration is whether the lawyer's clients have waived solicitor - client privilege.

Our top priority is to ensure the protection of our client's confidential and proprietary information, both against cyber-attacks and in litigation, while creating an environment conducive to cost effective, efficient eDiscovery practice once a lawsuit is imminent.

We successfully defended a challenge against our legal costs when the Official Solicitor took over the role of litigation friend of our infant client.

Firms will have to weigh the costs of these new services against the risk of clients going to a firm that does have the capabilities.

Assisting clients in evaluating the costs and benefits of participating in voluntary programs sponsored by CBP including the Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C - TPAT) program, the Importer Self - Assessment (ISA) program, and the Trusted Trader program, and arranging their participation in these programs when appropriate;

According to Master in Chambers S.L. Schulz, «If Alberta had maintained that claim I would have granted the double costs award sought, or ordered solicitor and own client indemnity costs against Ms. Greter.»

The Court of Appeal set aside the Costs Award against Mr. Bickley finding that Justice Metivier did not properly distinguish Mr. Bickley's conduct from that of his clients and that she used hindsight to determine that Mr. Bickley's conduct was improper.5 In support of its decision, the Court of Appeal adopted the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Young v. Young6and the Ontario Divisional Court's decision in Carleton v. Beaverton Hotel.7

In business disputes between companies, or in cases brought by individuals against our corporate clients, we bring real trial experience to bear, and we advocate creatively to produce cost - effective, winning results.

The appeal in question stems from the costs decision of Justice Metivier in Galganov v. Russell (Township).1 At issue was Her Honour» sorder requiring counsel, Mr. Kenneth Bickley («Mr. Bickley»), to pay 40 percent of the $ 180,000.00 costs order made against his clients.

Obtained client's dismissal without payment, through negotiations before any appearance in litigation, of fraudulent transfer claims brought in Bankruptcy Court against a foreign media design company, avoiding potentially substantial fees and costs.

With over 50 years of experience advocating on behalf of injured clients, we have the expertise to turn a claim of negligence against a landlord or property owner into real financial compensation to help you pay with high medical costs or make up for missing money from being unable to work for an extended period of time.

This was unusual, because solicitor - client costs are typically only awarded as a punishment against a vexatious or unreasonable litigant.

Judgment was entered against Witney and a costs award made in favour of our client.

«Costs / Section 998: $ 31,955.68 Costs Award, Many Predicated On Successful CCP 998 Offer, Affirmed On Appeal Main Liens For Attorney Fee / Quantum Meruit: Discharged Attorneys In Class Action Not Entitled To Pursue Conversion Or Common Counts Against Successor Attorneys Without First Proving Entitlement To Attorneys Lien Against Client»

As a result of the resolution of the litigations, we successfully represented the national insurer in a contribution action against eleven other national insurers in which we recovered all of the fees and costs expended by our client in the underlying real estate disputes, exceeding $ 11 million

Secured a victory before the Illinois Pollution Control Board for a global manufacturing client against a State agency, obtaining an order that the state violated the Illinois Environmental Protection Act and must pay for cleanup costs.

After proving a breach of Pinnacle's Charter rights, Richard received what at the time was the second largest cost award at that time in Canada against the Crown following the withdrawal of charges against his client.

As a lawyer, it concerns me that my client could potentially have costs awarded against him or her where the best advice I could give regarding the likely outcome, based on the existing jurisprudence, is so qualified, so uncertain.

However the principles that safeguard against these risks — clarity, talking it through and not just relying on paperwork, noting and addressing the warning signs of diminished lack of client understanding, continuing to be transparent about actual costs — are the same that any lawyer faces with any client.

A recent Court of appeal decision, Attis v. Ontario1, has provided clarity on the issue of when counsel will be held personally responsible for legal costs ordered against a client.

Counsel who wish to argue that a cost award against their client should consider the deductibility of legal fees by the recipient will bear the onus to set out for the judge what the impact of the deduction will be.

Despite that, there are also recent decisions where courts do allow recovery of online legal research costs (by the winning party against the losing party or by a law firm against their client) where the research was necessary and the cost reasonable and the search done for that specific client on a specific issue.